Half Triathlon or Bust

So I decided to bite the bullet and hire a personal trainer to get me through my next goal in life: Half Triathlon. This consists of:

Swim: 1.2 Miles

Bike: 56 Miles

Run: 13.1 Miles

I guess that's going to be most of my updates from here on out. Logging whether or not I've survived. Today was the first day of training. Not too bad.

45 mins of cardio

Core and arm work out

Currently, keeping track of what I'm eating. Their goal for me (and I say their goal bc mine is just to finish the half tri) is to have me down to 20% body fat aka drop roughly 15 lbs. I'm concerned about dropping that much weight, but we'll see how it goes. If I feel like I'm in any kind of danger zone, I'm prepared to speak up.

I'm excited to get back into shape and be active nonetheless. I think I've had a lot of fun traveling, moving, working but it's time to get back into physical activities. I always did enjoy running and working out. It helped me de-stress a lot. I do forget how much time it eats up though. I think today alone working out, cooling down, and finding food to replenish energy was roughly 3 hours.

If I plan to work out 6 times a week, this is going to be a huge time commitment. Well, here's to going big or going home.

"If you think it is difficult to do the right thing with your life, think about how difficult it will be to live your life doing the wrong things. Many people think doing the right thing is hard, and I agree with them, it is hard. On the other hand, doing the wrong thing seems easy, but boy, oh boy, does it get hard fast. And undoing the wrong thing seems to take a lot more time and energy than we thought, all the while taking this effort away from doing the right thing. So before you go for that easy, comfortable wrong thing, take a second look at what will be involved in undoing it, and then do the right thing. Believe it or not, doing the right thing turns out to be doing the easiest thing."
-- Edward W. Smith, Sixty Seconds To Success

oh downtown san jose

you never cease to amaze me with the sad state of affairs your men at the bars are.

"Man Jose....where the odds are good but the goods are odd." I drink to you. Cheers.

Next Steps

transitioning back to normal life has become increasingly difficult with the lessons learned. i don't know that i'll ever be the same again. i have gained a newfound appreciation for the love, compassion, and care i have been shown in the last 2 months and am relieved that i received best case scenario from the doctor's office. we're not out of the woods yet but it hasn't broken the threshold so i have a good chance of recovering. i won't lie and say i didn't almost start crying out of relief at the doctor's office. the last 3 weeks have been hell with nailbiting, sleepless anxiety. being faced with my mortality has brought a perspective i couldn't have imagined and now i am finding myself re-evaluating everything once again.

chillin

getting used to the schedule after 2 months of adjustment at work. paul and i are having a grand time living together. i wish i had some vacation lined up.....but alas real world awaits. i won't be going anywhere, doing anything for awhile. i have however been to probably a billion happy hours in the last two months. luckily i rarely drink, so it hasn't broken the bank. i always wish i had something compelling to say but my brain is dead. i just wanted to update the 2 people who follow this blog and tell them that i miss you guys and hope to see you soon. yes, thats you Davis and you Aileen.

New Place.

got approved for the place in saratoga. it's cute and humble. i think paul and i will have a good time living with each other. i will see mario much more. much much more. which is fine by me. i'm looking forward to moving in this weekend and getting stuff settled. however i haven't started any packing yet. Eek! I think I shall begin this week. 

i went to a "comedy" show tonight a the brit. open mic night. i found that listening to an old man recount his sexual encounters with black and white women ...IS NOT FUNNY. I like raunchy comedy but this was just sick. Pretty sure I missed the punch lines...if there were any at all. 

I give it up to people who can get in front of others and do a show...but man. someones gotta break it to these particular people that they shouldnt quit their day jobs. at all. 

it's always sunny.

i'm going to keep taking aileen's advice on shows. i think she has a good gauge of what i like to watch. i just finished watching "mac bangs dennis' mom." i can't stop laughing at dennis getting told that no old ladies want to have sex with him. hysterical. this weekend has been great! lots of it's always sunny, hanging out with friends, hiking up mission peak, larry david, and yummy food. 

i can't stop emphasizing how good life is :) 

unfortunately, there have been some complications with the condo. so even though i have a day off tomorrow, i will be spending all of it pretty much searching for apts. i have a few good leads though. so we'll see how it all goes. hopefully i find something decent for a good price. it's looking like a lot of 2 bedrooms are 1150-1250 a month. so i think we'll find something decent. wish me luck!