Team Got Chocolate Milk Update and Bike MS

It’s been almost two weeks since the got chocolate milk? Team Refuel (now Team Chocolate Milk) voting period has ended for the first of this year and I haven’t heard a thing. Because of the silence, I am assuming I didn’t win, but at the same time I am holding out a little bit of hope. I won’t lie, I really wanted to be a part of the Team Chocolate Milk. All is not lost, especially since I still don’t know for sure. I have been looking and checking the websites looking for any information, but I believe that it is more of a secret than the next Apple product release.

Moving on to where I am in training. I just started my newest training program as a way to get my body back into the swing of working out. I took almost two months off due to illness and then laziness so it is time to get back on the proverbial horse. I am training for a Bike MS race in the middle of June. There are several events during the weekend that I am looking at so I haven’t picked a destination yet, but I will update when I know more. As far as the race goes, for those who don’t know Bike MS is a bicycle race to raise support and awareness for the MS society in order to hopefully find a cure for MS. The races have multiple degrees of distance such as 35mi, 50mi and 100mi and most are two day events which you can choose the same or different distances on each day. My goal and what I am training for is the 50 mile each day distance. This will be the furthest I have ridden. I haven’t invested in a road bike yet because of how much money they are so I was going to try and do the entire ride on my Trek mountain bike. I’ve been told that would be a mistake as the mountain bike is a lot heavier than the road bike, but they are SOOO expensive! I’m not sure, but I know that I will be doing my training on my spin bike and my mountain bike, I figure that will be like taking practice swings with a heavier bat, or swimming with drag shorts on. The extra resistance will give you more power when you use the lighter bat or in this case a regular road bike.

Given that I haven’t done much in the way of working out or training in the last two months, I have had to kind of start over in the way of working out. I found a 20 week program from Britain online to bike a 60 mile bike ride. It is from a website called doitforcharity.com. Here is the program:

20-week training guide for Beginners/Social Cyclists! 

(taken from: http://www.doitforcharity.com/cycling-training-guide.aspx)

Week 1 2 x 15 – 20 mins Sat or Sun: 1 hour Week 2 Mon or Tues: 20 - 25 mins Thurs or Fri: 20 - 25 mins Sat or Sun: 1½ hrs Week 3 2 x 25 – 30 mins Sat or Sun: 1½ - 2 hrs Week 4, 5, 6 & 7 3 x 30 – 40 mins (8-10 miles) Sat or Sun: 2 hrs (25 - 30 miles) Week 8 Tues: 10 – 15 miles Thurs: 10 – 15 miles Fri: 5 miles Sat: 30 – 40 miles (2 - 2½ hrs) Week 9 & 10 Mon or Tues: 10+ miles Thurs or Fri: 10+ miles Sat or Sun: 20 – 25 miles Week 11 Mon: 8 – 10 miles Tues: 10 – 15 miles Thurs: 10 – 15 miles Sun: 40 – 50 miles Week 12, 13 & 14 Mon: 10 miles easy cycling Tues: 15 – 20 miles Thurs: 15 – 20 miles Sun: 45 – 55 miles

Week 15 Mon: 10 miles easy cycling Weds: 10 miles Fri: 15 – 20 miles Sun: 50 – 60 miles Week 16 & 17 Tues: 20 – 25 miles Thurs: 20 – 25 miles Sun: 50 – 60 miles Week 18 Mon: 10 miles easy spinning Weds: 15 miles Sat: 20 – 25 miles Sun: 55 – 65 miles Week 19 Tues: 15 miles Thurs: 25 miles Sat: 25 miles Sun: 60 - 70 miles Week 20 Tues: 25 miles Weds: 15 miles Thurs: 25 miles Sat: 25 – 30 miles Sun: 70 – 75 miles THE WEEK BEFORE YOU GO! Mon: 10 miles Tues: 5 miles Weds: 10 miles Thurs: 5 miles Fri: Rest

This seems to be a pretty daunting task, but I am very much tired or sitting around wanting to do bigger athletic things and not making them happen. I am tired of yo-yoing up and down with my weight and I am tired of not feel as good as I could. Do you ever feel this way? Do you ever feel like you are so tired of sitting on the sidelines of life that you are desperate to do something?! This is where I am and I am so ready to change. So here goes. Cheer me on and/or join me on this journey. You don’t have to do anything huge, but get up and move. If you’re tired of where you are then change is on you! It’s not ever going to be easy and I’ll be the first to admit that most days, I don’t want to do the things I need to do, but I know that I feel better when I do those things. Let me know what your story is and how you are going to join me in this journey!

I can already tell you that one of my biggest challenges is going to be my diet! After being off my game for two months it is very challenging to get back on track with food as well. I know that it is going to be of great benefit for me. Here’s to eating healthy!

I look forward to being able to update more as the training program goes forward. This is my first week and I have completed my first biking workout last night. It was hard and felt good. I biked just over 9 miles. I am looking forward to this race as it will be my first big race since I ran cross country in college. Stay tuned for more updates. Pictures of me training to come…at least that’s the plan. J

If you would like to learn more about the Bike MS races visit their website by clicking the image below. You can also check out the charity website by clicking their link below.