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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