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Hello everyone,
I hope all your training and goals are being met with ease. I need your help !!!
I’m not quite mental yet so not that kind of help but a simple vote for my video, My Son and I put this video together and I feel it sends the message loud and clear that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
Please follow the link and vote for me http://apps.facebook.com/konainspired?x=us_facebookapp_137_4
I did the big one on Saturday Oct 8th 2011 Kona, It was everything I expected it would be.
Words can’t describe the feelings I had Saturday morning right after body markings, but I’ll try anyway, It was a feeling the very moment in time out of the vast universe, there I was on a small island in the pacific standing by T-1 and I knew this is where all the up’s and downs in my life led me, this is where I belonged this day and it was one of the greatest feelings I ever had.
Looking back at the last eight years of my life and all the choices I had, I made the right path to this every step of the way even before I knew what Ironman was, it always was part of my lifes training and I found me there.
2.4 mile swim 112 bike and a fun 26.2 run
I tried a full In St George 05/07/2011 and was 15 minutes late getting out of the water (DNF) My first full distance Ironman was Kona this Is where I gained the title IRONMAN.
Some of you know me as pushback and some know me as Frank Banaga. I won a lottery slot for Ironman 2011 at KONA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It has still not set in as of yet however as time passes I know much training is still needed and it will set in.
I don’t have many words to say right now so I’ll leave with this, In 2003 I was very sick, It was hard to walk and also hard to do the simplest things that we all do every day like putting on socks and shoes or even going to the restroom and I remember asking myself why me? what did I do to deserve the illness I had. As years pass The answer is getting clearer, that RA illness was a great gift, without it I wouldn’t be who I am today, eight full marathons, two half Ironman events and next month I do St George Utah full Ironman and finish or DNF I still get to go to Kona because I’m using my 2011 70.3 in Ca as my qualifying entry to Kona.
That gift was packaged very painfully and it took many challenges to overcome to finally see what it really was. It was a ford IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SLOT and I’m so happy I took the gift and made the best of it.
Dream big and live bigger.
Frank B.
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Just found another atricle on suppressed immune systems because of extreme training. When will doctors see the correlation and not prescribe meds but tell you while your in pain now you need to sign up for an Ironman or a marathon, Would that be take two marathons and call me after you cross the finishline??
The notion of an Ironman triathlete laid up in bed with a cold may seem like a contradiction, but in reality, endurance training and triathlon competitions can temporarily impair immune function, leaving you vulnerable to colds.
Researchers found that among 150 ultra-marathon runners competing in a race in South Africa, one-third developed upper respiratory tract infections within two weeks after the race. Among more than 1,800 runners competing in the Los Angeles Marathon, almost 13% reported coming down with a cold within a week after the race. And in the Western States Endurance Run, about one in four athletes reported symptoms of an upper respiratory tract infection within two weeks after the race.
Why the spike in colds after these endurance events? The thinking is that the physical stress of endurance exercise increases the circulating concentrations of stress hormones like adrenaline and cortisol. In the short term, these hormones can help you meet the immediate physical demands of Ironman competitions, but the price paid can be a temporary suppression of the immune system — often just enough to allow a head or chest cold to set in.
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Ok, After three years trying to get into a full Ironman I was ready for signup AZ Ironman, it opened monday to online signups at 11:00am pacific time, I had my credit card in hand I ran through the active singin and made sure My account was working the day before. 11:00 hits and I go to signup, the screen says not taking apps yet try again later, waited a few seconds and tried again and I was in !!! I filled out the med questions and checked every box that applied and went to checkout, put in my credit card # which is visa 4251-451-****-*** (just seeing if any ones is reading this) and boom I sent it and then bam “DATA ERROR CODE CONTACT CUSTOMER SERVICE”!!! I WAS CRUSHED!!! SO DEFLATED!!! I sat at my computer shocked and tryed again with another credit card and the same result. I called Active and waited 35 minutes until I got a body to talk to EXPLAINED THE SITUATION AND SHE SAID LETS SEE NOPE YOUR NOT REGESTERED….. AND…..WAIT A SECOND………… ON MINUTE…………..AND I’M SORRY ONLINE REG IS CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT. Wow this was hard to swallow.
I took the rest of the day get over it and then thought I’M doing a full Ironman in 2011(.) I signed up for the one in Utah and was instantly happy and on fire again, it’s on. I have a 1/2 Ironman in Oceanside in April and then four weeks later this full in Utah. Now looking at this unforeseen line up I’ll do the half and be primed up to go to Utah and I would not have it any other way!!! Thats what Ironman is at the core, find a way and anything is possible.
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Training is going well, and I decided to start a website that deals with runners and RA. It should be up in a few weeks, It will be mostly sharing the ups and downs of training and running with RA and just moving one step at a time, kinda like climbing to the moon with only kites as stairs, many many steps but it’s the last one step that gets you there.
If you look at the journey whole you just may not want to go, but if to try and don’t give up the kites are there so try you luck, the view is grand and the task is grander but finish this and then you’ll know that RA is simply a restriction and not lifestyle, I know it hurts, aches and pain stakes but that’s the pain that you’ll get past and live you life as it’s your last.
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Updating my miles in a lump sum.
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As we learn more about drugs and how they affect us, many will fall to the best advise of our Doctors and loose their life. It’s not the fault of the Doctors, they as all of us are constantly learning new things and the more we learn about our bodies the more changes are made. We need to heal from within and put the pills aside only for very bad days and not take them because someone says to take them. MY Doctors choice for me was 150mg Diclofenac daily and it made me feel good, I knew deep inside It was wrong to take it but it was needed. Now no drugs and I run 20 miles a week and now I’m training for an Ironman in 2011. I am glad I wasn’t just another number on the stats of death by meds. I enjoy the second chance the universe and I gave me. just found this report from (CBS)
For the first time, some commonly-used pain relievers have been linked by significant clinical evidence to a higher risk of heart-related deaths in otherwise healthy people.
The nine-year Danish study looked at non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, including ibuprofen, which was associated with a 29 percent greater risk of fatal or non-fatal stroke.
The group of drugs examined is known as NSAIDs, which are commonly prescribed to people suffering from arthritis or inflammation due to short-term conditions.
The study, published in the American Heart Association’s journal, “Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes,” focused on the drugs ibuprofen, diclofenac, rofecoxib, celecoxib and naproxen.
Study authors said they had been unable to determine the risks of celecoxib based on the results of their research. Naproxen - sold over the counter under brand names including “Alleve,” was actually linked to a decreased risk in heart failures.
“Even though the frequency of these effects is quite low, they are still important,” said Emil Loldrup Fosbøl, the study’s author. “People should at a minimum be aware that this is a problem.”
For individuals taking NSAIDs who are at a greater risk of stroke, the American Heart Association’s advice is “a stepped-care approach to pain management,” which recommends doctors only opt for the higher-risk medications after first demonstrating lower-risk drugs are ineffective.
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Location:Chula Vista California United States 91915
My goals are: Keep active, Run a 16:00 5K, Finish a Sub 3:00:00 Marathon I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis in April of 2003, before then I was not very active and I didn’t like any sports that involved any type of Running like soccer or basketball. When I became ill I could not walk very well my knees were very swollen and everything hurt. I found myself using the handicap restrooms and never realized how important those hand rails are or even the height of the toilet seat, but without those modifications I would have had a more difficult time taking care of myself. Being unable to carry my four month old daughter up and down the stairs at our two story house was very hard to deal with and not being able to kick a ball to my six year old son at the park when he rolled the ball to me left a lasting impression in my heart that I will carry forever, at thirty four years old the rest of my life looked very challenging, but for some reason about five months later unknown to me or my doctor I went into full remission and luckily I had no permanent joint damage. When my health got better I decided to be a bit more active, at the time I was taking care of my kids as soon as I got off of work and my wife was working late so I needed some activity that was the most time effective for me and running just made sense. I started with a run around the block, and made I about fifty feet before I became winded and started walking, I walked around the block never running again. The next day I tried it again, this time I made it about seventy five feet and then walked again the rest of the way around the block, with that twenty five foot increase in one day it was enough motivation to keep trying until I ran around the whole block without stopping build and build and staying positive I kept running one block then two then three than four and kept looking back everyday on yesterdays accomplishments to go farther the next day, soon I was up to about 2.5 miles a day it was amazing what I accomplished in such a short time. I ran everyday for about sixty days and then one day on the internet I came across a marathon in Las Vegas on the famous strip, and the strip would be closed for the first time, running on the strip excited me, but I knew I was not even close to being able to run 26.2. I knew I needed great help in this endeavor and with that thought I went to the book store, and did research on the internet. I was a little scared about my health, being in remission from RA I didn’t know if such stress on my body would trigger a relapse or if my joints were strong enough. I purchased several books for marathon training and started to read them and I still had not made up my mind about trying 26.2, but one of the books I picked up was The Non-Runner’s Marathon Trainer. I read some parts of all the books but kept going back to your book it seemed as if it was written just for me. I decided to stick my neck out and I signed up for the new Las Vegas Marathon it was eight months away with the books training I started the journey, I followed the training to the letter but as soon as the long runs started to increase, my knees and calf muscles were too sore even with days off in between, so I shortened my mid week runs to two five mile runs and kept the long runs at the end of the week the same as in the book and it worked. I ran my first marathon in Las Vegas December 2005 with a finish time of 5:06:05 it was the most uplifting experience in my life and to know the feeling of accomplishment for such a great task and all the challenges along the way to get there makes the moment priceless for me, NOW I RUN MARATHONS !! December 2006 I ran Las Vegas again with a finish time of 4:13:41, and on April 1st 2007 I ran the Carlsbad 5000 with a finish time 20:09. Next is San Diego Rock and Roll marathon June 3rd 2007, now I am hooked. The training for 2006 was ten miles a week with the same long runs as in the book on the weekends; it seems to have worked for me, my training for Rock and Roll Marathon is about the same but I am trying for a PR of 3:30 or under. One of the neat thing about being alive is we are creating our own book or big screen movie, Every day we cast our lives not to fate but to destiny, a hard and challenging life to one may be someone else’s dream life. Deep roots bare great fruits.
