Dodds - Harbour and Back!!!

133.8kg

This morning was a real trip down memory lane. I went cycling with John.

We started at Dodds Farm and went all the way down to the harbour and back. There was some great single track and the scenery was awesome. There was allot of getting on and off the bike which made it so interesting. We had a nice 1 hour ride.

Tomorrow it's looooong (hill) more time again!

Elliott Night Race (3 Laps & 1 Fall)

Wow what a race!!!! I went over the handle bars once!!!! It was so cool!!!

Well the race started at 18h15 in the dark, I did a lap yesterday wrong way round and just before the race in the light the right way round. How it works is that you ride to finish as many laps as you can in 1 hour. I did 3 laps in 58.55min.

I got lapped by some of the top guys and went over the handle bars once in some single track just before crossing a bridge, let's just say I crossed the bridge before the bike!

I was cruising downhill but as usual struggled up the hills!

Here are some of the race stats.

HR Max 174 (99%)
HR Avg 157 (89%)
14Km
Spd Avg 14.3km/h
Spd Max 25.1km/h
Cad Avg 78 max 103

Night Ride "Testing"

Well I bought a light for tomorrows night ride and thought that I will give it a test run and also use the opportunity to check the lap we will be doing. So I called Martin and we met at the Elliott centre and went for a lap.

The lap is about 4.5km long and consists of single track and jeep track. There is only one climb or incline that got my heart rate up because it was a bit sandy so I will just watch it tomorrow night.

Back in the Day (some pics I found)

I might go for a ride this afternoon just to check the course for the night race tomorrow. I think Martin will join me.

Here are some pics from back in the day (1994/5)

It's official I have a "Racing License"

134.2KG

Well I joined FatTracks MTB club last night online and acquired a SA Cycling License from Cycling SA.

I registered in the Sports Class at Fatracks and Sub Vets on Cycling SA. I also downloaded all the racing calendars and identified a few races that I want to do so lets see what happens.

Here are the ones I am doing in the near future:

Thursday night - Night Racing
Sunday - Longmore Enduro

If you are keen to go for a nice slow ride give me a shout I'm always game!

Longmore 15km Enduro Results

The results for Longmore is in..... and available at www.fattracks.co.za

But to safe you some time...... I came 15th out of 33.
The winning time was 49min and we (me and John) did 1h11min.

33 people did the 15km and 68 did the 30km

Longmore 15km vs 134kg

Wow there was alot of climbs check the graph below!

I didn't push the bike once. I think that spinning at gym helped alot. Don't get me wrong there where some stages where my heart rate was pushing at 96% of my maximum heart rate and I was very very tempted to get of and push but thanks to my buddy John the Ironman I never did and cycled the whole way!!!!!!

I LOVED the downhill and after every downhill I let out a little whooohooo! It was just so awesome being on the bike again!

Thursday is the night race at the Elliott Centre and Sunday Longmore again.... I am not looking forward to longmore but lets see!

My 1st 2 hour Ride

133.3KG

Well well I did it!!!!! We went for a ride this morning with John and Martin. We started at Fair view Race Course and cycled to the Van Standens Train Bridge 20km there and 20km back making it a nice 40km ride. We did the ride in 02h04.

HR Max 167 (92%)
HR Avg 152 (84%)
38.9km
Spd Avg 18.9km/h
Spd Max 43.2km/h
Cad Avg 82 max 107


It was a big achievement for me to do this ride. I would even go as far as to call it one of my biggest personal goal in years!

My legs are a bit tired and my arse is still sore!!!!

Eating Plan

I went to see Carey and I finally got my eating plan today. To be honest I haven't really had a look at it and I am not really a eating plan guy!

Eating plans are so much of a mission but I will give it a try!

Going first looong ride in the morning and my tummy is full of butterflies!!!

Diet and frustration!!!

I am a little frustrated that it's been going so slow the last 3 weeks. I will give you an example:

On 21st April I weighed 140.1kg
On 19th May I weighed 134.6kg

That's 5.5kg in a month!!!

I am going to see Carey Main tomorrow Ironman referred me to her and I am going to take all my info to her. Cal burned per day, hours exercised, what I'm currently eating and check and see what she says. What's cool apparently is that Medical Aid pays for everything. It probably comes out of savings.

Anyway let's see what happens. I just feel that I have been stuck on this plato and need a push to get of it.

New Bike!!!!

So I got my bike today.... it's very cool. Right after collecting it I went to Ironman SA for a meeting and they offer to set-up my bike.... well actually I asked James and he said no problem. So now I got a perfect bike set-up.

I only have one concern... the shock. I think I'm still too heavy for the shock. I gave Rob Rudman a call and he said that he might be able to make a plan and I should bring it in in the am. I also called Robbie who said that it's not possible and that I should invest in a air shock. He said that he will check in the morning to see if they have one to offer me.

Can't wait for the weekend to go for a proper long ride!!!

FOOD!!!

134.6kg

The weight is starting to come down again. I was a bit worried cos for about a week i couldn't get it under 136kg. Maybe it's because i was sick for 2 days.

I have increased my time at the gym to 50min - 60min and have slowed down my heart rate to 70 - 75% and I'm eating allot more (6 meals) which seems to help! I eat allot of soup and fruit.

I made a banana - milkshake last night with banana and diet ice-cream it was so cool!!!!

I think the reason I got sick is because my body panicked cos i didn't eat enough. It was looking for wood to burn because i was training so hard and there wasn't enough. I did 8 hours in the week before i got sick. I find that the more i train the more i eat and i was fighting that.....

Anyway I think this is going to be a good week. I wanna get down to 130kg!!!!

I'm losing it slowly......

The weight loss has slowed down.... I am a bit frustrated and have put in some extra time at the gym. I'm spinning for 50min almost twice a day. I am still eating very very healthy but not following a plan.

I will see how it goes this week. I wonder if my body is not maybe getting immune to the spinning? maybe i must try something new like steps or rowing.

My new bike should arrive on Wednesday and I can't wait for the cycle on Saturday!

later

Dakar

135.5kg

I went to see Robbie Powell yesterday to chat to him about a new bike. I have sold my Ridge Disk to Grant Currin (family).

Robbie recommended the Namib but unfortunately they didn't have the right size so the second option was the Raleigh Dakar.

I'm very excited. I just hope that the shock can handle my weight and perform.

I'm planning my first ride next week Saturday. Robbie and the guys at Raleigh recommended a nice flat route 26 there and 26km back. From Butterfield road to the Van Stadens train bridge. I drove it with the car today and it looks awesome.

I have been sick for the last 2 days so gym hasn't seen me at all. It's a bit sad and I am very very irritated. I'll maybe go tonight for a very very gentle spin. maybe like 60 - 65% of max.

Later

20KG's GONE

136KG's

Hi

I have lost 20kg in 81 days!!!!!

AS a reward I'm thinking of getting a new bike. I am looking at two options unless anybody can recommend anything else:

1 Namib Trail Series (Raleigh)

http://www.raleigh.co.za/bikes.php?rangeid=24&bikeid=165&year=2008

2. RM4.0

http://www.raleigh.co.za/bikes.php?rangeid=20&bikeid=183&year=2008#desc

I feel great and will post some pics soon.

My next goal would be to weigh less than 125kg by July 7th when I leave for Austria and France to go and watch Ironman Austria and the Tour de France.

Later