You should look at his pix; he looks great! That's lots of determination for ya. I've only lost 5lbs, and I'm so sick and tired of diet and exercise already. :p:

36 minutes run today. That's my personal record. It's been over a week since I ran, the first 2 minutes were easy. my legs were screaming for exercise, then the next 10 were hard. I usually walk the first 5 minutes out of the house to warm up and the last 5/10 to cool down and try to run for 30 minutes in between, but I just kept on running all the way home

Run, monster, run! :lol:

Here's your new theme song:

That is the same song as this one. But this is sped up.

Like a Japanese Cowboy? you must have seen me run past! :lol:

240.0 today. 4 days early... goal set.... goal achieved. think I'll have a beer.

also... I bounced on the trampoline today for my daughter. It has a 250 lb weight limit, and I told her that one day I would be light enough to use it.... and today... i did a flip on it. I landed on my ass, but i flipped. She was proud of me. We had a good day. mini golf, dinner with my mom, cheerleading practice, and the boy taught me how to ripstick. kids are cool.

Excellent - Job well done. Very happy for you.

that's excellent. is that a trampoline in the yard or one at your gym?

back yard.

this one:

congratulations lj!

oh, and I did 2 sets of 3 full pull ups ....

Great video. Looks like a good time.

Wow - kickin on the pull ups eh? :thumb:

Ripstick lessons continue.

more bad video of it

Looking skinny! Also, now I want to go and try Hector's ripstick instead of going for a more sensible bikeride/run. You will be able to locate me in the stupidly broken limbs and head injuries ward of the U of M hospital this evening

Thin indeed.

I wish I knew a kid with one of those. I'd try it.

You do, he lives just a couple of hours north and his mother has beer for you to numb the pain......

:)

It'll happen, just don't know when.

You look great, Jim! Congrats on all the hard work but remember to never give it up. Don't ever gain any weight back!!!!!!!! Easier said than done. I keep on gaining back my weight AND fat. :thepain: All the pain and suffering of losing the fat and I go and let myself go. So, yeah, don't ever let yourself go...seriously! Again, CONGRATS!! So proud... :p:

thanks!

but wudda bout my mad ripsticking skillz? ;)

My momma always said you gotta focus on the positive..... :p:

Not bad, almost as good as Tyson and Tillman!

let me know if this starts to bore you. the boy and I ripsticked for 2 hours last night. this was at the beginning of the evening. by the end, I had it down pretty well. you can go uphill on these things. my left hip flexor is pooped.

eta: the looks I was getting from the cheer - moms were pretty funny too.

not bad! I'd be on my ass as soon as I stepped on one.

very impressive

I'll have to bring the good camera next week and get some better quality shots of the boy doing his thing. he's getting pretty good at it.

I forgot the good camera... but got some more crap quality video of my advancing skillz....

this includes the very first time I've actually fallen down, too... so that's better entertainment value right there. enjoi

Just ran for the first time in a few weeks, but still managed a solid 33 minutes!

In a world...
Where Texas summer afternoons soar well over 100 degrees.

One man...
Decides to do a series of brutal up-hill sprints, dropping to do 20 push-ups at the beginning, and end, of each circuit.

Critics are saying...
How in the hell can you be vascular up to your deltoids and still have a beer belly?

Coming this summer...
How Do Pro Athletes Keep Sweat Out of Their Eyes ???

Uhhh ... I was going to post, but I can't compete with that.

Sorry, when I work out I don't ƒuck around.

I never let my heart rate stay in a comfort zone. Interval training, I guess they call it.

I never have problems with sweat if I wear my contacts. When I do wear glasses: Posture. Don't look down when running. Pushups, look forward.

Also, don't wipe your face/head. That always seems to send all of the sweat directly into my eyes.

I ran a 50k race with ~7k feet of elevation gain yesterday. Cool in the morning, around 56 F. A little warm toward the end, around 85 F.

Yeah, my head is up eyes forward in my both my sports, fencing and mountain biking, so sweat doesn't seem to go in the eyes. Fenced in a nice veteran epee event yesterday in Harrisburg worked up a good soggy sweat until an National Team guy ended my day. I fenced well but am going to get some video from my coach because I can always improve. Lil Pete filmed my last bout which ended 10 - 7 and looks different than I remembered, needless to say there is stuff to clean up.

Interval training? Gosh, I've never heard of that.

My heart rate hasn't been in a comfort zone for the past year. I didn't call it interval training, though.

I see your heat, and raise you some humidity too. My SweatVac Endurance Visor is priceless on days like yesterday morning when the fog is so thick, you can't see the end of the block. Five minutes into my run, my glasses fogged up so badly I had to take them off just to see. When we got home, the dog had little beads of water all over her eyebrows. I wanted to take a pic, but she rolled around in the grass before I could get the camera.

There is a race visor on clearance for $8 at the end of the page. I prefer the endurance visor's fit though. YMMV. If you don't like the visor, they make just a sweatband. To keep mine from getting funky, when I get home I just rinse it in the sink and hang to dry right away. I recommend getting a colored one, white ones get gross looking even when they are relatively clean.

Or, just cut up an old drifit shirt, and make a headband out of that. Same concept as what I paid $20 for to wear under my bike helmet. :rolleyes: Why can't *I* think of these things sooner?

ETA several friends have Headsweats hats/visors. Same thing.

Maybe my cro-magnon brow keeps the sweat out of my eyes.

LabRat? wtf

Thanks for the tip, but I don't want a 'tan-line' on my forehead.

I'm going to try smearing vaseline across my brow to redirect the sweat.

holy fuck it's labrat! I did a tri, LR, you'd've been proud!

meanwhile, back at the ranch...

Flint, stop plucking your eyebrows like a girl -they have a purpose.

I carry a towel and wipe. I don't run in Texan Ovens, though. The guys who do stupid things like that here wear cotton bandanas/do-rags that come partway down their foreheads.

Ran ~5.5 miles last night in the blistering heat. (But it was a dry heat!)

Tomorrow is a 20 mile training run that summits every hill/mountain in the Helena trail system.

My third 50k race in three months is in a couple of weeks. My heart is totally not in it. Over-trained and/or some mild mood crap poking its head out.

You're giving me foot pain.

I'm heading out now for a couple hours of chasing the lawnmower. Then I'll follow that with some weightlifting, using sections of a downed tree for weights. I'll stay hydrated with frozen margaritas.

Back yard done. Front yard to go, tree section removal to go.