It’s almost the first of the year and I need to get my butt in gear for a few reasons. First, I need to lose some weight. Plain and simple. But the more motivating reasons are that I agreed to take on some interesting and difficult events this year, and if I’m going to be prepared to complete said events, I need to start training. Hard.
So, the first event on the calendar is the Tough Mudder competition in West Dover, VT on May 7, 2011. This is going to be a beast of a competition and I’ll be happy to finish. If it goes well in Vermont, I’ll probably enter the event in Wisconsin at the end of July. We’ll see if my military schedule will allow for that.
The next event is going to be an Olympic length triathlon. My good friend Damion and I decided we want to accomplish this kind of event in 2011. We still need to pick one out, but I’m confident we’ll get it done at some point in the year.
The third event I’m hoping to complete is the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa or RAGBRAI. I can’t take loads of time off work to do another cross-country trip but I can probably manage a week and this event would be a great opportunity to ride in an organized cycling event. Again, participation in this event will be only if my military schedule allows the time.
So, what am I going to do to train? Well, first off, lots and lots of cardiovascular endurance training. I’ll be running, riding and swimming to get my heart and lungs into shape. Add to that lots of core body work and legs to be prepared for the running in Tough Mudder and the triathlon and all the cycling in the triathlon and RAGBRAI.
So that’s what I have going on. I’m building some binders to track my training and fitness and I’ll be kicking it all off next week. Anyone want to join me?