Workout Update

The workouts have been going very well and I'm starting to see benefits at the scale. I'm down five pounds since I started and at least one belt notch. It's not time for new pants yet, but they're fitting more loosely week by week. My cardiovascular fitness is improving a lot faster than I had anticipated - I'm able to blow through 30 minutes on the bike averaging 90+ rpms on a higher setting each week without blowing out my heart rate. As a matter of fact, I'm having to work a lot harder to get to my target heart rate, so much so that I'm tiring out my legs before I get there! So, I think I'm ready to step up the cardio training and start intervallic training this week.

We're playing golf at Mare Island with Will today - should be a lot of fun. The last couple times I went out, I was dramatically longer off the tee, but I'm not always sure when the additional length is going to kick in. This ought to be interesting. I've been reading a book on course design and strategy by Robert Trent Jones Jr. and I'm looking forward to putting into practice some of the concepts of the book. Hopefully I can keep on track and score well today.

Gotta scoot, shower's calling...