almost wanted to...... nope! didn't do it.

          ok so another comment about the wind, and i wonder how many times my tittle will say that, or i will think i so want to use that tittle again... yeah i came close to putting my foot down on a hill.... i went 15.4 today.. i increced my aveage speed from 10mph to 10.4mph... i really thought i had done worse by the time i got back.. the north wind had really whooped me over  when i was coming back into town..
          +++Sand-Drops++++  ha ha what is that... huge piles of sand left by sand trucks that have pulled over on the side of the road that are halling sand for the Fracturing process going on down here in south Texas... i almost plowed right into one this morning...  they are about 1.5 tall and maybe 2 foot wide.. first when i came on the first one i thought it was a piece of plastic as i ziped by.. but as i was going up hill i spoted some more of them.. and thought, "thank you Gdod for not allowing me to just hit that one ealier" i would of been in the ditch for sure had i hit one of those head on....    i am really surprised at how safe all the people are on the road.. i have been greatful.. the traffic passing me (even though i am riding shoulder)  have been moving into a far right lane away from the shoulder when passing me.. 
         during my prayer time in the midst of things this morning i didn't connect as i did in the past, matter of fact i had a real hard time trying to focus on God and praying.. i really was fighting my sinful, evil, and vile heart this morning... how in the world does God forgive us when are hearts ares so evil in actions, and in ways.  it was such a hard fight to get to a point of prayer this morning... and when i did it mostly consistently coming to God telling him of how dark my heart is, and asking Him, "how lord do i move this more out of my heart, and move more of you in..."   yes i know it's His Word in our lives that helps us to combat these times, thoughts, and desires in our life.  i am just allowing you to see, i am a man just like you, i struggle, and often i too encouter the same struggles, thoughts, & actions i have to battle against like you... i was able to stave alot of them off today, but some still creep through..  but don't quit, don't give up, keep working on what you have, and continute to move forward the best that you can...      it never hurts to take time after you spent some time in prayer to call a friend and ask them to pray with you during times like this.. that's why we are the body of Christ, that's why we are hear to help each other during the dark times..
              have a great night... and thanks to my "foxy wife" for helping me get up out of Bed to start my day this morning, and she had gently reminded me, "the alarm is going off, aren't you going to work out"  thanks for not letting me quit before i even got started today.. i love you Faith & you are the best. thank you..
       Scotty

Rhythm, Rain, crazy train, and a blow out

Crazzy Trains this morning, I get back to that in a minute...
I felt great today.. I got more in a rhythm today I think.. 2nd day of my 14 mile route and at the half way point I wanted to go more.. I had to hold myself back... Although I Pushed a .8 out of it...(14.8) and I ha to remember I don't want to quit, I want to be consistent.. Even with two traffic stops for crossing roads or trafficked lights and taking off my glasses for the pouring rain this morning,, I still shaved 1 mints off the rout.. Pulled a 6 minute mile average speed 10mph.. I was excited to go further and shave a minute off my time..
Conditions This was the whole reason I moved to north and south.. The wind was strong this morning..: the Rain was coming Down, and it was awsome...
train man as I come in close to the last mile there is a train crossing.. Well the trains decided to through a Kim in my plan and I had to hit the river park area.. Roads at more narrow and this broke my Rhythm a litte which was the
Most annoying thing.. Oils field traffic is thick down here for sure..
blow out on my shoes of all places.. It's my oldes pair of shoes I had I my arsenal.. A good friend of mine gave them too me.. It was funny and it was in my after walk ride(which will turn into a run later I my training) I was walking and though I had stepped on a big drink bottle, it was kind of dark, could not Belive I missed it.. But ok... Ha ha come back around for my second lap and what did I see... The bottom of my shoe.... Ha ha ha ha had those shoes since 2004... Thanks Scott they were a great lasting gift...
last but not least, the spiritual aspect on the last of my second lap this morning I felt like the Holy Spirit really allowed me to focus on God and express gratitude towards him and praise him in a way I have not gotten to in a while.. It was verry refreshing and memorable time.
Don't quit, don't give up.. Keep moving forward.. It's about consistantcy in what you are doing, don't worry the more you practice the better you will get, and then the more you will be Able to do...
Merry Christmas....

4th week kick off 14.1miles

Man   do i feel like a million dollars... grrrr,
         it was hard, it took me longer then i wanted to, i wanted to almost get off the bike once, and i thought, "you can't get off your bike, you some kind of sissy" ha ha... i beat myself verbally back into it, sang some Kids hymns & Christmas songs "Jesus is the Rock of My salvation, His banner over me is love"   & pushed.... grrrr it was a push for me too,  and i ended up doing 14.1 instead of 12 for what i planned... i wanted to make sure i got 12 in didn't want to risk it, so i pushed passed another hill just to make sure...
         can't wait to see what tomorrow holds.. it's a great day.. now how home to the family after some work... and let my body get some rest and get ready to do at least the 14.1 again... i am excited...
          don't give up, don't quit... 
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have a great night everyone.... Merrrrrrry Chrissssttttmasssssss!
Scotty

Day of rest, Getting ready for 4th week

   I have been consistantly moving forward.. this next week i am going for 12 miles a day on the bike. moving my work out to 1 hr to 1:15-1:30 long  start getting up now at 5:15am or 5:30 am now...   looking forward to seeing how the new route will be i will be moving from going east & west to going to North and South.. this will definatly more difficult this time of Year, as well as i know that i am increasing elvation of my ride next week as well.
            it's so weird pushing my self in this way, thinking of next week goals, and the mental battle begains now... "dude do you really want to do this"  i still have some good well meaning freind telling me, " Scotty you are crazy and you will never pull this off, and that you will never going to achive this goal..."
         i have no idea how far i will get, but i know i will not give up, i am moving forward, i don't know if i will achive this in a year, or 5 years, but i am moving forward to what God has instore for me as i start this adventrue, prayerfully He will allow me to continue, to push forward and make a differance in my life, the life of my family, my close friends, and my church Family...
         to all of you have set a goal, and there have been people been telling you to, "quit, give up, your never gonna make it."  let my tell you this....
                               "Never Give up, you can do it, continue to pray about the goal you set before you, and Don't give up, Never, never, Never, Never give up on the things that God prayerfully have set on your heart, there is a reason He gave you the Goal to being with, you can do it, He will not give you More then what you can bear, find the silver or gold lining in the moments along the way, because there are plenty of Dark days to come...  dig Deep, pray hard, and keep moving forward.... There is a great Strength that indwells in you through the Holy Spirit.. Father i would like to pray for the person who is reading this who might feel like giving up, who doesn't want to continue on, who feel the weight of things against them... help them to hear your voice, help them to since your spirit and guide them, speak to them, inspire them and please Father help them to reach out and acomplish the task you set before them... Father please do these things for them in the name of your son Jesus... Amen...."
            have a great day of Rest... Merry Chirstmas... and don't give up... you can do this
Thankfully i have not give up yet... i fell a million times better, and like the movie Meet the Robins "Keep Moving Forward"

sick, sick, sick, sick....

still on the journey... as i have a friend who likes to ride me every other day... he reminded me today.. dude you have 49 weeks left, you never going to make it...
my answer to him was, i am consistent, and i will not give up... yeah he things this is a joke,,, and he gets a laugh out of it quit a bit...
ok so now to the serious stuff... i had sinus infection that put me down for two day.. i was drained, headache, no energy... but thankfully God was kind and allowed me to over come it.. i started back today.. the last mile was Grrrrrrreeaaaattttttt! loved it...
i feel so much better, so i don't care where you at, what you are doing... if you start, be consistent, even if it's slow, keep going and build... it will last longer, you will feel better, and you will desire the feeling better will help you over come the tough times.
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3rd week starts

Bring it on baby!!!!!!!

Ok I am going to a new third route.. Going from 7.9 to a full 10 miles a day this next week.. So it's off to Bed and I will pick up and blog tomorrow some centime much more.. Have a great nights sleep and welcome to a new week!!!! Whooooo ;)

faster

so this morning... yeah i did not want to get past the .8 mark.. legs hurt some, i quit using my ear phones... ohh that is so hard...

my body is starting to get used to shifting the bike. i think it has 22 gears, i am using 3 of them.. ha ha...

i did better and ended up pushing my self more... i increased my speed i got the 6.3 miles on the bike & the .8 on the speed walk, but I had made up time on my bike this time. so i got to tack on another .8 on the speed walk so i got to bump from 7.1 yesterday to 7.9 today.. so we will see what happens tomorrow..

don't quit, don't give up... doubt creeps in and fight it back.. quitting was running through my mind 3/4 of the way through this morning... then when i was the last 1/4 i knew i have to finish and maybe i can do more... then when i got into the walk, i was like, "i can do more i am not going to stop, i am going to do another .8... i can do it... i can do it..." then before i was done the .8 turned into 1.6..

May our God help you turn you last 1/4 into more then you expected..

tomorrow.... 20 min from now..... it will be 30 degrees when i get up to bike and walk... ha ha i would pick the worst time of the year to start a goal... anyone else feel the same way... don't quit don't give up.... we can do it...

We can do all things through Christ who straightens us!!!

2nd week

My Bike

Plan....... Plan...... Plan..... first off this is probably not the way to get ready for an iron man... ha ha ha.. and know that i am not doing this to seek our 1st place. This is a personal challenge to myself first of all, and then secondly beat a friend of man for bragging rights... yep that is you Sam!

where to begin, so my wife went out of town for a week and i have 4 young boys (can't leave alone) did not think of that one.. needed a indoor work out routine in place. tyboe, p90x, push up and setup's... what ever works right.. just know those days are coming plan for it.. i didn't... opps!

So Sunday is my bump up day. I went from ridding 2.3 miles and speed walking .8 miles to riding 6.3 miles & speed walking .8 miles. (again i am 287 6'2" Remember i am Gradually building at this point it might not be the best thing, but part of my goal is consistency & not to quit, even if it pushes my timeline back. i do not intend to give up!) one of the main Reason for this.. Dogs... ha ha.. yeah real logical push.. i would double my work out with a larger loop & a different area because of dogs! some recent new people moved into our neighborhood and have 3 huge dogs. i really thought they were going to clear the fence when they hit it.... and they would have had fresh leg for breakfast... i don't have a concealed license or a hand gun to shoot them if they jump the fence, or i don't want to try to out run them when i am first starting off... so i change my route... and bumped it up... logical right??? ha ha ha.. Glad i did it.. plus who wants to wake up all the neighbors at 5:30am in the morning every morning because of some pesky dogs... not me..

Did great this past Sunday... today whole new story... i am simple minded.... Just keep peddling, just keep peddling, don't stop peddling.. always peddle even if you are going down hill.... peddle! yeah forgot to plug in my phone to charge so no head phones today... talk about a night & day difference. today was somewhat difficult.. the cold weather.... nope, the rain... nope, no music...my dependance almost crushed me today... ***WARNING***
Then I got to thinking about it, make sense why the war boats had drums & why the soldiers had a cadence to march too.... Music empowers the sole, sets a pace.. I finished on Sunday in about 35 minutes, today my finish time was 50min... (some of that is my body fighting back now to with not liking to be pushed more then what i did last week!) Now i see why the iron-man rules do not allow listing devices, i had even thought of putting some kind of small bell on my shoe to help me keep a cadence while i ride & run.. i bet that is against the iron man rules as well.
So yeah i wanted to quit after .8 and just ride around the block a couple of times and call it a day... Thank you Jesus for a brief thought of No... you have to push your self Now, this is where you cross the finish line, or you go home because your a quitter.... I do not want to quit... so i pressed on and thankful that i completed it... i have a feeling i am going to have that battle a-lot for days, weeks, & months to come....
A friend of mine shared a great quote today.. "Why should you continue going after your dreams? Because seeing the look on the faces of the people who said you couldn't... will be priceless." then of course we have some banter that will take place back in forth about who is going to cross the finish line before the other... ha ha...
also i realize that my diet is going to have to change.. i have cut out cokes, but i have this sinking feeling that evil green stuff that i despise so much will have to be a large part of my diet... ha ha.... yeah i know that is coming... I have been so starving through out the day now that i have started to pick things up.....
The Battle..... I will not lie, last week was a bad week... i had one day of anger that was very difficult for me to control... (in part, others should not do this, i take responsibility for my own actions here and no one elses, i have quit taking my Adderral as of a month now i have been off. This is just something personal that i deal with on & off but none the less has become apart of this journey that i am on right now. not right, not wrong, Just different.) I really do not think it has anything to do with that, but i really think it has to do with the spiritual battle that i am up against on a daily basis as I pray along side of our people, and fight my own personal demons that seek to torment me through out the my heart and life. When you make a stand, physically & spiritually get ready all hell is going to break loose against you.
So this is my warning to you right now, if you are setting goals spiritually, if you are setting Goes physically, and you are striving to draw closer to our God.. well, let just say Satan & the other fallen angles just are not going to roll over and play dead for you!!! they hate you, they Hate the God who created you, they hate your marriage, they hate what it stands for, they hate the Word of God, they Hate those who are willing to speak it, they hate those who use it, They Hate your Goals, They have your Spouse, They hate your Kids, they hate your Dog, they Hate your Car.... They Hate you, can't stand you, they think you stink, you smell, you..... don't believe me, take a moment and read "23 Minutes in Hell" and then read the scripture that he give in the back to validate his experience... Dude it is on like Donkey Kong...

• so let me wrap this up with good stuff... Don't quit
• consider the no music factor...... ugggg
• Plan for you spouse being out of town
• push for more.... you can do it...
• don't give up i feel like the million dollar man and i am only doing a little everyday.. be consistent!!!! you can do this!!!
• Sam, what kind of Gatorade you want me to bring you after you cross after me? ha ha thank you... you are truly a blessing as a friend.
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• Me after the morning Ride... Grizzly man... Grizzly.... ha ha
  
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