My Road to Ironman 2025

  For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. I Timothy 1:7 (NLT) Nope. That is most definitely snow this week!!      No fear. Well, maybe a little. I would be lying if I told anyone that I have absolutely no fear or worries about doing a full Ironman race.  Just glad that it's not in January with 6" of snow covering the sand in Panama City Beach (thought global warming was the hot topic issue...)  But I'll get to that soon.  Here are my weekly stats as normal to kick off the blog! Weekly Stats: Weight:  177.6 +.4 lbs from last week -3.0 lbs from start Swimming (2x) 3.12 miles (5,500 yards) 1:57:52 Biking (3x) 37.31 miles 2:09:19 Running (4x) 17.99 miles 2:48:47 Strength (1x) 43:01 Yoga (1x) 40:57 Totals: 12 Workout Session 58.43 miles 8:19:56      Overall, it was a good week of workouts.  I had two swims this week.  My first swim on Monday was a disaster.  As I sta...

 " The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill  and destroy. My  purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life." John 10:10 (NLT) The Bandit of Cunningham Just got "Bandit" back from the shop--glad to be able to get back on the saddle.  Today will be the story  how she came to be and how she got her  name.  As always, here's my weekly stats for the last seven days to start it off.... Weekly Stats: Weight: 177.2 +1.0 lbs from last week -3.4 lbs from start Swimming: (2x) 2.84 miles (5,000 yards) 1:51:15 Biking: (2x) 33.95 miles 1:56:12 Running: (3x) 14.94 miles 2:21:11 Strength: (2x) 1:24:19 Yoga: (x1) 19:10 Totals: 10 workouts 51.74 miles 7:52:07     This week was a little down with my distances and times.  Not too much lower, but not as high as what I've been doing normally.  Late nights, making sure I got my rest, and other calendar priorities all played into the lower numbers.  I got into the pool twice this week as normal....

  “Physical training is good,  but training for  godliness is much better, promising  benefits in this life and in the life to come.” I Timothy 4:8 (NLT)     Week 10 of 52.  Just over 19% of the way through to IM Florida.  I've been building my base endurance and strength to be ready for the full plans of long training ahead of me in the next 9-1/2 months.  Here are my weekly stats for this week. Weekly Stats: Weight: 176.2 -2.5 lbs from last week -4.4 lbs from start Swimming: (2x) 3.12 miles (5,500 yards) 1:57:58 Biking: (2x) 34.43 miles 2:00:02 Running: (3x) 14.18 miles 2:40:41 Strength: (2x) 1:40:23 Yoga: (3x) 2:01:13 Totals: 12 workouts 51.74 miles 10:20:17     This felt like a normal week again!  Getting my good solid base in my endurance and strength down. My first observation was that with the normal routine and mindset, my eating went better than the last couple of weeks with the holidays.  My weight went down by 2...

  "Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living." Romans 6:16 (NLT)      Another not-so-normal week. New Year's.  Head colds.  Current Snowmaggedon in KS (maybe "real" ring camera footage above and absolutely real pic below).  Lots of choices were made this week.  But first, here's my weekly stats.  With year-to-date totals immediately after.   Weekly Stats: Weight:  178.7  -2.0 lbs from last week -1.9 lbs from start Swimming: (2x) 5,000 yards (2.84 miles) 1:42:55 Biking: (1x) 11.32 miles 50:47 Running: (2x) 7.45 miles 1:07:54 Strength: (x1) 47:50 Yoga: (2x) 1:00:04 Totals: 8 workouts 21.62 miles 5 hours, 29 minutes, 29 seconds Year-to-Date Stats: Swimming (13x): 35,500 yards (20.16 miles) 12:09:42 Biking (34x): 374.54 miles 24:58:55 Running (23x): 118.75 miles 18:39:20 Strength (20...