The fitness bug

[Tyzack]

I have 3 half marathons in the next 8 weeks that I have trained for....

 

 

...not at all :(

 

Today is pace 10

tomorrow is sprint 4 in the morning pace 4 in the evening

pace 10 thursday

pace 13 saturday

cardio sunday

cardio monday

4 tuesday

4 wednesday

cardio thrusday

off friday

off saturday

race sunday :(

 

...I hope that works!

 

Somewhere in there I have to buy/break in new shoes as well!

[F Horn of Valere]

Well, I'm off to go walk/jog for 20 minutes. I've only hit my goal three times (once if you don't count the days when I had work and driving my truck with no shocks fooled the wrist band), and today looks like another miss, but I can at least get closer! (It is really hard to make my goal when I have 4 hours of classroom time... 6 on mondays.)

 

Edit: After my workout, I jumped from 2200 to 2903 points... I think I can get 97 more before I go to bed in a bit!

[Jeannaisais]

I still REALLY want the fitbit flex but....we've got bills to pay first :-/  Still, I think that thing would be aweomse - and so much better than my cheap pedometer!

 

Oh and speaking of fitness stuffs, I have been doing great at getting workouts in, but my diet is still terrible (I guess I have too much of a sweet tooth?)

[BFG]

arrgh, tried the hotels 'fitness suite' the other day...

 

The bloody treadmill keeps stopping dead every few minutes with no warning, it's bad enough when walking for a warm-up, it almost sent me flying when I started running.  So my current plan is to try and get up at 5, so I can go out for a proper run before the sun gets to hot!  So far no luck on waking up early, but it will happen.

 

I will try another session on the bikes, but I need to try and get in there alone, so I can reduce the temp from 30 (who works out in 30? honestly) to something manageable.

[dicetosser1]

ive been slack this week cause ive been limping all week. Starting Monday its 25km bike ride + gym every morning

[Jeannaisais]

arrgh, tried the hotels 'fitness suite' the other day...

 

The bloody treadmill keeps stopping dead every few minutes with no warning, it's bad enough when walking for a warm-up, it almost sent me flying when I started running.  So my current plan is to try and get up at 5, so I can go out for a proper run before the sun gets to hot!  So far no luck on waking up early, but it will happen.

 

I will try another session on the bikes, but I need to try and get in there alone, so I can reduce the temp from 30 (who works out in 30? honestly) to something manageable.

 

 

Maybe somebody who thinks they can sweat all of that off of them? lol

 

I went for a nice long walk today, and did a 15 minute cardio workout at home, for a total of 12,800 steps - my daily goal is 12,000!

[dicetosser1]

Well the hardcore effort has started.

 

Rode 25km to work at 530 this morning then hit the gym for 30 mins. Was a little slower on the bike then i liked tho

[Tyzack]

Broke 2 hours at the Maine half!!!

[dicetosser1]

Congrats Ty!!!!

[Jeannaisais]

That's awesome Tyzack!

[dicetosser1]

ok so 4 days to go until my 90km ride!!

 

heres hoping i complete it!

[Jeannaisais]

That's gonna be a long ride, but I'm sure you'll do awesome! How much did you end up raising for it? 

[dicetosser1]

$365  so far.

 

The ride is tomorrow. I start at 6am  leave home befor 4am.

 

 

here goes!

[Jeannaisais]

Talk about an early morning!  What was your goal to raise? Because that to me sounds like an awesome amount! And best of luck, I'm sure you'll do amazingly!

[dicetosser1]

i needed to raise at least 250  but was hoping for 500   theres still time tho

 

 

lol im catching a 401 am train

[Jeannaisais]

Yay for hitting minimum goal and let's go for the push to the real goal

 

4:01 am train.....I'm not sure if that's better or worse than we I had to catch a 12:13 a.m. bus from Madrid to Granada....after having flown back from Athens to Madrid....but I was biking for 90km the next morning, I slept!

 

Anyways, how is everyone doing on their fitness goals? I'm still in a plateau and need to work on that - some days it's hard to get my exercise in simply because I'm either exhausted, not feeling well or just want more sleep!

[dicetosser1]

Allright so 90km bike ride done. Time     cries   7 and a bit hours!     stoopid flat and defective replacement tube!

[Jeannaisais]

Aww well at least you finished! I know that was my goal when I ran the half marathon - just wanted to finish - that 13.1 miles took me about 3 1/2 hours I think

[Cass]

CONGRATULATIONS DICE!!!!

 

Good on you for finishing!!

[Tyzack]

Bought my plane tickets to my next marathon.

 

I'm averaging  sub 9 minute miles on run < 6 miles, sub 9:30s on < 13s and the one 16 miler I did I average 10 flat.

 

I'm targeting a sub 5 hour marathon, with my "oh my god i'm the king of the world time" sub 4:30.

 

Last year I ran the same marathon in 5:42.

[dicetosser1]

WOW!! I cant run at all!

 

thats awesome Ty  Good Luck!

[Jeannaisais]

That is awesome Ty! I'm thinking about doing another 1/2 this coming summer

[BFG]

Jea, what happened to your fitness tracker/goal thread?

 

Can't find it

[Jeannaisais]

Oh, it got depinned and it's probably in the woodwork, I might be able to drudge it back up! 

[Jeannaisais]

It's in the Campfires, i just posted in it so you'll see it there