I have set a soft goal of competing in the July Fight to Win Nationals at 189 pounds. The reason I say it’s a soft goal is because I’m not one of those guys that likes to cut weight for a tournament. I’d rather compete at my natural weight. It’s something I actually believe in. [...]
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Good thing I’m not dieting
Okay, I’ve been gradually losing weight for the past few months. Actually, since September 2009, I’ve dropped from a high of 225 lb. to a low of 194 lb. And I’ve done this without any attempt to diet. It’s just from training. Over the past couple of months, my metabolism has been in the stratosphere. [...]
2009 Tour de France is over
Not sure of my overall feelings on this. I was really looking forward to watching Lance Armstrong get back into it after a 4 year absence from the sport. Man it would have been awesome to watch him smoke people and to quiet the critics about doping, steroids, etc. Well…, it didn’t quite go like [...]
Slowly Making Progress
Well, it has been a while since my last post. Sorry about that. The Tour de France has come and gone. I had fully intended to write a nice post on it. A couple of posts ago, I wrote about how this Tour had left me wanting. But I must admit, it got good at [...]
Back in Business, Thanks to the Helpful Hardware Man
Okay, I’m back in business! I’m speaking of my cycling. After the numerous maintenance problems I described last week, I’ve finally got my bike back in tip-top shape. The biggest problem I actually had was finding replacement screws for my Speedplay Zero cleats. I would have thought that the wide-spread popularity of these pedals would [...]
