Nutritionist Plan

I met with Charlie Friday for my 3 week checkup. I lost 6 lbs. and 2% body fat. Of that 4 lbs. was fat and 2 lbs was muscle. The trick is to lose mostly fat but since I have 170+ lbs. of lean muscle, it will be okay if I lose some of this. Because performance in triathlon favors those who are lighter versus leanest, my goal is to get as light as possible. He said if I stay the course, it will take me 22 weeks to get down to 9% body fat and my weight will be about 185 lbs. I am very skeptical of this result but I will stay the course. I'll just be happy to see a "1" in front of my weight. It has probably been 20-25 years since I have seen a "1" in front of my weight.

I am still having lots of cravings but I am trying to do my best to be very strict but it is really hard.

Running the Beachfront Bushwack this morning....a 5 mile race done through trails, roads, beach....jumping over hay bales and other obstacles. You can't really gage your fitness based on your finish time. If I run sub 8:00 pace, I'll be happy but I'm not going to kill myself since I'm going to ride 2+ hours outside today after the race.

Signed up for the inaugural Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island yesterday. It is a point to point course from Narragansett to Providence. It will be very interesting to see how they figure that all out but since its home for me, I hope my friends and family can come out and watch. It is the week before Ironman Lake Placid, which I usually go up there to train during ironman week, volunteer and watch friends. So, hopefully I can recover quickly, then do a big block of training up in LP. As a result, I may not race as hard as I could.....we'll see.