The Plan

The plan is to train for 6 months following (somewhat loosely) the training plan outlined in a book by Paul Scott called Outside Fitness. It lays out a 24-week training plan for running, strength training, flexibility training, and some power and sport specific training towards the end. I am going to bike instead of run because I cannot run worth a damn. Everything starts to hurt very quickly and doesn't get much better over time. After a couple of weeks my 90+ grandmother is getting around better than I am. So, biking it is.

If anyone is wondering why I am bothering to do this at all, there is actually a reason other than ego or the size of my ass. I got sick last summer. My thyroid died on me and I was sent into hyperthyroid hell where I got real thin (for me) and real sick. I couldn't do much of anything for several months. I didn't have the energy to make chocolate chip cookies and I always thought I could do that on my deathbed. Now, as all of us our prone to do, I made all sorts of promises to human and diety alike that if I got better I would......well, all sorts of stuff. But the one thing that stuck with me after I got better, was the way I had taken my health for granted before I got sick. I always figured I had time to do those things I had always wanted to do. That when I was ready to get off my ass, my body would be there for me, all ready to go after hanging about in a holding pattern for years on end. Not so much, is seems. So, I am going to at least keep one of the vows I made during that time; "stop dreaming, stop reading about other's dreams, and get off your ass and go."