2004 (Season One): After being very active and in good shape as a bike racer throughout most of the 90’s, the 100 hour weeks, all-nighters at work, and poor diet had caught up with me. I stepped on the scale and it read 220 pounds. My physical activity for the entire year prior had consisted of a single 11 mile bike ride.

2005 (Season Two): I had radically altered my diet for the better and ridden my bike thousands of miles. My weight was now 155. I won 3 out of 4 events at the training camp for our cycling team, and went on to have a great racing season.

2006 (Season Three): I finished the road cycling season in September as strong as I’ve ever been. My workplace organized a team to do a 5k running race (Race for the Cure). I started running 2 weeks before the race thinking I was just going to smoke it. Couldn’t have been more wrong. I was sitting home with bags of ice on my knees the day of the race and didn’t even get to participate. I couldn’t believe how fragile I was despite riding my bike 5,000+ miles per year for the last 3 years. This lit a fire in me and I decided to step up to the challenge of learning to run and see if my body could adapt and toughen up. I promptly came down with a severe case of ITB syndrome and spent most of November and December walking with a limp and doing little to no running.

2007 (Season Four): With the ITB calmed down a little, I began the year with a 3 mile run. This would be the start of my journey to becoming a runner. I set a very aggressive schedule which led to the completion of my first 100 mile race in September. Just one year after I started running.

This blog is a place for me to document the training and races that I do.

Enjoy,
Chris