Archives for "February, 2010"
The road to the Ironman – A slow week
How many times have I said this. This Ironman journey is turning out to be more a mental challenge versus a physical challenge. Going into this week I had been on a pretty good up swing for three or four weeks, but this week was a challenge. Going into it I knew I had to [...]
True or false
It has been awhile since I have given you some food (pun intended) for thought. So I bring to you a simple true or false game.
1. American has more obese people than overweight people. T or F
2. Your blood sugar rises more than 39% if you toast your white bread. T or F
3. The average [...]
The Road to the Ironman – 200 days away
200 days to the big day! On that day most of you know I will pursue a dream that I have had for sometime. 200 days seems like such a landmark, 165 down but there is still more than six months to go. How many of you get to pursue such a task that when [...]
1,750 calorie appetizer and all it costs you is $21.95
Yep before you even get to your entree’ you are starting 1,750 in the hole!
Today’s lesson comes from that wonderful restaurant that serves huge portions of food. Yes I am talking about Cheesecake Factory. Seriously we as Americans love our portion sizes but they really push the envelope. If you need a hint how big [...]
The Road to the Ironman – I just found a way to make this journey even crazier!!! I can’t believe I did this…
Well I cannot believe I just did something really really really crazy…I just entered in the Ironman World Championship lottery. For those who don’t understand the magnitude of what I just did, let me see if I can draw you a better picture.
Most people know of the the Ironman from the coverage NBC shows every [...]
The Road to the Ironman – Can I have more week’s like this please?
Wow, mid January seems so far away. Just a few weeks ago I was feeling stuck, down, in a funk. What a difference a few week’s make, I tell you! This week was about as perfect as it could be for a person training for an Ironman. My swimming was effortless, like gliding on ice. [...]
The invasion of the super burgers!
Anyone see a disturbing trend found at sit down restaurants lately? The attack of the super burger is what I am talking about. It seems like these eateries are trying to put anything on top of a hamburger just to be different. I recently went to a place called Meat Heads (a new chain in my [...]
Road to the Ironman – I had a Ironman moment yesterday
This is really a follow up to my Ironman post the other day about Jon Blais. There are times when I am writing these blogs and wonder if anyone is out reading these things? Am I rambling? Is there any importance to my thoughts and words? Well I found out yesterday maybe just maybe there [...]
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