June already.

I feel like I say this almost every month, but it's a little surprising that we're already at the end of May.   Yes, I'm actually ahead of the game this month, shocking isn't it, but it's Friday and a little slow at work.  I've talked at length about the Triathalon already so no need to harp on that anymore.   I've had a few weeks to reflect on it and I'm going to say I'm more than satisfied with my results.  No, I didn't get to swim, but that wasn't my choice and it was the right one

This is a picture I took that morning, and while it doesn't quite show the wave action, you can see it's pretty active.   We had a rip tide warning in effect and the surf was pretty active.  The dual runs were a bit much and made it clear to me that I was underprepared.  I probably should have taken a training plan and used it, but that's hindsight.  All that aside, I finished and I wasn't last.   I'll do better next time.

Let's get to it and recap the rest of May:

• Complete the triathalon
• Maintain weight
• Ride 350 miles - Yes I lowered this for pre-race taper and post-race recovery
• Weekly run and walk exercise.   At least two walks and one run per week.   
• Bi-weekly swims for the two weeks before the race. 
• Regular Yoga exercise.   At least once per week.
• Resume rowing activities after the race. 
• Perfect Month in Apple
• Apple April exercise goal
• Gold in my April challenges

Weight Results:

• Starting Weight: 218.0
• Ending Weight: 216.8

Exercise info:

• Number of rides: 78
• Time on exercise: 23:57:56
• Distance on rides: 391.40
• Number of runs: 3
• Distance running: 5.27
• Number of walks: 6
• Time walking: 3:27:03
• Distance walking: 10.15
• Number of rows:  0
• Time rowing:  0
• Number of swims: 2
• Distance swimming: 2000yd

Results:

A whole lot of up and down this month...   Let's start with the down shall we?   While I've been holding my weight in the range I want to, it's been very volatile.  I seem to overeat on the weekends and then go back down during the week.   I would like that to stay more steady, and maybe get my eating a little more under control.   Yes, I know I wasn't going to talk about weight, but it's an important metric for me and I feel like my appetite is a little out of control and I excuse it because I work out a lot.  Oh and those 34 waist shorts?   Don't quite fit which is a bummer.   

Oh, there are other things to talk about?   Well, I didn't get gold in my solo challenge.   Missed that because I took some recovery time.   No rowing either.   As I've stated I was pretty sore and felt that way for about a week and a half after the race.   My hips and knees are finally feeling decent again, so I plan to start rowing next week.  I don't feel bad about the things I missed because I did taper down pre-race and that helped a lot.

Don't let me make it sound like it was all bad.   On top of finishing the race, I hit my revised mileage goal,  Plenty of walking last month and I feel like I might start running again next week.   I can definitely do a mile, or maybe two.   I need to get up to 5k distances because I see some of those in my future.   I didn't do as much swimming as I wanted, but I want to start some open water swims and I need to think about when I'll do the scuba certification.    Yoga has been fairly constant, I really like the restorative classes and want to make those a weekly activity.  And for my challenges, I crushed #mc40.  got a a perfect month in Apple, and a gold and silver finish in my challenges...

So what's in store for John this month?   Glad you asked..

• Maintain weight
• Ride 450 miles - Weather permitting I want to ride outdoors every Sunday.
• Weekly run and walk exercise. 
• One open-water swim, preferrably two.   Minimum of 1/2 mile distance. 
• Weekly Yoga
• Weekly row
• Perfect Month in Apple
• Apple June exercise goal
• Gold in my June challenges
• All the bonuses in #mc41

This should be a fun month.   MC41 has a lot, and I mean a lot, of bootcamp and fitpass requirements which should fit nicely into some cross training.   I don't know how many complete rest days I'll take, but maybe I'll try to slot Yoga in there or just alternate fitpass and Yoga with cardio activities.  The other thing I did was lower my cycling mileage.   This was initially supposed to be a 550 mile month, at least it was when I set my yearly targets, but I think that's unrealisitic given that I want to improve on my running and overall fitness, and I need more than just cycling for that.   Plus I don't want my legs to feel dead again, so we'll ride a little less, row a little, lift a little more, stretch a little more, run a little more and feel better overall.   Hopefully, the Apple June challenge isn't gross hard...   We'll see.   Tarpon Triathalon registration deadline is July 14 which is both Bastille Day and my mother-in-law's birthday.   Not sure that's what I'm looking for, but it is auspiscious so good enough...   More on that after June. 

Final Thoughts:

I've posted enough random shit today.  I'm excited for summer, and being active.   Have a great month and we'll talk soon!