Fitness 2014

[mongers]

Did the same 25 mile round trip today.  Got passed on the hill by some young lycra woman (who was in far better climbing shape than I am), but my greater mass meant that on the downhill I caught up.  Then it was 10 miles back into the wind following a couple of hundred yards behind, never able to catch up.

It's not a race, but having a lead like that meant I worked harder than I would have alone.  Good time.

Yeah, having those occasional 'races' are fun.

I used to get into unacknowledged commuter races, nothing was ever said, but both parties would up their game and a certain amount of overtaking happened. And it is a better work out. 

[alfred russel]

My marathon by mid May plan is shelved. I missed almost all my workouts the last two weeks, and ended up regressing.

I'm going to try settling into a routine with a long run of 12 - 14 miles, and then next winter look at stretching it out to a marathon distance. Or if things go really well, perhaps in the fall.

FAILURE.

[Eddie Teach]

Just don't kill yourself (like the original marathon runner did).

[Brazen]

My marathon by mid May plan is shelved. I missed almost all my workouts the last two weeks, and ended up regressing.

I'm going to try settling into a routine with a long run of 12 - 14 miles, and then next winter look at stretching it out to a marathon distance. Or if things go really well, perhaps in the fall.

Doesn't sound at all failish to me. Why not enter a half or two to get your speed up?

I'm working out like a loon at the moment, but having a sharp reminder you can't out-exercise a bad diet. I really need to loose 30lbs before I get back to anything like my fighting weight. I'm just so bloody hungry all the time.

[Maladict]

I might give this a shot in June 

Aaaaand, everybody wimped out as usual. 

[Darth Wagtaros]

Barbell squats continue to defeat me.  Deadlifts are scary.

[mongers]

Aaaaand, everybody wimped out as usual. 

[alfred russel]

Doesn't sound at all failish to me. Why not enter a half or two to get your speed up?

I did a half in 1:54 in November, and based on my long runs (that are generally around half marathon distance) I think I could currently probably get that down closer to 1:50 if I pushed. That should mean I have the speed for a full marathon in 4 hours, but I'm really struggling to add distance. I really want to run the whole thing at a consistent pace, but I have been discovering that short breaks at a slow enough pace to reduce my heart rate really extends my distance. Which is basically what you and lusti told me.

I'm working out like a loon at the moment, but having a sharp reminder you can't out-exercise a bad diet. I really need to loose 30lbs before I get back to anything like my fighting weight. I'm just so bloody hungry all the time.

Does weight really matter? Maybe I'm wrong, but if you are in shape, exercise a good bit, and stay away from obnoxious levels of sweets, things will be okay. Exercising and dieting at the same time--I don't know if that is good.

[Brazen]

Does weight really matter? Maybe I'm wrong, but if you are in shape, exercise a good bit, and stay away from obnoxious levels of sweets, things will be okay. Exercising and dieting at the same time--I don't know if that is good.

"Less likely to drop dead" good, but "hot for age" is better  I have a school reunion in July and don't want to be the fat kid.

Anyway, I failed to take my own advice and overdid it. HIIT circuit classes broke me. Having got on the gym leader board for number of burpees in a minute, I've sprained by big toe joint through the unique combination of high impact and bent-back toes. So it's low impact (swimming, spinning, weight training) for a week or so, then I want to build up to this season's running. I've got a miler, 5K, 5 miler and 10K in conveniently ascending order between May and September.

[mongers]

Not doing much at the moment, though I'm probably as fit as I need to, or can be nowadays.

Might take a bike out this evening to do some exploring/go for a drink with a mate.

[Tamas]

I was quite coming into shape at least weight-wise last fall, being down to a whooping 82-84kgs. Which wasn't still that great as not that much of it was actual muscle but I was starting to get satisfied with it.
Which was clearly a mistake as I opened the floodgates of cheap nice food which are readily available here, so I am now back to 91kgs.
I am not really that fond of straight-out starving, so I have bought a couple of dumbbells with some weights to at least try and burn some of that excess energy.

I really miss my stationary bike from Hungary, but I resent the idea of going to a gym. 

[mongers]

Are 'we' still doing fitness in 2014 ?

Popped out late afternoon on the bike, ended up doing a small circuit of the top of the New Forest, a little more than I'd plan, around 24 miles with a few hills thrown in. 

Quite a windy day, 20-30 mph with stronger gusts, which seemed against me for much of my triangular route.
Had to stop at one point and remove my jumper, so I wouldn't be dragged over so much by the strong cross wind.   

[PDH]

Wind is the enemy here.  I have ridden down 6% grades into the teeth of 30 mph winds and spent much of the time on the pedals.  Coming back to town is often a chore if I leave too late.  To top it off, the wind blows almost every direction, just never from behind me.

[Darth Wagtaros]

I hurt.

[alfred russel]

I got a bit shown up today. I set out to do 10.6 miles. About the time I started running, two guys also set out, and we had about the same pace. They didn't quite go as far--10.0 miles, but they ran just a bit faster. I was talking to them after we finished our runs, and they said that before we started running they had just finished biking 40 miles in 2 hours. They do full ironmans.