Why this site exists (and what it will never be)
I started heavy. This is the record of what happens next, written down as it happens, with the numbers attached and nothing staged.
The Journey
The story as it happens: monthly training reports, race recaps, the honest weeks and everyday life around the training.
What losing 71 pounds actually changed (and what it did not)
320 pounds on February 1. 249 now. The scale turned out to be the least interesting part.
Month one of Ironman training: 189 miles and a pool that humbled me
Four weeks, 189 miles across three sports, a 16-minute mile that became a 13:30, and the first honest numbers of the build to Jacksonville.