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Andy Stiles
- 42, Male
- Arlington, VA
- United States
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New Wheels or New Bike?
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- Relationship Status:
- Divorced
- About Me:
- Well I am just your standard model 40 year white guy who can not stop running, swimming, or cycling.
- My Tri Story:
- I started tri's late in life...35, lol. I did it as a way to stay active and challenge myself after a major injury...long story but funny now. Love the people involved and the challenges both physically and mentally it takes to train and race. I nearly lost my arm in a training accident at work. That was one of the toughest moments of my life when the doctor came into the room as I was getting ready to head into the second of many surgeries. I am sitting there holding my bloated, deformed, and just down right nasty looking arm with my good hand. Doctor looks me straight in the eye and says he may not be able to save it. I am man enough to admit a few tears were shed. After a few more surgeries the arm is saved and I head into physical therapy. At this point I can no longer perform my duties in the Navy so I am on long term limited duty. While the therapists are optomistic I can see in their eys they do not think a full recovery is possible. The head medical officer from our command actually says I should be medical boarded out of my job specialty and possibly the Navy as a whole. Now you got to remember this is at the start of the war and before all the press of soldiers and sailors with amputations fighting back to perform their duties. So floating in limbo with my days starting in the morning and ending in the evenings with physical and occupational therapy I needed something to challenge me. Something to fill my days because sitting at home feeling sorry for myself was out of the question. Many guys at work are into triathlons and this gave me the goal I needed. I was living in San Diego so it was easy to pick races, Sprints, to give myself something to shoot for. Since then I have been using triathlons to set my goals. To push me to never give up no matter the obstacle life has thrown down in my path.
- Tri Experience:
- Spectator, In training, Age grouper
- Tri Distance:
- Sprint, Olympic, 2x Olympic (or approx 70.3 mi/113.1km), Long course (or approx 140.6 mi/225.3km)
- Tri Interest:
- Training Partners, Training Groups, Event Meet-ups, Friends
- My key race for 2010:
- Ford Ironman 70.3 California
Favorite Quote
-Thomas Paine
This one passes through my mind during long rides on the indoor trainer:
"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value."
-Thomas Paine
"Being unconquerable lies with yourself."
-Sun Tzu
"Laws control the lesser man; right conduct controls the greater one."
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Tennis anyone
There I was at the U.S. Open Series tennis match in Washington D.C. on Sunday. Of course everyone worth watching is currently over in Beijing trying to win the gold. Except Andy Roddick, whom I hoped would be in the final match on Sunday. Sadly his attempt to use the tournament to boost himself into the U.S. Open next month did not go so well since he lost in the semi's. So there I am watching Mr. 2… Continue
Posted on September 5, 2008 at 3:36am — 1 Comment
Race Expo turns into O.K. Corral
Posted on September 2, 2008 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment
Just my Pride!
are against having your eye's dilated?" “Ummm...no, I have no problem with that.” "Well you did not sign the consent part of the form!" "Oh,guess I did not see it", I say while cracking up. Eye Doc does not find my humor
funny [many people don't] and realizes this exam has alrea… Continue
Posted on August 28, 2008 at 7:00pm — 3 Comments
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I am also signing up for a sports nutrition course in a couple weeks. It is not that I have to lose a ton of weight, but as a triathlete, we always think we can get rid of a few extra pounds to make us faster!!
Anyways thank you for your advice...it always help to have other people to talk to and hear things from! I am going to eliminate my diet coke one of these days...right now it is my only bad thing that I do...so for now :)
Talk to you soon.
First off as far as your comment about crossfit, as much as people like to say there is one program for all to be the magic cure to training, fitness, and more importantly physical image...there is none. Fitness is an individual thing, what works for me may not and probably will not work for many others. This is why it is important to join groups such as this website and local tri clubs and professional trainers. Most tri clubs will have someone who is a nutrition expert and training expert. To get where you want to be it needs to be tailored made to the person you are.
Lots of different factors come into play here...genetics is a big one we all breeze over...no matter how hard I try I can never get rid of these love handles my father gave me...lol. Crossfit is a different concept for strength training and any program designed to increase muscle strength is going to put on pounds. Also, anytime you spend doing strength training you are not spending doing cardio, fat burning, endurance training...etc.
While I do not think one diet soda a day is responsible for weight gain...I personally do not drink any. Does this mean it is the reason for you to gain weight...I can not tell you as well as if you sat down with a nutritionist and talked about what you eat...and more importantly when you eat, drink certain items. I find most people that drink one item such as a soda tend to do it first thing in the morning. Starting out your day with a sugar intake tends to keep your body craving sugar throughout the day. When you sneak a snae in the middle of the day the body is asking for more sugar. A nutritionist can break these things out. Showing you when it is best to cheat a little and when it is not.
There is so much that really comes into play here I would probably do you more of a diservice trying to address it all. I hope I was able to give you some food for thought. Let me know. I look forward to hearing from you.
Keep up the good work. Your friend....Andy
i am new to triathalon. I did a sprint distance on this past year and have been trying to get my weight down. I finished the race about middle of the pack but i saw you being a model you probably had some tips on that. Also did you use a tri-coach?
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