A New Mission/focus.

I went to a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournament yesterday. I was really cool. Seeing all of the competitors was very inspirational. I'm convinced that I want to compete once I get enough mat time in.

But If I want to compete, I'll have to loose some weight. I've been thinking about sheding a few punds all summer but have really done nothing about it.

I weighed myself this morning and I weigh 180.5lbs. In order to compete at my desired weight class I have to weigh 170lbs. 175lbs with my Gi on. So that means I have to loose 10lbs. I'd like for it all to be fat because I do have a little bit of a belly at this point in time. So that means that I have to measure my body fat and create a plan to loose weight. My biggest struggle is with my diet. It's not too bad but I do like sweets and I do eat fast food quite a bit. I also drink WAY WAY too much soda. So all of that needs to change.

today I'm going to come up witha plan and take my body fat measurements.

The plan will consist of an eating plan and a workout plan. The goal is to get down to 170 in the next 6 weeks.

THE INCLINE!

This morning I did the incline. I got out of my car at about 8:28am and jogged up to the Barr Trail parking area. I then started my timer at the trail head to the incline. It took me 45 minutes to reach the top. Including my time to the parking lot, I was at the top of the incline at 9:20 or so. I cooled dow for about 5 minutes and then procceded to hike up the back trail that leads around to Barr Trail. There is a short cut trail down to Barr trail but it's not a real trail. It's been made by people who don't want to go all the way around. It's what you call a social trail. Anyway, I then ran back down Barr trail to the parking area and then down Ruxton to my car. The time when I reached my car was 10:12. So the whole trip took me about 1:45 or so. Not too bad. I'd like to get that down to 1:30 or maybe even 1:15. That would be nice.

Early morning 3.1 mile run

Went out and ran this morning in Garden of the Gods. Just took it easy to see how my foot felt and I'm happy to report that my foot is feeling pretty good. It's still a little sore in areas but it felt fine after the run and all day. I even went to BJJ class tonight and had no trouble so maybe it was just some kind of minor bruise or something. I'm glad it's better. I'm thinking about doing the incline this Sunday. Should be a good workout.

That's all for now.

My foot still hurts

The combination of going to bed late and my foot still hurting has cuased me not to run. I have to admit, I have a slight motivation problem going on right now. I'm sure one my foot feels better that I will be ready to run again. so it looks like I'll be taking some more time off. I'm hoping to maybe run on Friday and then again on Sunday.

We will see.

I haven't posted in a while but I'm back

I was out of town for a week and to be honest, I needed to take a few days off to re-evaluate my running. The purpose of the re-evaluation was to make sure that I'm still having fun running. I don't want it to become like a job for me and some of those Sunday long runs were starting to have that feel. So the best thing for me to do when I feel like that is to take some time off.

Last week I was in California and I did manage to go for about a 40 minute run on the beach. I took the Ipod and it was early in the morning so it was a good run.

Yesterday I went and did Waldo Canyon. My time ended up being 1:36. Not terrible but not great either. It was good to be out there though. Some people on the trail are really kinda funny. When you're coming up on them, they just sorta stop and look at you like they have no idea what to do. Others just let their dog stand right in the middle of the trail as you're trying to get past. Many more people understand trail etiquette and try to get out of the way at least a little bit.

One problem that I'm having is my right foot. I'm not sure what I did but It really hurts. I did something during conditioning class on Saturday. Like I said, not sure whatbut it hurts. It's a little better today. I am planning on running tomorrow so I'll see how it feels in the morning.

5 mile run on July 4th, 3.5 miler on the 5th.

Had a couple of good runs over the past couple of days. Although it was pretty hot on the 4th for the 5 miler. Right foot still has some soreness. Also have some kinks in other places but nothing major. I've got a 3 miler planned for today , then BJJ and conditioning class tomorrow and a 7 miler on Sunday.

BJJ yesterday and took today off.

Monday night I went ot my BJJ class to find that they are changing the school's scedule again. This is the 3rd schedule in 6 months. I don't think it will be that bad. I'm not really interested in doing Muay Thai , I'd much rather focus on being better at BJJ but the new schedule really supports it and it's quality instruction so I'll give it a shot.

I was supposed to go running this morning, just a 3 miler but my right foot/ankle is kinda sore so I decided to lay off. I'll run tomorrow morning and Thursday.

Tomorrow I've got a 5 miler planned.

I think that I'm going to BJJ class again tonight. I'm very close to getting my 3rd stripe so I'm anxious to get it.