Mentors

     I get asked a lot "Why do you train so much" or "So Hard" I often get a weird look because I don't look out of shape even when by my standards sometimes I am. I don't run for health sure its a great side effect and No, I don't do hours of training so I can eat junk. To be honest I have eaten both ways pure junk and super healthy (Paleo/Primal) and it is the exact opposite when I am pushing my body to its absolute limit asking it to do in a week what some people don't do in a year I way prefer putting in the good stuff and by good stuff I mean Veggies,Fruit and Meat (Just say no to processed food) but enough about diet. This post is about my mentors.
      My mentors are 2 of the craziest people you'll ever meet. The 1st changed my life 5 years ago his current goals are being the fastest man alive. And when I say fastest I don't just mean running I mean everything changing clothes, eating a snack, walking up 5 stairs. It makes no difference to him he wants to prove his dominance at every aspect. He tries to live every moment to it's complete fullest and to take no time being lazy. He ends most nights pushing his body and mind to its limits and then passes out. He has no Job but says he will be a Police Officer and a Scientist.
      The second entered the scene 3 years ago. He is a bully and wants things his way. He believes in movement of all kinds. Instead of walking down stairs he prefers to jump. When he hears music he starts dancing no matter where he is. He has zero fear and 100% trust in his friends. He will eat any veggies that are turned into a soup. He is also a copy cat if you have a favorite song, movie,food it is also his favorite just ask him.

Yes, currently both of my mentors are my 2 sons and if you think its crazy that an old guy has a 3 and 5 year old mentors you clearly haven't hung out with them, Here is a few things they have taught me.

Do what makes you happy (Who cares who is watching)
Ask for what you want (The worst thing that could happen is someone says no)
Listen to your body (If your tired sleep, If it wants to run then Run)
Be humble and ask questions (I asked my 5 year old why he asks so many questions and his answer "Because I don't know everything yet")
If you need a helping hand ask for one (Sometimes a helping hand fixes everything)

My goal for 2015 is to be more like them.

Happy New Year !!

End of the Year is Killing me !!

     For the last week (Christmas Eve) All 4 members of my family have been sick with something. It started with my Oldest son of 5 having a temperature of 101. Then after a day he seemed to get better but it was too late.  Everyone in our house started to drop like flies. My youngest son feel ill then the next thing I knew is everyone in my house was laying around in PJ's and had skipped both Breakfast and lunch and still no one was hungry. I skipped a full week of training (feel free to yell at me in the comment section) because I couldn't drag myself off the couch. I could possible be the worst sick person in the world. I do nothing but lay on the couch and watch TV

 and whine about how sick I am. Usually after a full day of rest I get better but when you throw in Christmas eve, Christmas and family being in town getting a full day of rest and sleep never really happened so I just never could get back to 100%.  I have also found it is super hard to drag out the cold run gear to do a run when you feel like dying but enough said. Today is Monday which means a new week of workouts to do.
      I'm about a month away from adding swim training so I really need to dial my biking in. It seems not getting on your bike for 4 months is a horrible idea but too late now. I have lost about a full minute a mile pace that I need to make up.
     I'm also only a week away from being back on the Paleo/Primal Lifestyle. Which means next weeks blog could be a report of how horrible I feel while going through carb cravings. I am trying to soften the blow by weaning them down this week.

Sorry for the the short post but I'm still not 100%

It Had to Come to an end

     My Off season that is which means Yes today is Day 1 of the grind back to becoming an Ironman. and Yes most of my off season was spent eating gluten and drinking processed carbs but its over now and lets just say my body feels horrible for it but in the next 10 months training is my middle name. A few Off season Highlights

I did a 8-10 Mile run in

-Las Vegas
-Seattle
-Chicago
-Orlando

Vegas

Seattle

Chicago

                                                                           Orlando


and a couple of weeks ago I ran a Marathon split between 2 cities which meant a 13.1 mile run at 7 a.m. in Kansas City then I drove to Des Moines (3 Hours) registered spent the night and then ran another 13.1 at 8 a.m.

Why You ask would I run 2 races in 2 days at the end of my off season.... 2 reasons. Reason number 1 I have a insane addiction to pushing my limits (see past blogs) reason number 2 you get 3 medals

Here is my training schedule for the next 2 months then I add in swimming...

Mondays

-5am-6am Hour Bike ride on Trainer

Monday Nights

-60 Min Bike

-6 Miles above Pace run

-30 Flights of Stairs

-Abs

Tuesdays

-5am-6am Hour Bike ride on Trainer

Tuesday Nights

-Full body weight routine

-45 Row Machine

-2 mile walk full incline

Wednesdays

-5am-6am Hour Bike ride on Trainer

Wednesday Nights

-60 min Bike

-8 mile run 95% Pace

Thursdays

-5am-6am Hour Bike ride on Trainer

Thursday Nights

-Full Body Weight Routine

-45 Row Machine

-2 Mile walk full incline

Fridays

-5am-6am Hour Bike ride on Trainer

Friday Nights

-2 Hour Bike

Saturday

-Long Run 10 Miles or More

Sunday

Rest Day



Until Next time if you need me I'll be at the gym.... I did leave out The Zombie run but we will talk about that later...