My Road to Ironman 2025

Am I enough and am I doing enough??                  Am I a one-and-done Ironman? Probably not--I'm positive that the one race won't be enough (there's a Cozumel race in my future as long as they still have it).  But about this week.... Oh man. That felt like a hard week, although it was a recovery week in my training plan. Had some not-so-good (at the time) workouts, but still got some positives out of them once I was able to reflect a little more.  Here are my weekly stats to start off first.... Weekly Stats : Weight:  177.0 -.4 lbs from last week Swim (3x) 2.56 miles (4,500 yards) 1:30:51 Bike (3x) 59.11 miles 3:25:05 Run (2x) 10.67 miles 1:50:21 Strength (1x) 37:05 Yoga (4x) 1:34:31 TOTALS 13 workouts 72.34 miles 8:57:54      Last week, I mentioned that I really hadn't had any bad weeks.  Guess I sort of jinxed myself.  Julie was still gone at the beginning of the week, and as any good bachelor...

  Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. Colossians 3:16 (NLT)     If you finished the title of the blog by singing "round and round", you had a great childhood!  And you're my people. And yes, it's two weeks in a row with a bike theme for the title. There's a reason. It was   a high volume training week, so here is what I've done since Monday.... Weekly Stats: Weight: 177.4 +.4 lbs from last week Swim (3x) 4.37 miles (7,750 yards) 2:34:52 Bike (4x) 89.19 miles 5:33:04 Run (4x) 22.85 miles 3:51:04 Strength (x2) 38:32 Yoga (4x) 1:32:58 TOTALS: 17 workout sessions 116.41 miles 14:10:32      This was my largest volume week so far.  But just like previous weeks, I took each day one at a time.  Julie left to go to Delaware for Macey's wedding shower on Tuesday, so I had the chance...

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. Romans 12:2 (NLT)      Over the next 7-1/4 months, I will be doing a TON of bike riding.  Short rides, slow rides, high-intensity, and long rides. Outdoors or on the trainer.  I was the most comfortable on my bike I have ever been.   This was a big training week, but feel great. Nothing hurts and I got all my sessions in (double bonus!) Weekly training stats to start off the week! Weekly Stats: Weight:  177.0 -.2 lbs from last week  Swim (3x) 4.06 miles (7,150 yards) 3:05:40 Bike (3x) 87.99 miles 5:00:04 Run (4x) 22.14 miles 3:49:34 Strength (1x) 17:01 Yoga (5x) 2:04:34 TOTALS: 16 workout sessions 114.19 miles 14:16:53     I didn't realize as I was going through the week that it was going to be this big of a training ...