It's weird, but life just keeps rolling on, no matter what goes on. It's kind of surreal that my parents are all gone and yet everything just keeps going. September is going to be an insane month for Merinda and I with travel to Ireland, Virginia, Ireland and home. First she goes to get her mom tomorrow, then they fly to VA to meet Matteo, then I drive to VA to hopefully meet Matteo, then I fly her home, then I fly home and it's going to be October... In between all that, I need to deal with Dad stuff, the house, work and everything else. Ugh.
On top of all that, I'm still trying to stay focused and motivated for exercise. I'm actually feeling motivated, but the hip pain I've been feeling since my trip to Cali has made it a challenge to do much of everything. Then if we add in whatever happened to my knee the night Dad died, and it's become a horrorshow. I'm hoping some rest and low impact time will let me heal up because otherwise I'm going to need some kind of surgery or something.
So, how was August? In a word emotional. I had the complete high of the trip to SF, the shows, the city and everything else. Then the return home, the letdown after a great time and the pain... Lots of pain. My hip flexors are still shredded and some times I can barely lift my feet to put on clothing. At least I can gently cycle to get some exercise and then the knee injury (probably meniscus tear) and Dad. Add in some friends, who forgot what it means to be a friend, and my month imploded. I lost a week up in VA where I only did stretching, meditation and some light walking so I fell pretty far behind on my monthly goal, missed another race and feel like I'm going backwards on my health journey. Instead of talking about it all here, let's look at what happened.
- Get under 220
- Ride 400 miles
- Weather permitting ride outdoors every week
- Focus on distance and endurance to train for my ride in November
- August Perfect Month in Apple
- Gold in my August challenge
- Apple August Challenge
- Restart weight workouts. Either through bootcamps or fitpass
- All the bonus points in #mc56
- Run the 5k here on the 23rd
- Starting Weight: 223.2
- Ending Weight: 229.1
- Number of rides: 59
- Time on exercise: 18:18:59
- Distance on rides: 275.24
- Number of runs: 0
- Distance running: 0
- Number of walks: 6
- Time walking: 2:07:04
- Distance walking: 4.13
- Number of rows: 0
- Time rowing: 0
- Distance Rowing: 0
- Number of swims: 0
- Distance swimming: 0
- Weight Workouts: 1
Let me be clear, even if I hadn't lost last week in VA I would have missed my mileage target again. I lost almost a full week in SF and last week and with my hips/knees that doomed any chance of me making up the distance. I also failed to ride outdoors, but the weather has been shitty, so that's ok. I'm really more disappointed in my weight. I felt like I was trending in the right direction early in the month, but once again, managed to fatten myself up by the end of the month. I just can't seem to summon the willpower to keep myself from junk food. I'll have to do better because I just will not get fat again. I'm ok with missing goals because of Dad, or that I'm hurt, because those are out of my control. It wasn't by choice that I missed the 5k on the 23rd. My knee siezed up on Wednesday night and at that point I decided it wasn't worth it to run a 5k. Add in some heavy rain and it was an easy, albeit disappointing choice.
Ok, so what am I going to do this month? That's a good question and let's dive into it.
- Get under 225/220
- Ride 200 miles
- Weather permitting ride outdoors
- Focus on distance and endurance to train for my ride in November
- September Perfect Month in Apple
- Gold in my September challenge
- Apple August Challenge
- Restart weight workouts. Either through bootcamps or fitpass
With being away for half the month I've cut my mileage target to 200. Yes it's silly low, but a week in VA, and a week in Ireland and travel time and I won't be cycling much. I'd rather exceed it, than see red again for a month. I'd like to see my weight get below 225 consistently. Merinda is going away, so I'll eat lighter (hopefully) and I can maybe get my weight down. I feel like it's more of an appetite issue right now. If the rest look like last month it's because they are. I've pared it down a bit to try and make it fit with my knees/hips and hopefully that's not going to be a problem.
That's enough rambling for today. Still dealing with a lot so this was a nice break. Hope to talk soon!
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