Back in the pool

I keep getting detached from this blog. I will say this though, I am back in the pool swimming like an undead porpoise. Rode this weekend and the swimming is helping. Got up hills at a speed comparable to slothlike...which is an improvement.

I'm trying to swim about 3-4 nights a weeek, and with my PR class being finished as of last night, I now have an extra night to play with.

You're a bit of a big fella....

My wife bought a scale yesterday and I weighed myself. The results weren't pretty.


265.4lbs.

This is the largest I have ever been in my life. I am ashamed of myself. My first thought was how did this happen, except I know exactly how this happened. I eat shitty food and I eat a lot of it. I stopped exercising like I used to. I have to find my motivation again and start dropping this fat.

My goal: Lose 60lbs. When I started triathlon I was 205 lbs. I can get back there.

I have a long way to go.

Here is the schedule for 2009

It starts in April and goes through October. Seven sprint triathlons. With school and work I realize this is a demanding schedule and I am probably setting myself up for a fall, but I will give it a go.

April 26 - Angels Race Triathlon - Lynchburg, VA*
May 23 - Got the Nerve Triathlon - Mt. Gretna, PA*
June 21 - Charlottesville Sprint Triathlon - Charlottesville, VA
July 26 - Hagerstown Sprint Triathlon - Hagerstown, MD
August 2 - Culpeper Sprint 2009 - Culpeper, VA
September 13 - Diamondman Sprint Triathlon - Bear, DE
October 4 - Giant Acorn Triathlon - Bumpass, VA

(*raced previously)
Since I have not yet entered any of these the schedule is subject to change based on availability. At this moment I am rather looking forward to this.

I will stand on a soapbox

So I checked trifind.net the other day and have started to pick out a few tris for the year.

Here are my declarations for 2009

• I am going to race nothing but sprint tris this year.
• I am going to race one a month.
• I will start in April and race to September. (Maybe October if I can stay motivated)

And that is it. Three declarations. Now I just have to get back in shape.

Let's try this again

Here's to getting this blog off the ground.