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.

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"

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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From Fat-Man to Ironman!

Today I am 6'2" and I weight 287lbs. Thanks to one of my Best friends (Sam), a little old school rivalry between the two of us, his sister Hannah and her running the Cozumel ironman this weekend..... we have taken off the gloves and thrown down to run a ironman in a year, and if God willing the Cozumel Ironman this time next year. this is where i plan on sharing how God uses this to impact me with this burning desire to do this, and my physical desire to rebel against this. I have some Good friends that will encourage me along the way i am sure, but most of all i have a Great wife who believes in me. I know that an ironman can be consuming, but i am going to strive to balance my work, family life, and preparation for this the best i can while including my family into it as well... I am hyper and a ball of energy and really looking forward to this.. Scotty