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Iron News Man - July 1st, 2009

By Chris Schauble

| Tuesday, Jul 28, 2009 | Updated 7:59 PM PST

Iron News Man

Man, are my legs sore! I’m finally starting to feel the effects from all of my training. Everything from my chest up feels fine. However, from my lower back down is hurting in one way or another. I was told to expect a certain level of training fatigue. I don’t think I’m over-training, rather conditioning my body to the expectations of Ironman.

My schedule for today calls for something interesting and new (to me)… Hill repeats! I’ll be riding up Poe Parkway in Stevenson Ranch, which is 1.3 miles of pain. I don’t know the grade of the hill, but I can tell you it’s no picnic.

Here’s my TrainingPeaks.com schedule for today from Triathlon coach Jason Healey:

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Steady, moderate effort
Type: Bike
Planned duration: 1:30
Planned distance: 0.0 miles
Ride Hill repeats. Ride approx 1hr-30min. Warm up 15 minutes on the flats down on Stevenson Ranch Parkway or out and back on Pico Cyn Rd. Follow warm up with 4 hill repeats up Poe to the top and then back down. Ride medium-to-medium hard effort with a touch of hard near the top. Try to keep effort steady from bottom to top. After the repeats, cool down 15 minutes with light spin around your house. Focus on staying seated on the climbs. Try to keep your cadence above 70 rpm.
Time to build Practical Strength on the Bike.

Here’s what Food Coach Robert Vincent has on-tap for me:

-Protein drink

-Half of a cantaloupe, yogurt, white bagel

-Cup of mixed berries, banana, lentils

-Eight ounces of lean beef

-Large veggie salad topped with grilled chicken

-Protein drink

-Cup of frozen yogurt

As expected with my crazy schedule yesterday, I blew my meal plan. I should have a much easier time meeting my nutritional goals today.

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-Chris

Why blog? To inspire others.

Simply put, two 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 the 2008 Long Beach International Marathon , 2009 Surf City Marathon in Huntington Beach, and the 2009 LA Marathon.

However, something happened along the way. After my first marathon, I fell into a funk. I asked myself, “Why do you feel such a let-down after a marvelous achievement?” The answer I have since learned from my coaches, I failed to set the “goal beyond the goal”. Thus, my quest for Iron was born!

I’m registered to compete in the Ford Ironman Arizona on November 22nd, 2009. Along the way, I will compete in various road races and triathlons to fuel my passion and push my training along. The intense and at times brutal training will happen after my duties as 4 a.m. to 7a.m. and 11 a.m. anchor for NBC4 have finished. The sacrifices I will make will be substantial, and for that I thank my beautiful family and friends in advance.

I invite you to share this journey with me.