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Dripping Fat: January 2009

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A record of one man's mission to shed the weight of another. Friday, 30 January 2009. No, my heart rate monitor isn't broken. I refer to a recurrence of the Iliotibial. Band Syndrome that nearly blighted my award winning participation in the Big Ben Nevis Triathlon last year. The moral of the story - Gym bikes are knee killers. Get outside on a proper bike, even if it is constantly dark, snowing and minus 5 Celcius. Current weight is 13 stones 2 pounds (184 pounds / 83.5 kg). Posted by The Incredible Bulk.

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Dripping Fat: June 2010

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A record of one man's mission to shed the weight of another. Wednesday, 30 June 2010. It has arrived. Well, part of it anyway. The frame; without wheels, pedals, gears, handlebars, etc. Just a frame. But it's a start. And a good start. When you ping it, it resonates like a tuning fork. I'm taking that to be a good sign. Now I've just got to get every other bit for the bike, but actually have no clue about headsets and BB30s. This Ironman doesn't half take up some time you know. Thursday, 17 June 2010.

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Dripping Fat: September 2008

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A record of one man's mission to shed the weight of another. Sunday, 28 September 2008. Portobello Aquathon and The Benchmark. Having spent too long talking to The Editor about pre. Race nerves, and the physical manifestation of them, I now understand the term Lightening the Load. I even shaved my 14 year old Goatee. Beard to generate less drag during the swim. 750m swim (with a long beach start, including transition) = 15 mins. 17 secs. I know, I know, it was a bit slow. Oh, I'm nowhere. Fully one hour ...

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Dripping Fat: May 2009

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A record of one man's mission to shed the weight of another. Tuesday, 26 May 2009. A quick flight down to Marseille to do some running and swimming along the Côte d'Azur; £70. A nice hotel to relax by the pool; € many. Finding out that running in 30 degree heat is going to be very, very painful; € %£$&*$€. France run is at least partly in shade. Or that it's pishing. It down with rain the whole cycle and run, which will be very reminiscent of training at home. Posted by The Incredible Bulk. Is not a "nor...

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Dripping Fat: Ironman France approaches

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A record of one man's mission to shed the weight of another. Friday, 19 June 2009. I just clicked on to the Ironman France website to check out where to see the live internet coverage. Seulement 9 jours jusqu'à l'Ironman France 2009! You don't have to speak French to know that's serious. I can already feel the nervous energy and hear the deafening silence of those final 10 seconds before the start of the race. My blood just ran cold. I am properly sh* ing myself now. Posted by The Incredible Bulk.

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Dripping Fat: February 2009

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A record of one man's mission to shed the weight of another. Wednesday, 11 February 2009. A scientific approach has now been applied to my training schedule. I actually picked up and read an article about what I should be doing at this stage in the lead up to an Ironman. 19 weeks to go). It's from 220 magazine, so they shouldn't be talking pish. It turns out that I've been doing far, far, far too much. And I was enjoying myself as well. Current weight is 13 stones 2 pounds (184 pounds / 83.5 kg).

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Dripping Fat: Triathlon anniversary

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A record of one man's mission to shed the weight of another. Monday, 8 June 2009. This time last year I was extremely nervous about competing in my first Sprint Triathlon. It was the first test of my weight loss, and one of the major goals I had been gearing my training towards. In June, 2008, I came 121st out of 262, with a time of 1 hour, 27 minutes and 5 seconds. In June, 2009, I came 38th out of 261, with a time of 1 hour, 14 minutes and 49 seconds. The Editor wonders what I might have achieved if I'...

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Dripping Fat: Out of breath

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A record of one man's mission to shed the weight of another. Monday, 15 June 2009. Hardly. And that's the thing. Yesterday I was mountain biking for 3 hours up some crazy land rover tracks and then I went for a hilly 1 hour run on steep forest trails. At the end of it, I had a cup of coffee, a couple of chicken rolls, 2 pieces of cake and went home. And I did that for fun because I was getting a bit fed up of Ironman. Current weight is 13 stones 6 pounds (188 pounds / 85.3 kg). 16 June 2009 at 18:17.

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Dripping Fat: April 2009

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A record of one man's mission to shed the weight of another. Monday, 13 April 2009. Too close for comfort. It's become apparent that I should have spent less time scoffing "The Fink" and more time listening. The Editor's personal training manual is obviously more successful than my photocopied page from 220 magazine, entitled "24-week Ironman. Training plan". I'm wondering if I should throw mine in the bin, or simply treble the suggested workload. Posted by The Incredible Bulk. Thursday, 9 April 2009.

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Dripping Fat: June 2009

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A record of one man's mission to shed the weight of another. Tuesday, 30 June 2009. Is this the Col de l'Ecre? The nerves only emerged when we were nearing the starting point on the Promenade des. At 530 am, looking out to sea. Neither The Editor nor I could see the buoys marking the first loop of the swim. Nor could the other 100 fellow entrants who were also gesticulating. And randomly throughout the first swim loop, with less than 5 or 10 seconds warning, I spotted "the manic perpendicular. And so to ...