Gotta hate Jonny Fairplay - He lied about his grandmother dying! Not sure who upsets me more, him or the rest of the rubes who let him survive.

Today during my run I came up lame, I hurt my right calf muscle. I need to take a day off.
Exercise3km run
2km walk
Diet
Breakfast
Bran flakes and skim milk, coffee
Lunch
Banana
Snack
V8
Dinner
4 Fajitas
Snack
Popcorn

As I alluded to in my last post I need to reset my fitness goals.
I have a physical scheduled with my doctor for the 15th of December, which may have an impact on what I am about to write.
Long term goal - to compete in a IRONMAN Triathlon in the Spring/Summer of 2005 (these race dates and sign-ups are not posted yet because its too far in the future)
Medium term goal - to compete in one other Triathlon in the year 2004 (other than the YMCA one)
Medium/short term goal - To organize and compete in a mini-tri at my local YMCA in April 2004
Short term goals
- Bring my weight down to under 200 pounds by mid January 2004
- Run 10k with out stopping mid Feb 2004
- Front crawl 2k with out stopping Feb 2004
- Ride 35 miles on the stationary bike with out stopping Feb 2004
- Record a time for the indoor Y tri before the end of the year. (1k swim, 20k bike, 5k run = ?)
Well now that it's in print for all to see time to get busy.

Looks like the Y may be trying to morph my triathlon idea into something else

"Hi Rick:
Great to speak with you yesterday. Our Supervisor of
Health, Fitness and Recreation here at the Y is available on Tuesday,
December 02 at 1:30. Could you meet with us for an hour, do some
brainstorming about a fitness event,to be held in April, tied to the
Annual Support Campaign for the Y?

All the best,

Jane Doe

I have now read or am in the process of reading several books on fitness. (I'm actually making progress now that I have my Yahoo super computer reading glasses) If I could pick out two things they all seem to stress, they would be:

1. Set Goals for you - I know this seems obvious but they all seem to dedicate significant space to this rather obvious detail. Not just vague goals but specific attainable and challenging short, medium and long term goals.
2. Journal your activity - During the darkest days on your personal quest to destroy the one ring in the fires of mount doom. When all hope is lost and you want to say "fuck it" you can look back and revel in your hard work, your accomplishments, your perseverance, and your will to succeed. Journals allow you to measure progress, learn from your mistakes and bask in the warmth of your glorious personal victories:)

Yesterday I achieved 2 of my short term goals
-To run for 30 minutes with out stopping
-To run for 5kToday I accomplished another
-Swim 1k using only the front crawl
I now need to identify my short and medium term fitness goals again.
Anyway
Exercise
Swim 1k (like a fish baby, crawling all the way)
Bike - 8 miles
I tried to do a quick transition (go as fast as I could from the pool to the bike) but got bogged down with a bunch of
Simple stuff like my stupid Lock, the zipper on my gym bag, my too tight socks and my empty water bottle.
I also wanted to do the 20K (12.46 miles) but had to cut it short so I could P/U the kids. Note: Bricking a swim/bike is a lot easier than the bike/run combo.
Diet
Breakfast
Cereal skim milk, coffee
Snack
Ham sandwich
Lunch
Vegetable soup, tablespoon of tuna salad
(I've found that a 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda mixed into a glass of water makes heavy legs go away)
Snack
V8
Dinner
a lot of Pasta with meat sauce and cheese.
Snack
Popcorn, 3 girl guide cookies, 2 chocolate pudding cups, tea, coffee