Thursday, November 10, 2011

Big News

Before the big news a quick update. It has been a little over a month since my last post. Since then my "health" issues have continued to burden me. My training has been inconsistent due to the health problems. I missed the 5150 race, where I had a free entry and Oilman due to my inability to train. With that said I think there is light at the end of the tunnel. With any luck I should be back to a "normal" schedule by mid December. I do plan to get back to some light to moderate training in the meantime. My body will dictate what I can and can not do.

So for the big news. I am currently signed up for 3 big races in 2012. First up will be Ironman 70.3 Texas in April followed by Ironman Texas in May and Ironman 70.3 Vineman in July. Of these race I have only done Ironman Texas. I am looking forward to doing my 3rd Ironman and being 100% healthly for it. I have coached the IM 70.3 Texas race for the last 3 years and I am really looking forward to getting to actually race there. Lastly, I am super excited about the IM 70.3 Vineman race in Napa, CA. I have wanted to do this race for a long time. With any luck there will be wine on the route. At any rate these are 3 quality races and I am really looking forward to all of them.

As for the remainder of 2012 I will have plenty of events to do. I have several things in mind but I am still in planning process. I will let everyone know as I finalize the 2012 schedule. I hope all is well with everyone and I'll see you at the start line.

Bye for now!

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Susan G. Komen 5K

Before I get into my update on the Susan G. Komen 5K, I want to provide a small training update.

Training has been up and down. In the last 2 weeks I have done my longest brick and my longest swim since IMTX. Other than that training has been inconsistent. I have been working an extreme amount of hours and days the last two weeks and I have had 2 more allergic reactions where some part of my face swells up. (Don't laugh) The medication that I take for these reactions makes me very sleepy and gives me some pretty bad headaches. This typically derails my training for a few days, today being no exception. I am going to try and regroup with a brick after work tomorrow before departing for 3 days in Beaumont. I am hoping I can have a allergic reaction free week so I get my consistency back.

As for the Susan G. Komen 5K I had a very slow run. This was my 1st 5K and I finished in 26'56". I wasn't going for time so I didn't really care what the time was. There is one thing to running only a 5K, you are done early. This was very nice compared to the long running and triathlon events I typically do. Overall the event was nice and will probably do the event again.

I still haven't made any decisions on my next few events. I really want that consistency with my health and training before I pay for anymore events. I see my allergist later this week so hopefully she can give me another treatment that will help me. I hope to have something posted in the next couple weeks on what is next for me.

Have a good week.


Bye for now!

Saturday, September 17, 2011

I'm Back

Hello All,

I have not updated by Blog since February 1, 2011. Wow, I can't believe it's been that long! Since I last updated everyone I completed 6 triathlons including my 2nd Ironman. Needless to say my Ironman did not go as planned due to a number of injuries and lack of proper training. This was also compounded by being way off my race weight. Since my Ironman my neck, back and shoulder have healed up and I have started training again. I spent most of the summer in the weight room with my son and I have started my running and cycling regiment over the last few weeks. The one odd thing that I have been dealing with over the last 6 weeks is this mystery illness that has been making different parts of parts of my face swell up. One of my doctors feels its related to a bacteria named H-Pylori but the medication has not seemed to helped. It hasn't slowed me down too much but it does force me to alter my training calendar from time to time. I'm hoping to get to the bottom of the illness soon.

As I look at the remainder of 2011 I have a few events I am signed up for. I have the Susan Komen 5k on October 1st, The Oilman 1/2 Ironman on November 6th and the BCS Marathon on December 11th. I don't feel pressure to do these events but I really want to. My main focus is to get 100% healthy, get back to race weight and re-install a consistent training system. If I am not ready I will not race. I have done too many races in the last few years when I am not ready and it has added to a lot of frustration in my life. Going forward I am not sure what events I am going to do. I have a lot events I would like to do but I really need to make sure I get the items I mentioned earlier in place. I will do a better job updating everyone going forward. I was very frustrated earlier in the year and I just felt like I would be filling this Blog with negativity. I hope everyone is doing well and I will update everyone again very soon.

Bye for now.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

2011 to Date

January was a busy month as I completed several endurance events. I did the Goofy Challenge on the 8th and 9th where I had a personal best marathon, I rode the Frost Bike 50 which was 56 miles but who is counting on the 23rd and on the 30th I achieved another PR at the Houston Marathon. I am not going to provide a detailed race report but I will say all of the events went well overall and I had a lot of fun. As for the IronMan training, things are going well and I am definitely on track for May. I have several more events between now and May 21st starting with the Mardi Gras Marathon in Galveston on February 20th. I am not sure how much I will be updating the blog until the big race so be patient with me. You can always follow me on Twitter @IronManLuke where I will try to give updates on my training progress. I'll see you on the road.

Bye for now!