Iron News Man - March 8. 2010!!!!
Iron News Man
"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.” - Abraham Lincoln
Should I even blog today? On this, my 40th birthday that was the question I found myself asking. After all, this is my special day to be selfish. However, I found myself thinking I should mention that I fully intend to do the workout that was scheduled for me regardless of my birthday.
My close friend and coach Craig Moss put together a training schedule weeks ago to get me ready for the LA Marathon. He knew the date of my birthday. I see no rest day mentioned, so keep the faith I will do and crush it later today!
As for celebrating this milestone birthday, I did plenty of that over the weekend and will enjoy my family tonight. Yup, all is right in the world.
Here’s my training schedule for today:
Run 4-miles
Weight train chest
I’ll do both from Jordan’s Virtual Fit Club in Valencia. Though my weight trainer Jordan Yuam does not prefer it, I’ll do the run first so I can get home to my family and start our birthday celebration (my wife is cooking all my favorites and my daughters baked me a yummy looking cake).
This weekend many of you took part in one of the most popular triathlons of this early 2010 season, the Toyota Desert International. My good friend Liana Lehua competed and gives her thoughts in her blog, CLICK HERE and enjoy! I would like to have been there to compete, but I don’t regret a second of how I spent my birthday weekend!
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-Chris
My race schedule (so far) for 2010:
13.1 Los Angeles (Half) Marathon
Students Run LA Friendship Run
Wildflower Triathlon (long course)
Ironman World Championships????
Why blog? To inspire others.
Simply put, three years ago I was overweight! At 6’1” I weighed 252, and wore size 40 pants. Few people really noticed, but I did. In pictures, on TV, I was not happy with my appearance. Covering the 2007 LA Marathon for NBC4 was the last straw. Every picture I was in highlighted just how out of shape I had become.
No more! Since that time, the guy who could barely run around the block has slowly built-up his endurance and completed numerous events. Among the big ones: the 2008 Long Beach International Marathon , 2009 Surf City Marathon in Huntington Beach, 2009 LA Marathon, 2009 Vineman Ironman 70.3, and 2009 Ironman Arizona!
I invite you to share this journey with me.
