Here is a pic of me today:


Regardless of the visible improvements in my body over the last year, which I am pleased with (unfortunately, I have no shirtless photos during my unfit days to compare), I like how I feel inside. Like my idol and training bud, FlyinFree, I am not only interested in looking good, although that is important to me, but how I perform against myself and others. I used this year to improve myself and get to the point where, along with encouragement from this forum and especially FlyinFree and Chillen, I feel I can do, eventually, whatever I want to do physically. I am going mountain biking with Chris, the local Ace Hardware owner's son on Monday. But he warned me, "Now take it easy on me out there, you'll ride circles around me, you're in great shape!" This is from a 24 yo male who is in great shape himself.

And, as FlyinFree posted, The Horrible Hundred bike race is on 11/18/07. If you love sweating and pain as much as you love competition and comraderie, join FlyinFree and me. We are doing the 102 mile length, but there are shorter 37 and 72 mile lengths.

Dude! There is an obvious difference in those pics.

Keep your Spirit ALIVE and you will continue to THRIVE!


Keep pushing the limits......and be all you were meant to be, baby!





Chillen

Not much to report, but here is a 2-month, end of the year update:









Goals for the next two months are to continue training for my March 9, 2008 Sprint Triathlon Zephyrhills Spring Sprint Triathlon

train for the Bike Across Florida, April 20

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and continuing training for the Tri-Shark Sprint Triathlon in June, 2008 Tri-Shark Classic

and continue work on biceps, triceps, and traps. Short term goal of 225 on bench press.

WOW! Awesome job since august.

I hope I can make advancements as great as you

Great job.

I think you have made excellent progress. You got good size arms, a way better chest then before, your mid section is way more defined too. The place with the most improvements I thought was either your chest or back. Your abs weren't far behind the chase either though. I think you said you were a cyclist of course your legs are gonna be muscular and defined too.

Good Job and keep up the hard work

Here are a couple of post-surgery pics. Current weight is 194, the lowest I have been since the early 90s.

Looking great! No loss of progress in the pics from the surgery.

Nice work, thats a cool scar as well.