Here's the deal -- I stumbled across an article that discussed the Navy SEAL Fitness test and I thought... "Oh, I can do that." But after thinking about it, I realized I can't do the combat swim stroke... because I don't know how and I'm fairly certain I can't do 100 pushups in two minutes. Other than that, I think I'm good to go.
Given that others may want to play in this game as well, I have a group proposition. Before I get to that, here is the...
New Years Navy SEAL Challenge
Eleven Pounds
In six weeks and two days, I lost 11 pounds.
You can browse my photos to see that I don't normally carry all that much extra weight but I felt like I really needed to lean out for a serious attempt at being a marathon runner.
On my journey, I'd like to tell you I discovered some new diet and the pounds just melted away but I'd be lying. Nope, no miracle diet, I used good old fashioned starvation along with a heavy dose of will power.
2011 California International Marathon
Race day was no different than any other and my strategy was fairly simple. Get to mile 13, maintain or lift the effort to mile 20 and punch it from 20 to the finish.
Rather than go the event mile by mile, let me share the race as it unfolded in my head -- 
7 Weeks to a Sub3 Marathon
Upon leaving Kona this past October, I arrived back in California with a December marathon on the horizon.
This isn't the first year I've signed up for a late season run but for some reason, I got a bug up my butt and I plotted my marathon training with a more serious approach than I had in the past.
Ironman to Marathon
I think of myself as a one trick pony -- my one trick is Ironman. It's what I love to do and I train for that distance exclusively.
The actual training consists of a decent amount of volume but it lacks intensity. For me, and for most people, intensity isn't required for Ironman. That's my number one secret -- slow down... shhhh... don't tell anyone.
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