Jim's Place

Just wrapped up my extended 2010 Summer Body-for-LIFE challenge - 16 weeks. Didn't do that much weight-training but I sure put in some miles on the bike! 1600 miles in 16 weeks! Funny, but even though I'm obviously doing much better I still have a long way to go. Often, when I hop on the bike I don't feel so hot, but then again, turning the pedals doesn't seem to make things worse and building conditioning and losing weight has to be doing wonders for my body! Here's the progress video with before/after photos.

My first 100-mile bike ride since 1999

I've been in pretty intense training the last 3 months, riding the bike a total of 1500 miles. In the process, I dropped 35lbs and Sunday, Oct. 3rd, I finally accomplished a long sought-after goal of doing another 100-mile bike ride - the 2010 Tour De Poway Century. The last one I did was in 1999, and illness derailed numerous attempts to do it again - but not this time...

This music video was made from video captured during the ride.

It was 102 miles, 5500ft of climbing, 6hrs 44min at an avg heart rate of 138bpm. Serious cardio! (especially when you're 55yrs old and weigh 234lbs!)