Fitness 2016

[lustindarkness]

This could be a fun way to twist an ankle: http://quarrycrusherrun.com/

It seemed a good idea at the time... It was fun, but I am so beat up.

[PDH]

Did my first 10 miles out - 2.5 mile climb - 2.5 mile descent - 10 miles back route.  Almost averaged 16 mph, which means I was still able to fly on the (relatively) flat stretches.  The climb is one I have talked about before, maybe 5% grade with some steep bits to kill the legs.  My phone clocked me down at 42 mph.

Now to pass out.

[mongers]

Did my first 10 miles out - 2.5 mile climb - 2.5 mile descent - 10 miles back route.  Almost averaged 16 mph, which means I was still able to fly on the (relatively) flat stretches.  The climb is one I have talked about before, maybe 5% grade with some steep bits to kill the legs.  My phone clocked me down at 42 mph.

Now to pass out.

I CANNOT imagine 2.5 miles of uphill in one go.   



Just off out myself, up the valley, maybe I'll include some 'hills' on it's edge in your honour. 

[celedhring]

Just found out that one of my workmates comes to work riding a bike. That involves a 2km climb (that gets very steep in the last 500m) in the middle of the Spanish summer. I am: impressed.

[mongers]

Ended up doing 75-80km up the valley whilst the England game/coverage was on, took about 3 hours, excluding stops for photographs.

No Real hills were found. 

[PDH]

Come to Laramie - we'll do the Snowy Range Pass

Profile and map...

[mongers]

Come to Laramie - we'll do the Snowy Range Pass

Profile and map...

Eeek.


Most of my life is spent at 39 feet abv. mean sea level. 

[Barrister]

Man, Friday night I Did Not Want To Run.  The forecast was for a chance of rain, so I kept hoping for that as an excuse.  No dice - we got a couple of drops and then it cleared up.  Plus Run Zombies wanted me to do a 40 minute run - longer than I've done so far by five minutes or so.

After the first 5 minutes or so, it was great.  Really good run.  By being longer it was the furthest I've run so far, at 5.8km.

I know none of this is remarkable to anyone who does any kind of exercise (and it's not like my distance is any great feat).  I just wanted to post this here as a reminder to myself that when I feel lazy, don't give in.

[alfred russel]

BB, three things:

1) Neither you nor i nor probably anyone else here will ever achieve anything great athletically. Even if you work really hard at running, every race you run you will probably get smoked by lots of others (I know I do). So, take pride in what you accomplish, because getting off the couch and being able to run ~4 miles is not something many people do.

2) If you keep running 40 minutes, you are going to improve quickly.

3) I think that is awesome. Seriously.

[lustindarkness]

Man, Friday night I Did Not Want To Run.  The forecast was for a chance of rain, so I kept hoping for that as an excuse.  No dice - we got a couple of drops and then it cleared up.  Plus Run Zombies wanted me to do a 40 minute run - longer than I've done so far by five minutes or so.

After the first 5 minutes or so, it was great.  Really good run.  By being longer it was the furthest I've run so far, at 5.8km.

I know none of this is remarkable to anyone who does any kind of exercise (and it's not like my distance is any great feat).  I just wanted to post this here as a reminder to myself that when I feel lazy, don't give in.

Yeap, the hardest step of a run is always the first one.

[PDH]

Did a second go around of the 10-2.5 hill.

Second day felt better, but I was .1 mph slower.  Guess that was the wind...or my old age.

[Brazen]

I did this yesterday. There was very limited opportunity to actually run. I'm still washing pigment powder out of imitate parts.

[Brazen]

Man, Friday night I Did Not Want To Run.  The forecast was for a chance of rain, so I kept hoping for that as an excuse.  No dice - we got a couple of drops and then it cleared up.  Plus Run Zombies wanted me to do a 40 minute run - longer than I've done so far by five minutes or so.

After the first 5 minutes or so, it was great.  Really good run.  By being longer it was the furthest I've run so far, at 5.8km.

I know none of this is remarkable to anyone who does any kind of exercise (and it's not like my distance is any great feat).  I just wanted to post this here as a reminder to myself that when I feel lazy, don't give in.

5.8km in 40 mins is pretty speedy in my book! Zombies, Run! is a great distraction; I even queue up several missions for long, painful races.

[Liep]

I did this yesterday. There was very limited opportunity to actually run. I'm still washing pigment powder out of imitate parts.

The central station here was filled up with many Color Run participants, and a lot of them were in a much worse state than you if that can comfort you.

[Oexmelin]

I have been lurking this thread for a while now. It has been responsible in convincing me to step foot in a gym for the first time in my life back in the fall. Have been going ever since. Special thanks to Berry and Dorsey who have normalized and encouraged in non-competitive ways every attempt at getting in shape.