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[quote=Anonymous]My story is similar to the ones above. Before the pandemic I was a wreck. Finally got nabbed as having high blood pressure and started going down that road with a small dosage beta blocker.

I lifted and ran in college and grad school, but that all ended.

At this point I am 39. About a month into the pandemic I started walking as my exercise. That took a lot of work. I walked a goal of 10,000 steps a day usually in two long walks a day since we were working exclusively at home. So that was April to December with some relapses of diet/no exercise, drinking tons of beer etc..

December 2020 I buy a treadmill because it’s cold and I don’t want to walk outside. I start run walking. I do that and at home strength and core training until maybe June. I start running non-stop in June. I start lifting at the gym like college in June. Some running PT. I run my first organized road race as a turkey trot at just over 8min/mile. Run some 5Ks. That was 2021-beginning of 2022. At this point, I’m down ~90lbs. Came off medication fall of 2021.

2022 I do a bunch of short course triathlon. Decently competitive in a very competitive 40-44M age group. Sometimes top ten overall if it’s a small enough race, and usually age group podium if it’s less than 20 guys in my group. Though, local races aren’t that competitive. 2022 version of the turkey trot I completely annihilate my previous time.

2023 I’m looking at doing some long course, where I will definitely get my ass handed to me. But, I have a new bike, and I’m folded up like a taco on there, so we have that.

I would have never believed any of this was possible. It just takes time and deduction and faith in the process. That’s my story.

Separate thought on heat acclimation. That is one you need to do over time. I found it takes me a number of key outdoor sessions to get that going. For time reasons, I do a lot of my training indoors. If I’m going to do an event where the ambient is going to be higher, I start training in that heat as I get closer to the event.

Another key is water. I drink a metric ton of water. I drink coffee (with sugary syrup and milk 🙃), water, and electrolytes/ carb mix. That’s it. [/quote]

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