Hello, and welcome to Sean Version 2.0

By way of introduction:

Sean v1.0 had a mildly successful run. I swam in high school with the semi seriousness of a teenage boy, and then didn’t do anything as far as exercise other ride my bike to a punk rock show.

Then, I found myself almost thirty and almost two hundred pounds. I was trying to get into law school and trying to get my health in order. I began building Sean v1.5. I ran a number of short races, a 5k here, a ten miler there. Last year I ran the New York City Marathon, finishing it in a down right sad 5:45:00.

I half-assed the training for the marathon. There’s no other way to put it. Then I trained, biking swimming and running in a half assed way for another year until last month, when I did my first ever open water swim, the liberty swim. I didn’t train well for that one either, and had to give up about half way through finishing the race by disembarking from a FDNY boat.

After that, I said enough. From now on, I am going to take this whole process a heck of a lot more seriously.

Here is where I will record the beta testing of Sean 2.0, the new improved Sean who continues in the race through the hyperventilation, and takes the risks that lead to better rewards. This Sean knows that I will have to be methodical and stubborn if I am to get what I want. I know that sounds cheesy, but that is why I am doing this, to prove to myself that I can build a better me.

What this will be about:

This blog will be a place to record my training, weight loss, and goals. It may also contain the occasional thought about the physical or my life outside of training. We’ll see. I hope to make it interesting, or as interesting as a blog about a back of the pack endurance athlete’s struggles with training can be.

The Current Situation:

I lead a pretty busy life. Currently I work a more than full time job and am getting ready to move to Washington D.C. to begin law school in September.

I am training for two races: the New York Triathlon, on July 16^th and the Hartford Marathon on October 14^th.

Goals:

First goal is to lose five pounds by the NYT on July 16^th, then finish that race. Just finish, thanks.

After that, I hope to lose five more pounds between July 16^th and the Hartford Marathon on October 14^th then, finish Hartford in four and a half hours.

Check back for the regular updates. All beta testing involves set backs, and bugs found, but the basic model here is good so I am sure we’ll come out with an improved version.