Back again in force

I know I haven't updated this in some time (work, school, family et al) but I'm back and now focused on achieving some truly mediocre results in all my athletic pursuits.

So with that, I did the following in the past month.

Signed up for the lottery of the NYC Half Marathon sponsored by Nike

Took my swimming seriously by doing a Total Immersion weekend Clinic

Rejoined New York Sports Club The Livingston NJ javascript:void(0)
Publish Postlocation has a fantastic small lap pool. Not very crowded (usually empty) and a great steam room.

Some of my upcoming stuff to get my flabby butt moving.


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The Lincoln Tunnel Challenge on April 20th.
The Giants Stadium Draft Day 5K.

On another front, I received a blind inquiry to participate in the Janus Executive Challenge for Fiancial Services professionals. They sent a great Tri Tank. Unfortuately the shirt fits like sausage skin, and not in a good way. It's given me some inspiration to finally start moving. Take a look.

http://www.nyctri.com/Registration/Janus_Financial_Executive_Challenge.htm

I'll start posting the weekly workout results this week.

Ugh, this will hurt.

My goal for 2008 updated

A quick note.

I got into the NYC Triathlon. I signed up for it at 12:01 AM on November 1st. That's one down and two to go.

For the full marathon, I have four races left to run this year for my automatic berth into the event. I just did a pre-2007 marathon race that was a five miler last week. I have one race in two Saturday's that is also a charity event. Plus three in December. Those are going to be cold races.

For the Half Marathon, I have to cross my fingers for luck in the lottery or join a charity for a defined spot. That lottery will occur in May 2008.

I didn't get to weigh myself today (oh darn, too bad) but I will before I post next.

40 and fit is now my goal for 2008

I had been basically slowing down these last couple of weeks since the Triathlon. I have been working out maybe three times a week, and nothing really heavy involved.

What I do not want to happen is to lose the gains that I've made. But, to be honest, it's a tough thing to keep yourself motivated when all you want to to is "stay in shape". The holidays, work, family, can easily derail you.

For me, I think I found my set of goals for 2008. Now that I've been officially bitten by the Tri bug, I knew one of my goals was to do the NYC Triathlon. So much so, I found a cable recap of the event on SNY TV and watched it. Brenda groaned when she saw what was on, but I didn't care.

But what else? Well, I am a member of NY Roadrunners. and I've always wanted to do the Marathon, so there is goal number 2. And since I had a great time at the NYC Half Marathon why not put that on the list as well? I am starting to see a pattern.

So in short, there's my goals, but I don't want to schlub my way through each event. I want to do well. So the best effort includes best preparation, I decided to set the bar of each event as follows:

NYC TRI: 2:40
NYC Half Marathon: 1:50
NYC Marathon: 3:50

I will be doing other events like some of the local runs and maybe a few other Tri's, but those are my "must do" events. And to hit those times I need to really get in gear and get in shape for them.

Too much for my 40th year of existence? I know that the midlife crisis is when a guy is supposed to go out and get hair plugs, a sports car, and a new set of threads, but in those respective categories I have too much hair (back especially) I already have the sports car, but I could use some new clothes. So hopefully all this working out will allow me to get some new duds for work and home.

More on how I plan to do this in an upcoming post.