Lazy Man's Ironman: Half way recap.

The first half of the Lazy man's Ironman has been interesting. My plan was to keep myself busy running, biking and swimming as often as possible, and I would be done by the 20th without much of a problem.

Instead I'm now at the half way point with 11.4 miles left to run (Less than half), 20 laps left to swim (less than 1/3) and 75.8 miles left (well over half).

Initially I thought swimming would be the most difficult portion of the adventure. I can only swim at the Y and I hadn't swam laps in a long time. Swimming however, has been the easiest for me.

I thought running would be the easiest for me. I run frequently and ran a lot last year. This month I have gotten back into the habit of running, but I'm still way behind where I was last year. Running has been harder on my feet and back than I anticipated.

Biking. I expected this to be the hardest and it has been. Partly because I lost my recumbent bike in my flooded basement last month. Riding on a real bike outside works my legs slightly different and is probably easier on my legs, but it hurts my butt so much more that I can't ride more than twice a week outside and tolerate sitting the rest of the time. That has limited me to one real bike riding day with the rest of my rides being at the Y on their recumbent bike.

I think I'll still accomplish my goal. It will take me 4 days of running, 2 days of swimming and 9 to 11 days of riding. As long as I do two things in a day I'll be able to complete them all before the month ends.

The hundred pushup challenge: week 4

Day 1. Monday
27, 20, 20, 17, 40 Total 124

Day 2. Wednesday
27, 21, 21, 18, 45 Total 132

Day 3. Friday
30, 22, 22, 20, 31 Total 125

The fourth week was practically a repeat of week three. This didn't stop me from pushing myself harder. I was amazed with myself at being able to increase my max sets by so much, except for Friday. Friday my arms were really tired and I didn't have much energy at 10 PM when I started the pushups after having taken Jaden swimming for nearly 2 hours and then running for 3 miles. I may have been too tired at that point. The rest from last week helped a lot on Monday. I'll need it to help again because the jump between week 4 and week 5 is substantial.

A Car that empties your wallet

I saw a commercial yesterday where the selling point was the number of miles between a fill up.

Then again this morning, I heard a radio commercial for the Nissan Altima. It gets over 600 miles between fill ups. This had me interested, so I went and checked. 32 miles per gallon, with a 20 gallon tank. It may be 600 miles between fill ups, but each trip to the gas station will cost more than $80. Yikes.

I want to get 600 miles for $40, get me one of those cars.

My little man

My little man peed standing up tonight. I'm so proud.

The hundred pushup challenge: week 3

Day 1. Monday
25, 17, 17, 27, 18. Total 104.

Day 2. Wednesday
27, 19, 19, 15, 31 Total 111

Day 3. Friday
30, 22, 22, 20, 30 Total 124

The third week was quite a bit tougher than the second. I managed to squeak by the maximum amounts for each day. I had to force myself to think positively through each set in order to make it through. The swimming that I am doing has my arms and back a bit more sore than it had been previously. I hope the extra exercise helps with my overall weight loss.