Half Marathon for No Reason in Support of No one - October 2014
Sooooo, I have started to bore my face book friends with my constant posts about my fitness exploits as I, in the past, tackled a change in lifestyle when i was diagnosed with Type II diabetes in 2011 and started to take responsibility for my health and fitness. I started with a learning to run 5k program and started doing 5k races in 2011. The next year I worked up to 10k and eventually half marathon distance races. After my last half marathon in October of this year, I decided that my knees were not going to take the continued pounding required in long distance run training for to many more years so i needed to switch things up.
I have always marvelled at the athletes that compete in triathlons in their dedication to 3 different disciplines and i thought well, no one would have thought that a guy my size ( 6'2" and bouncing between 285-295lbs) could or would run the distances that i have ( according to my running app over 1000km this year and counting) so why not give a Sprint Distance Triathlon a try?
I was a competitive swimmer in my teens ( now in 40's) so that part should be a breeze, i have a road bike that my dad left me and i bike around with the kids in the summer ( in a flat parking lot), and i can already do running distances so this should be a natural progression right?
Well I am a month in and i have never been more exhausted haha.
Trying to manage workouts or at least get a system and times in place to practice 3 different disciplines has not been without its ups and downs. I feel like now i am on the right track, but anyone reading this and has some suggestions, please don't hesitate to shout them out my way.
I am not a trained anything in terms of nutrition or fitness, this is basically me, a 40 something married dude, trying to stave off diabetes with exercise and better nutrition and stumbling around diet and exercise websites, picking out things to try and commenting on what has worked for me or what has gone horribly wrong. So if that sounds like your cup of tea, keep checking back and I will keep posting an update every couple of days or so.
Peas
Sean ' Big Boy Running' Ryan
I have always marvelled at the athletes that compete in triathlons in their dedication to 3 different disciplines and i thought well, no one would have thought that a guy my size ( 6'2" and bouncing between 285-295lbs) could or would run the distances that i have ( according to my running app over 1000km this year and counting) so why not give a Sprint Distance Triathlon a try?
I was a competitive swimmer in my teens ( now in 40's) so that part should be a breeze, i have a road bike that my dad left me and i bike around with the kids in the summer ( in a flat parking lot), and i can already do running distances so this should be a natural progression right?
Well I am a month in and i have never been more exhausted haha.
Trying to manage workouts or at least get a system and times in place to practice 3 different disciplines has not been without its ups and downs. I feel like now i am on the right track, but anyone reading this and has some suggestions, please don't hesitate to shout them out my way.
I am not a trained anything in terms of nutrition or fitness, this is basically me, a 40 something married dude, trying to stave off diabetes with exercise and better nutrition and stumbling around diet and exercise websites, picking out things to try and commenting on what has worked for me or what has gone horribly wrong. So if that sounds like your cup of tea, keep checking back and I will keep posting an update every couple of days or so.
Peas
Sean ' Big Boy Running' Ryan
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