Brad vs. the Volcano

So last night on my trainer ride, I watched Joe Vs. the Volcano.  It's a cheeky movie with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, who plays 3 parts, BTW.....

Basic premise of the movie is a guy thinks that his life is ending so he's enticed to "live like a king and die like a man".  While a funny movie...it kinda hit home.  Making changes in your life so you're happy.  I don't think that anyone went to heaven, met St. Peter at the gates and said....I'd really like one more day at work.  Or, You think I can get one more shot at spending time alone.

Now, don't get me wrong....I have a great life.  Good work/life balance, loving family, 2 healthy and happy and smart and beautiful and.....ok, I'll stop....kids, a hot wife, a nice house, I'm training for an Ironman, eating good......I have no right to complain, at all, about anything.  The movie struck me about that....that last sentence.  I shouldn't complain.  When training is hard, when work is difficult, when the baby is screaming in my ear......it's all a part of the process.  At the end, I'm happy. 

The trainer ride lasted only an hour (of supposed to be two).  My nutrition was off yesterday and water consumption was zero.  I trudged thru that hour, then did resistance exercises and sit-ups/push ups for the second half of the movie.  I crakned out 200 push ups and 550 sit-ups.....BOOM!  (and I'm feeling it this morning)

Tonight is a 4 mile run.  It's 40 degrees outside with a 90% chance of rain until 9am tomorrow.  Run may be on the treadmill, if so.  No need to tempt fate and maybe get sick.


Total crunches:  3550

First Season almost over

(I'm staring at the title....and can't believe that's all I could come up with.....Hhhhhhhhhh).  The title refers to American Horror Story.  I have one episode left.....then I move on to the next series.  Not sure which yet.  Firefly, Falling Skies, Dresdin Files.........JFord gave  me some suggestions too......Since I have some LONG trainer rides in the near future, I can probably crank thru all these shows that I missed on TV that all the kids are talking about......


Short post today:

Last night did 1:50 on the trainer followed by 3x10 of resistance band exercises on bi's, tri's, back, shoulders.  I then did push-up/sit up's, doing 100 push ups and 250 crunches bringing the grand total to.....

Total Crunches: 2000


(in order to hit my goal of 7000, I need to do 312 per day, every day thru the end of the month.....)


Tomorrow is my daughters 7th birthday.  Party is on Saturday at a Lego place called Bricks 4 Kids.  Pretty cool concept.  I think it's a franchise type place so look it up if you have school aged children.

Tomorrow morning, I'm going to get up around 5:30 when the wife wakes up and run to the donut shop to get J some donuts for her birthday.  Total surprise and something that we don't normally do.

Running, Push ups, and a great dinner

Last night, before the wife and the bay-bay got home, I decided to get my treadmill run and out of the way.  Dinner was in the crock-pot and the other bay-bay was eating a snack and watching TV.  I got through 27 minutes of my 30 minute run.  So after dinner (which was OH SO GOOD.....see below), kids bathed and in bed, I got back on the treadmill for 8 more minutes.  I would have gone a little more but I get seriously bored on the treadmill and cannot go for very long.  I thought it was fitness but I ran 6 on Saturday with not wanting to quit after the first 45 seconds.  Oh well....what doesn't kill you, right?!?!?!!?/

After the second fun run of the night, I did a push up/sit up count down:

9 push ups - roll over - 1 sit up
8 push ups - roll over - 2 sit ups
7 push ups - roll over - 3 sit ups
......
1 push up - roll over - 9 sit ups.

Easier to type out than it was to do them.  For those that aren't able to do quick math in their heads, that's 45 push ups and 45 sit ups in a pretty short time.  I followed that up with a minute rest then did 10 push ups and 10 sit ups, rest, then 10 more of each.  I got in 105 of each.  I know that's not a lot and that push ups/sit ups are 'old school'....but they really work for me.  I don't want to lift.  I really don't like the gym scene all that much.

Tonight is the trainer.....can't wait to get the bike components in the mail (which I found out that I bought the wrong thing, so I'll be making a trip to Performance Bike (www.performancebike.com) to swap it out.  My limited knowledge of bikes really shined on that purchase. 



Dinner.....nom-nom-nom.  It was White Chicken Chili....and holy hell is it good.

Grilled chicken (I use the frozen already cooked/grilled) - about a pound or so
Can of Corn (drianed)
Can of Black Beans (drained)
3/4 Can of Chicken Broth
Can of Rotel (I use the one with lime)
1tsp of Chili Powder (more or less depending on you)
1tsp of cumin (more or less depending on you)
Package of dry Ranch
8 oz of Fat Free Cream cheese.

Now...the hard part.  Put everything in the crock pot and mix it up.  Break up the cream cheese into chunks and put on top.  Set on low and walk away.

This is very cheap to make, it makes a lot (enough for 2 of us to eat a bowl and a half and have 2 servings left for lunch), and super easy.  It's not bad for you either......give it a try!