Day 63 - Easter Sunday Mar 31 - Weigh In

A gorgeous day for Easter Sunday spent with family while contemplating the resurrection. My weight today was lower and continues to drop. 167.2 pounds is what the scale read.

Everyone of my sons present got into the act and wanted to know what they weighed. David, Tom, Johnny, and Jeff were the order of weight ranging from about 140 to 160 with an average of less than 150. That's what I'd like to get down to. 

Day 62 - Sat Mar 30 - Skiing Schweitzer

A beautiful day up at Schweitzer Mountain ski resort. I went with four of my eight children and their families. 50 degree weather on the slopes, corn snow and tracks top to bottom. We are a fast skiing bunch including the grandchildren ages 8 and up. I don't remember my thighs burning as much for a long time. I wonder what kind of triathlon workout skiing like this is? It certainly works some different muscle groups.

Day 57 - Mar 25th - Spinning & Running

Melissa, my fitness coach was out sick today, so rather than have her show me my new fitness exercises I decided to take a spin. Here was the workout:

12 miles in 37:33 minutes at level 8 with an average heart rate of 133 and 344 calories burnt.

Followed by 4 laps upstairs to practice running after transition.

6 miles in 18 minutes at level 8 with an average heart rate of 133 and 172 calories burnt.

Followed by 4 laps upstairs to practice running after transition.

10 minutes on the new machine that seems like it works the inside and outside of your thighs and knees. Almost a downhill ski conditioning machine. It was tough for the first 3 minutes as it worked different muscles. It is like an elliptical but much harder on my muscles. I will report the name when I figure out what it is.

Followed by 4 laps upstairs to practice running after transition.

It must have been a good workout, because when I got home my family said they could smell me and sent me to the shower before dinner.

I thought it was a long workout. Total time about 1:30, but when I called my daughter Maria who is training for the CDA Ironman she said she was going for a spin for a few hours or more with 3 others Ashley, Brendon, and Adam and watching a movie. Here is a picture of their spinning set up.

Day 56 - Mar 24th - Weigh In

I continue to lose pounds each week and that is now known to be helpful because the AlterG treadmill shows me how faster and stronger a runner I am without the weight.

Today I weighed 167.5 which is 12.5 pounds less than when I started at 180. My suit pants looked a little baggy today and I had to take my belt in another notch. Progress.

Day 55 - Sat Mar 23rd - Prom Help

Jacqualine Fagan, a sophomore at Coeur d'Alene high school  thought it would be nice to have a formal dance with dress standards so several months ago as part of a personal progress goal she started to organize one that was held Saturday night at the Lake City Center on Lakewood. 

Here is the picture of her with her red hair and then below the couples that assembled at the Erik and Sonny Curtis home in CDA for an elegant dinner and limo ride to the dance. Knowing I would be helping with the event until late at night, and was at soccer games and other grandkid events early in the day, I got my training in mid day. 

 

 I'd been a pretty good eater at the wedding a week earlier and throughout most of the week, but as a dinner helper I think that I ate too much tonight. Troy Black talked to me about his body builder diet he was on. He stuck to it and is in his 8th of a 12 week weight reduction plan. He looks good and toned up now.  I ate dessert and had seconds on the wild salmon, plus ate some popcorn.

Day 52 - March 20th - Hailstorm

Julienne and I ran down to our son David's house to see how construction was coming along. It had been rainy off and on during the day and finally calmed down about 3pm. I took a coat, hat, and gloves. It was about a 4- 5 mile run. Along the way it got hot so I took off my jacket and gloves and hid them in the bushes. Coming back it started to rain again just about the time I retrieved them. No sooner had I done so then hail and lightning started. We were headed up a 1.5 mile hill on Rimrock Road in Hayden. It seemed like the longest mile I have ever run. My ears got beat with the hail, my pants and shoes got soaked. I was cold and tired. Back home a hot shower never felt so good. This was my first experience running in hail.

Day 51 - Tues Mar 19th - Last Day in San Diego

Didn't want to miss a travel day like I did on Friday, so I got up at 4:45am and got another 4 miles in on Encinitas Blvd in Carlsbad, CA before I had to start heading for the plane.