Day 106

Been a wild day, both kids started back to school, 2nd grade and kindergarten. Morning routine was shot all to pieces but managed a shortened Chest&Back and wife and I got turbojams knocked out too.

Days left: 68
Drink log: 26/56 with 23 days with none.
Miles Ridden: 97.5/750
Miles Run: 3/100

Day 105 R&R

Surprisingly the only real soreness from yesterday's event is in my neck. I imagine that's from holding my mellon at a 45 degree angle for four and a half hours. Legs feel just fine although over all I'm still feeling tired and slow. Don't have any physical plans for today except StretchX.
BTW, I'm down 4 pounds from Friday. Betting that's mostly fluid loss.
Have a great day!

Day 104 100K bike ride

So Rico peer pressures me into signing up for this 100K Ride (67 Miles) then gets sick and can't make it. I really didn't know if I was up for the whole distance, and you can turn around at the 15 Mile or 24 mile rest stops. I got to the 24 feeling pretty strong and since I told you, dear reader, that I was doing the 67, I turned right and headed on up the road. I noticed something as I hit the halfway mark and started back, the wind was picking up and was straight in my teeth. It was a long ride back.
But there was ice cream!
I'm going to take a shower and maybe flake out for a while, it occurs to me that I haven't ridden anything over 20 miles for the last 3 months. What on earth was I thinking?


Days left: 70
Drink log: 26/56 with 21 days with none.
Miles Ridden: 97.5/750
Miles Run: 3/100

Day 102

Won't be able to ride the trial with Tim today so I took Craig's bike for a test ride this morning instead. Good ride, was cool and rode through the greenways. Craig's bike doesn't have a computer but I think it was a good 16 miles. May try to map it out later but the new google aerial views have the greenway covered with trees.
BTW, Craig? Come get your bike out of my garage. You successfully left it long enough for me to fix it. You rapscallion you.

Will work in a Shoulder/Arms workout sometime today.
*****
Oh well, mapmyride.com says I only did 14 this morning. Was fun anyway.

Days left: 72
Drink log: 26/56 with 19 days with none.
Miles Ridden: 30.5/750
Miles Run: 3/100

Day 101

6:24am
I'm up. I was sleeping so well too. Oh well. Feeling some discomfort in the lower body from the legs workout but it isn't terrible right now. Have a 3-4 mile run schedule for this morning and TurboJams with wife at lunchtime.
Back later.
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3 miles in 26 minutes.
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Lunchtime
Round 2 of TurboJams, just did the 'burn' part of learn&burn - Wife and I are getting better. Workout section is only 17 minutes long so I expect we'll be trying something different for Friday's workout.

Days left: 73
Drink log: 26/56 with 18 days with none.
Miles Ridden: 16.5/750
Miles Run: 3/100

Day 100

6:31am
I'm up. Starting up Legs workout right now.
8:00am
Legs workout went well, feel good this morning. lower back and obliques are pretty sore, upper back and chest a little less so. TurboJams was fun yesterday and going to hit the Tobacco Trail with Mighty Tim today. Tracking again on Fitday.

2pm
Well Mighty Tim bailed on me today so I rode the tobacco trail alone. What an adventure. I discovered a wicked quadricep workout. Here's what you do:
1) Adjust your seat before setting out. Leave it just a tiny bit loose.
2) Ride about 5 miles then figure out why you're bumping yourself in the chin with your knees.
3) Get back to the car by working the seat up then going as far as you can before it slips down again. Feel the burn!?!

Bonus points if like me you do it in 100 degree temperatures.
*Drink your water*

Here's another free tip. Don't forget that P90X Recovery drink in your water bottle even if you drank it all. When that stuff turns rancid it can gag a maggot. Blegh.


Days left: 74
Drink log: 26/56 with 17 days with none.
Miles Ridden: 16.5/750
Miles Run: 0/100

Day 99 Announcements!

6:35am
I'm up for Chest and Back this morning.
8:00am
Not a great workout this morning, left side of my neck has (what I call) a crick in it. Definitely affected my workout this morning and is still bugging me. Oh well, I'll keep trying to stretch it out as the day progresses.

Some announcements!
Most exciting, wife has asked me to do Turbo Jams 3 days a week with her over the next 75 days! I'm really stoked about it, I've been thinking about adding something different into the mix for a while, and think it'll be good to workout with wife.
In addition to TG I'm setting a goal of cycling 750 miles and running 100 miles over the next 75 days.
What's special about 75 days? Well that's how much I have left in the 100 day drink challenge. Yep, already a quarter of the way done, haven't had a single alcoholic drink in 16 days and even did without the O'douls last night. Have also put away all the protein bars, myoplex and so forth and intend to focus more on less processed food for this time frame. I've put on a lot of muscle in the last 90 days, now I really want to get lean. I've been chasing 6 pack abs for a long time. I fully intend on having them 75 days from now.

Oh, and I'm get a jump on the 725 miles of cycling with the cup 'n cone ride for MS this Saturday. It promises to be challenge, 67 mile round trip with 2750 feet of hill climbing. I've ridden the nasty hilly part before with Gene and Dave but was either April or May. Been a while.

That's all for now dear reader, have a great day!

1:00pm
Oh man, I'm gonna feel that later. Wife enjoyed it too. Turbo Jams that is.

Day 96

Not much to report, swapped cardioX out for a tobacco trail ride with Mighty Tim today. 17.75 miles in 83 minutes. Spent the evening on daddy duty watching the kids with neighbor Ben while the mommas went to a girl party of some sort. We killed a six pack or so of O'douls, some pizza and habinaro Doritos. Another wild and crazy Friday night in suburbia. Oh well, should make for some interesting dreams anyway.

Day 95 Shoulders&Arms

Pretty good workout today, chest and back appreciated the shoulder&arms workouts. Lower part of the body was really sore this morning, not unbearable after getting moving. Still working on the next physical challenges, will have them nailed down sometime this week for kickoff on Monday.

Day 94 KenpoX+ and test run

Lunch was busy, did KenpoX+ and then ran a 5K. TIme wasn't great (30:27) but it felt pretty good to run. Not sure where all this energy and motivation are coming from, guess I'm still happy to have survived the Tri. Drying out may be helping too, definately sleeping better. 12 days without so far. Thinking about some other 30 day challenges, cycling and running. Need to nail those down before the weekend to kick off next week. Think I may try a mental challenge and stop swearing completely. Rats!

Day 93, legs and abs

Work started early and went late, just now finishing up legs, abs and subsequent shower. Sore but feeling good today!

Day 92 Chest and Back

Good mornin!
I'm sore and slept in but I feel good! I'm looking forward to Chest and Back today at lunch and working up some plans for the next physical challenge. Rico mentioned a 67 mile bike ride with 5 stops for ice cream along the way, it's in a couple of weeks and looks like fun. I'm also thinking about working in 100 pushups in 6 weeks challenge and maybe modifying that for 100 Pullups too. Not sure if that would help or hinder P180X+, but it should be interesting to try. More later!

Did Chest and Back at lunch time and used pushup bars for the first time. Veeery different workout. I'm going to feel that tomorrow.

Day 91 Triathlon

I'm done, I did it. The swim was not pretty, laps in the community pool was completely unlike a 1/2 mile open water swim with 50 other people. Got pretty hairy there for a while. Cycling and running were much better although getting on the bike after flailing around in the lake took a lot of willpower.
I finished in 1:47 - Rico says that's pretty good for a first timer. I'm just glad to have it done. I am mighty tired.

Here's a life lesson I learned from the swim. If you ever find yourself surrounded by people of equal ability, do whatever it takes to get away from them. Otherwise you're just going to spend a lot of your time kicking each other in the head.

Drinky-Dink log stands at 26.
I'm off for a much earned shower and possibly a nap.

Day 90

Went with Rico to pick up the stuff for the Tri tomorrow, everything's ready to roll and I'll be heading out about 6am tomorrow for the event. I'm feeling a little jittery which is surprising me.

Day 89 - One week

Not much to report, I've been taking it easy this week for the Triathlon the day after tomorrow. Weight's back to pre-vacation levels and I've been busy as sin catching up at work. I'm really ready to get the tri done and over with. Looking forward to just being able to focus on P180X+.

Here's a thing - It's been a week (7 days, yeah I know!) since I had an alcoholic drink. Yay me!
D-D log hangs at 26.

BTW, been meaning to mention this for a few days. I listened to Steve Chandler's 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself on the way down and back from the beach. I think I'll pick up the book too. Material was pretty inspiring although Steve's voice could be a little more dynamic. Check it out if you have the means.

Day 87

6:30am
I'm up. Finding it hard to get moving though.

Day 86

7:34am
Whoa, what happened to my alarm clock?

day 85

6:00am
I'm up, Core Syn today.

8:45pm
Good day today, got back on the nutrition eating plan, got Core Syn knocked out and did 15 miles of the tobacco trail with the Mighty Tim. I am pretty tired though.
On day 11 the D-d log stands at 26, killed 3 Amber O'Doul soldiers but they didn't seem to mind.

Sunday, home again

Weighed in this morning, up 7 pounds. Mother suggests its water retention from all the salt air - lol. Oh well, was a great vacation and the family really enjoyed themselves. Back to the grindstone tomorrow. Nothing but O'Douls yesterday, picked up 6 of both flavors and actually enjoyed the taste of both. FYI, the regular is only 65 calories and the amber 90. I can live with that!

Went for a swim today, knocked out 16 laps with minimal breaks - was my best performance in the water to date. Feeling a little more confident about that part of the Tri now. Also, nothing but O'douls to drink tonight, d-d log stands at 26, 1/10th of the way through the challenge!

Friday, last full day at the beach

Happy 4th of July! Remember kids, 'Light fuse and get away!'

Pretty much took the week off from P180X+ this week, will pick it up at the recovery week on Monday to get to the triathlon and then back to the regular schedule after that. I've spent the week riding/running and swimming, as well as eating, sleeping and drinking. Will be interesting to see what the damage is on Sunday morning.
The drinky-dink log stands at 22. Not great, but probably less than half of what the damage would have been for a normal week's worth of beach and boating vacation. O'douls Amber is my saving grace, plan to stick with it for tonight's celebrations.

Will be traveling most of tomorrow so I'll get back to regular updates on Sunday. Feel free to check out www.extremebodyworkout.com while I'm gone, there's good stuff on the blog and they've been very supportive of my undertakings.

Be safe!

Bleh, not so good, d-d log up to 26. Had fun though!