First Event Completed!

On Sunday June 19th, I completed the first event in the Morphin 4 Orphans challenge. It was quite a telling event. I was 14th out of 22 in my age group. My swim time was 7:06, bike was 49:00 and run was 30:36.

Nothing outstading about these results, but I did complete the race. I did notice that it is much more difficult to move your body around in water, on a bike, and especially on foot when you weigh more than you should. It really hits you on the run which is the last event. Good news is I was down 8 lbs off my high of 206 for the race, 198 for those bad at math. Although this helped, there is still more ground to cover.

The picture is me right before crossing the finish line. I have to say, I was feeling pretty good until I saw it. Being out there competing with everyone made me kind of feel like I look like they do. When you see a picture of yourself, you have to come back to the reality of "Hey, you are still fat dude!"


My next goal is to run the July 24th TriWaco race. This will be roughly double the distance what the last race was except for the swim which is 5 times as long. My goal on this one is to be down to 185 lbs by the day of the race. This should make it easier to lug my stuff around and be more competitive.

I did pick up a sponsor for my racing season. It is a home services business which I operate, http://www.4sdfw.com/This will cover some costs of racing gear and entry fees. Please note that this is a fundraising event and you can be a part of it by clicking on the link below and donating!

http://www.active.com/donate/timsmfo