Ha ha ha ha yep it's almost spring in Texas and you can always see great wildlife out and about in South Texas.... Wether you like it or not... Ha ha ha
Quick up date week 9..... For anyone new.. Consitancy is my goal, not to quit, not to give, even if it takes longer then I plan.. With that Said I pushed for 35 miles this past Sunday In 3 hours... improment over last week.. It took me 2 hours 54 min to do 30 miles.. I love my push days because it helps me dream about what I can try to do the next week.. Thankfully I have been able to acomplish 20 miles in About 2 hours, a little less.. I can begian to explain how Good it is to experacne progress.. Again it's not leaps and bounds, but it is forward progress.
So I want encourage you, have you started yet.. Then start, you already have not done it.. So start and do it.. Who cares how small it is, just start to make a change.. Yes people will dog you, people make make fun of how small your goals are, or they will make fun of you for how litttle you are acomplishing at a time... but when you get 9 weeks from today and you slowly have built, you will be where I am today.. Motivated, tired, excited, pushing forward, dreading, & moved.. All theses feeling wrapped into who you will become 9 weeks from now..
I have been able to pick up my runs on my short days.. It's nothing over the top, but it's getting there..
Don't give up, just start, & it's ok that is small start.... Because... You have started!!!! Father come along who ever is taking time to read this, speak to their heart and help them where they are... Father like you have done for me, please touch their heart not only physically, but especially Spritaully, help them to know you are there beside them every step of they way, no matter how easy or how difficult it may be.. Help them not to give up, help them to move forward in hope Father and please bless them in the name if your son Jesus.... Amen
So a skunk did come across my pathat.. Thought I was going to nail him.. "thank You God for letting him run a little faster and Him not wanting to spray no matter what comes pass him.. So be careful where your riding.. Thankfully I was not running when I net him, I would not have able to get into my house with my family, muchless go to work had I been sprayed... Ha ha ha so be carefully out there.. And watch for skunks..
See you on the road!
Scotty
I just completed a 35.52 mi mountain bike ride in 3:08:29 using @MapMyFitness. Check out my route! http://www.mapmyfitness.com/view_route?r=120132724253324493 #bike #cycling #mtb
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
push at 25
hey so it was Tuesday and i really wanted to push my self.. i wanted to see how far i could make it in an hour, my goal was to try to do 25 miles in 2 hours.. when i realized that ironman biking is a 20-30mph sport and i am only doing 10mph... that rang a bell a really loud bell you could say i really, really, really, really, have alot of work to do... so i tried pushing harder this time.. and thankfully i had made it to the McCoy cut off and was on my way back before the 1 hour marker went off.. whoooooooooo i can not begin to tell you how excited i was... at one point when i check my speed i was keeping up a 12mph pace.. when i finished the route i had finished with a 11.6mph pace.. i little disappointing, but really stoked at the same time because i made it back to the house before the second hour maker had went off on my alarm... man... that is totally cool... it was amazing feeling to reach that kind of goal.. i think if i can hit those goals Thursday and Friday as well then next week i might actually try to hit 30 miles in 2 hours if i can..
I have been taking time to pour over Isaiah 46 lately.. God is the God of all. He declares that over his people and the earth. i can help but think through that and pray through that on my rides... i pray and pray and pray God would come speak to me like he did the prophets of old, not that i am a prophet by any means, but i seek out his voice in the early mornings none the same.. i have really focused lately on Jesus Blood covering my sin, and that in My God's sight i am blameless because of that, and because of that i have been asking him, even saying to him in prayer, "lord my sins are covered, i am a Son, Jesus died so that i could be called that, please father as a Son come and speak to me, allow me to hear your voice give me Directions God as a son of your please Father speak to me." i share this so you to know that i desires the things that you do. God still speaks through scripture to us, but i have a longing for him to give oral direction to my life, to help me be even more deeply in love with him then i could ever imagine, in turn praying that that too would help me to refrain from the sin that traipse through out my life that i too fight against as well.
keep going, don't quit, we can do this, through God's grace, His power, and our tenacity... push keep going, and reach the goal you have set, and set another goal. don't give up and be consistent.
I have been taking time to pour over Isaiah 46 lately.. God is the God of all. He declares that over his people and the earth. i can help but think through that and pray through that on my rides... i pray and pray and pray God would come speak to me like he did the prophets of old, not that i am a prophet by any means, but i seek out his voice in the early mornings none the same.. i have really focused lately on Jesus Blood covering my sin, and that in My God's sight i am blameless because of that, and because of that i have been asking him, even saying to him in prayer, "lord my sins are covered, i am a Son, Jesus died so that i could be called that, please father as a Son come and speak to me, allow me to hear your voice give me Directions God as a son of your please Father speak to me." i share this so you to know that i desires the things that you do. God still speaks through scripture to us, but i have a longing for him to give oral direction to my life, to help me be even more deeply in love with him then i could ever imagine, in turn praying that that too would help me to refrain from the sin that traipse through out my life that i too fight against as well.
keep going, don't quit, we can do this, through God's grace, His power, and our tenacity... push keep going, and reach the goal you have set, and set another goal. don't give up and be consistent.
Coyotes = Motivation: Week 8
Whoooo I did 30 miles on Sunday.. 2.54 hours... yeah that is on a Mountain Bike.. lots of drag and lots of noise.. that brings me to the wild pack..
I was heading down to the Campbellton cut off which is 15 miles from my house along the access road. i hit the McCoy cut off and was really excited about the next leg until about a mile into on a down hill... have you ever heard a baby rabbit get caught by a dog before.. they kind have a squeaky scream to them... and that was exactly what my bike started to sound like. Really that's no big deal to me, my bike often sound like that as i get later in to routes.. but on this day that was the worst thing it could sound like.. ha ha.. I grew up in the country, i have been around alot things, even been out when some coyotes have been out, but this bunch of coyotes i heard that were not to far from the road, sounded like a pack of 20+.. needless to say sounding like a baby rabbit being caught in the middle of no where armed with just a pocket knife that I carry, didn't seem like the place to pick a stand against a bunch of Coyotes... ha ha i know some other routes that are in town the could help me accomplish the same thing..
so with that in mind.. i turned the bike around, and boogied up a really big hill. it was great motivation for me to peddle faster that was for sure. it was about a mile before i didn't hear them any more..
so the next time you are out cycling in the early morning hours or evening hours and you don't feel like you have enough motivation, just don't oil you bike down, or carry a small sound device that plays the sounds of a rabbit being caught by a dog, and you can have some Coyotes give you some motivation to move a little bit faster..
it has been a great Sunday, and feel really good about accomplishing the goal of 30 miles and keeping a 10 mph pace.. that is until we figured out that to do 115 miles in an iron man you have to keep closer to a 20-30mph pace.. so yeah i have some work to do to really push my self.
this continues to be a great time of prayer for me, and just speaking to God and asking him to come and speak to me give me direction, insight, and to fall more deeply in love with him through out my day. I try to focus on that the most before my my drifts off to other prayer request and or to some foreign land of thought that is random in my head as i push up and the down the hills.
again i want to encourage all of you.. i have not gotten where i am today so far by make huge adjustments in my life... my goal still is consistency, it's not to loose weight but go the distance, then after distance it's a better/quality time within that distance. the other half of the goal of consistency is not to give up, not to quit, to keep going.. I don't know what your goals are for the new year, but keep going, do not give up, be Consistent, and most importantly pray through the goals you have set before yourself to make sure they are the Goals that God wants you to try to accomplish.. don't give up, you can do this.. aaaaaarrrrrrrooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ! even if it takes a little Coyote motivation... ha ha.
I was heading down to the Campbellton cut off which is 15 miles from my house along the access road. i hit the McCoy cut off and was really excited about the next leg until about a mile into on a down hill... have you ever heard a baby rabbit get caught by a dog before.. they kind have a squeaky scream to them... and that was exactly what my bike started to sound like. Really that's no big deal to me, my bike often sound like that as i get later in to routes.. but on this day that was the worst thing it could sound like.. ha ha.. I grew up in the country, i have been around alot things, even been out when some coyotes have been out, but this bunch of coyotes i heard that were not to far from the road, sounded like a pack of 20+.. needless to say sounding like a baby rabbit being caught in the middle of no where armed with just a pocket knife that I carry, didn't seem like the place to pick a stand against a bunch of Coyotes... ha ha i know some other routes that are in town the could help me accomplish the same thing..
so with that in mind.. i turned the bike around, and boogied up a really big hill. it was great motivation for me to peddle faster that was for sure. it was about a mile before i didn't hear them any more..
so the next time you are out cycling in the early morning hours or evening hours and you don't feel like you have enough motivation, just don't oil you bike down, or carry a small sound device that plays the sounds of a rabbit being caught by a dog, and you can have some Coyotes give you some motivation to move a little bit faster..
it has been a great Sunday, and feel really good about accomplishing the goal of 30 miles and keeping a 10 mph pace.. that is until we figured out that to do 115 miles in an iron man you have to keep closer to a 20-30mph pace.. so yeah i have some work to do to really push my self.
this continues to be a great time of prayer for me, and just speaking to God and asking him to come and speak to me give me direction, insight, and to fall more deeply in love with him through out my day. I try to focus on that the most before my my drifts off to other prayer request and or to some foreign land of thought that is random in my head as i push up and the down the hills.
again i want to encourage all of you.. i have not gotten where i am today so far by make huge adjustments in my life... my goal still is consistency, it's not to loose weight but go the distance, then after distance it's a better/quality time within that distance. the other half of the goal of consistency is not to give up, not to quit, to keep going.. I don't know what your goals are for the new year, but keep going, do not give up, be Consistent, and most importantly pray through the goals you have set before yourself to make sure they are the Goals that God wants you to try to accomplish.. don't give up, you can do this.. aaaaaarrrrrrrooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ! even if it takes a little Coyote motivation... ha ha.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Honk, big eyes, just don't.......
Hey welcome to week 6.... I am sorry I didn't post on week 5 I was out of town in the country, and my mom is still on dial up.. "there should be a law against that right" ha ha ha
Honk: so I was back at my parents week and I flirted with 20 miles a day... Wolfffff man was I glad I was on vacation.. The first day I came up short, but I was at the bottom of what though was a huge hill.. Ha ha not as big as the one I had to climb getting back home.. Ha ha... One of the coolest things that happen was a trucker Honked at me.. It wasn't , "hey get of my way honk", it was a, " hey man keep going, don't give up" kind of a Honk.. Man that pushed me into my 21 mile a day.. Is was stellar../ it's crazy how a little bit of encouragement goes such a long ways.. Too bad we as Christians aren't trying to tell people, "you can" in stead of, "your never gonna make it" so for all those who honk a atta boy honk!! Especially that trucker an another little black car! You guys rock thanks so much for being a encouragement in that way..
Big eyes: That starts week 6. Sooooo I had gotten up to 20 miles in week 5... Dude at this point the last thing I want to do is get out of Bed and start my ride in the mornings.... Seriously, some mornings are cold, windy, cold and windy (ha ha ha), and sometimes a late start.. Soooooo heading to McCoy exit and back is 23 miles.. My eyes were big... Like at the table too big.. (you know you eat to much) when the down hill part to that kicked off i knew i was going to have to come back up. i kept thinking, "maybe i should come turn around now.. no, no, no, i have to keep going" finally here it came McCoy exit one mile. "I made it!!!!!!"
it felt great getting the 23 miles in for two days.. made the 13 miles today easy.. i had gotten some running shoes during our 14 year anniversary spree yesterday so i had to try them out right...
so i ran/jog/walked 1.6 miles after the 13 mile ride.... not a great start to running, but hey it's a start..
Just Don't........ quit: That speaks for it's self..
the spritual aspect that really spoke to me today as i was praying was this: a young man that had come to our church for some community service hours took his life here recently and his family as asked me to do his funeral. When I had heard by what had happen was was sadden in my sprit over this. From the time i had spent working along side of him some, i come to admire his work ethic, and his personality. Seem like a great young man still just trying to seek out direction. This also made me think of the word Akita which is from the boy scout days of Order of the Arrow (long story).. Akita means leader that comes along side of & helps serve. As i thought about this young man i thought, "could i have been a better Akita to him during the time he was here, could i have worked along side him more, and could that have made a better difference in his life, could there have been one more sentence i could have spoken that would have given him more hope then he had to stay instead of go?" I know i feel like many that find themselves in this place. I do know he had a choice, and yes i know i could never make the choice for him. Even Jesus is grieve in spirit over things, when he saw the city, when he came upon the widow and her Son was in the casket, Lazurs, & so forth, i can't help but be sadden as well. Wanting more for a young man who felt that he had nothing else to live for and just wanted it to end. This is not my first funeral of someone who has committed Suicide nor will it be my last i suppose, but Now prayerfully this young man knew Christ and can find the peace he so desperately was searching for even though it was before God was willing to call him home.
As you finish this off today, i don't know where you are, but please don't quit, don't give up, keep calling out for help, but just don't give up prayerfully one of us around you will finally understand, or finally be able to share the words you were looking for, or be able to pray or share a piece of scripture you feel that you just can't find, But most of all, Prayerfully, it will be God's voice, His words, his love, and His presence that will help you the most in the midst of where you are. "Just don't quit"
Scotty
(this article is meant to help people through a process of Grieving, Please do not use this as a place to post about where you think people are or are not. Even truth used in the wrong way Bring harm we see that when Satan tried to use the Truth of God's word against Jesus during the time of the desert. i am not saying that there is no accountability for actions, but i am saying there is a chance of hope in God's word, and prayerfully this will help bring a great light & hope in Christ to others who have not found it yet. please be considerate of that, thank you.)
Honk: so I was back at my parents week and I flirted with 20 miles a day... Wolfffff man was I glad I was on vacation.. The first day I came up short, but I was at the bottom of what though was a huge hill.. Ha ha not as big as the one I had to climb getting back home.. Ha ha... One of the coolest things that happen was a trucker Honked at me.. It wasn't , "hey get of my way honk", it was a, " hey man keep going, don't give up" kind of a Honk.. Man that pushed me into my 21 mile a day.. Is was stellar../ it's crazy how a little bit of encouragement goes such a long ways.. Too bad we as Christians aren't trying to tell people, "you can" in stead of, "your never gonna make it" so for all those who honk a atta boy honk!! Especially that trucker an another little black car! You guys rock thanks so much for being a encouragement in that way..
Big eyes: That starts week 6. Sooooo I had gotten up to 20 miles in week 5... Dude at this point the last thing I want to do is get out of Bed and start my ride in the mornings.... Seriously, some mornings are cold, windy, cold and windy (ha ha ha), and sometimes a late start.. Soooooo heading to McCoy exit and back is 23 miles.. My eyes were big... Like at the table too big.. (you know you eat to much) when the down hill part to that kicked off i knew i was going to have to come back up. i kept thinking, "maybe i should come turn around now.. no, no, no, i have to keep going" finally here it came McCoy exit one mile. "I made it!!!!!!"
it felt great getting the 23 miles in for two days.. made the 13 miles today easy.. i had gotten some running shoes during our 14 year anniversary spree yesterday so i had to try them out right...
so i ran/jog/walked 1.6 miles after the 13 mile ride.... not a great start to running, but hey it's a start..
Just Don't........ quit: That speaks for it's self..
the spritual aspect that really spoke to me today as i was praying was this: a young man that had come to our church for some community service hours took his life here recently and his family as asked me to do his funeral. When I had heard by what had happen was was sadden in my sprit over this. From the time i had spent working along side of him some, i come to admire his work ethic, and his personality. Seem like a great young man still just trying to seek out direction. This also made me think of the word Akita which is from the boy scout days of Order of the Arrow (long story).. Akita means leader that comes along side of & helps serve. As i thought about this young man i thought, "could i have been a better Akita to him during the time he was here, could i have worked along side him more, and could that have made a better difference in his life, could there have been one more sentence i could have spoken that would have given him more hope then he had to stay instead of go?" I know i feel like many that find themselves in this place. I do know he had a choice, and yes i know i could never make the choice for him. Even Jesus is grieve in spirit over things, when he saw the city, when he came upon the widow and her Son was in the casket, Lazurs, & so forth, i can't help but be sadden as well. Wanting more for a young man who felt that he had nothing else to live for and just wanted it to end. This is not my first funeral of someone who has committed Suicide nor will it be my last i suppose, but Now prayerfully this young man knew Christ and can find the peace he so desperately was searching for even though it was before God was willing to call him home.
As you finish this off today, i don't know where you are, but please don't quit, don't give up, keep calling out for help, but just don't give up prayerfully one of us around you will finally understand, or finally be able to share the words you were looking for, or be able to pray or share a piece of scripture you feel that you just can't find, But most of all, Prayerfully, it will be God's voice, His words, his love, and His presence that will help you the most in the midst of where you are. "Just don't quit"
Scotty
(this article is meant to help people through a process of Grieving, Please do not use this as a place to post about where you think people are or are not. Even truth used in the wrong way Bring harm we see that when Satan tried to use the Truth of God's word against Jesus during the time of the desert. i am not saying that there is no accountability for actions, but i am saying there is a chance of hope in God's word, and prayerfully this will help bring a great light & hope in Christ to others who have not found it yet. please be considerate of that, thank you.)
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