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thx1138
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PostPosted: 12:16 - 01 Sep 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

well, just smashed a half marathon pb nine whole minutes quicker

last year I struggled and got 1hr59m59s

today I did 1hr50m59s
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PostPosted: 04:35 - 02 Sep 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

1 month of cycling to work now complete Very Happy

Covered 578km overall, and am visibly slimmer for having done so.

What's strange though is that my weight, according to the scales at home, has stayed almost exactly the same??? All I can think is that my 'cycling muscles' grew while the fat was coming off.

Mission isn't over yet anyway. I think one more month should do it, then I'll be back into what I would consider to be good shape.
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PostPosted: 20:15 - 14 Sep 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have moved up a group with my running club and got of 35:14, I have booked in for my first 10k next year!
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PostPosted: 14:32 - 15 Sep 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

I ran for the bus once, puffing and panting, but caught it Wink Thumbs Up .



Got a couple of minor knocks that were quite painful on the knee and elbow.
So only light training this week and that wasn’t so terrible Thumbs Up
A bit better now so back to proper training from Monday.

I just don’t seem to be able to improve my lung capacity no matter how I train?
I will keep plugging away, maybe it’ll come with time?
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PostPosted: 17:53 - 15 Sep 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

Went out for a run again this afternoon, 7km up and down hills which has nearly ended me!
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PostPosted: 16:33 - 11 Oct 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

Work has prevented training lately.
Went training last night, much sweating and puffing!
We all got a bit excited and pulled each other around a bit to roughly Embarassed
One of the lads got his contact lenses knocked out Smile
I came out of things unscathed other than looking like I’ve been through a mangle Laughing

Feeling it today but I don’t mind Thumbs Up

Back to sensible training tonight...... reps & combinations.
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PostPosted: 17:26 - 11 Oct 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

I bought another new bicycle last month, I have a fixie. Hard work going uphill, slightly terrifying going downhill.

Going to try and get one last long ride in on the roadie before I put it away for the winter, weekend the clocks go back going to try and ride to Portsmouth. Might scrounge a lift part way, and just cycle 100miles.
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PostPosted: 09:58 - 29 Oct 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

Went training last night.
Did 90% of the exercises, but just couldn’t quite finish Sad .

The 2nd part of the session was ground work.
Kin ell! That took it out of me Shocked

Our Dojo is mixed and that means sometimes you get to fight women.
I fought a woman last night and fugging hell she was strong!
Not a big butch bird by any means.
She certainly knew how to use what strength she had Thumbs Up

Anyhow Judo is coming along slowly and that’s cool, I like it like that.
I’m better than when I started, but I’ll never be a ninja Laughing

All this training means I genuinely have lost a bit of weight, happy days.
I continue to use the stairs and not the lift at work and walk around the site instead of using the works van.

Fatty’s trying Laughing
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PostPosted: 17:36 - 03 Nov 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

Was a bit worried this morning, had a running event, back has been very stiff and sore all week, since cycling from Aylebsury to Portsmouth, and then Goring on Thames to Bedford. i cycled a 100mile ride, with 5,000ft of climbing, and a 55mile ride with about 2,000ft of climbing. Followed by a 20 mile round trip to check out the route to the running event.

Today, I ran an ultra marathon. I've never run a marathon before. In fact the furthest I've ever run is 15 miles. Today I ran over 30miles.

Quite slowish, but not too bad I guess as an average. It was laps of a lake in a forest centre, not point to point, so there was a feeding station and bag drop area, and I took quite a lot of stuff I didnt use, and a few bits I did. Changing hats as it warmed up, for instance, ditched the wooly hat, put a peaked cap on to keep the sun out of my eyes.

Did the half marathon distance quite quick. Marathon distance less so, last lap was a killer, managed to pick the pace up at the end to get in before the cut off for the next lap, but called it a day.

Also, whilst I did cycle there, I took up the offer of a lift back.
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PostPosted: 22:26 - 07 Nov 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

Today I clocked up my 6 000th mile on a bicycle this calendar year 2019.
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PostPosted: 23:56 - 07 Nov 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

Trained tonight, came home with no injuries Thumbs Up
Got soundly beaten on the groundwork until the last bout then I got a good win Smile

I reinforced what I already knew about trying to put a heavyweight opponent over your shoulder: DONT, they’ll squash you Shocked .

Funny thing is that I have genuinely lost some weight, but they’re still calling me ‘fatty’ Laughing
I think this training is helping my agility to a very minor degree, so happy days.

Still the lack of lung capacity is hindering me.
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PostPosted: 14:20 - 16 Dec 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

On track to do 7,000 miles by bicycle this year. Just need to do an average of 20 miles a day for rest of year.

Set myself a goal of cycling 10,000 miles next year. Probably wont enter any running events though.
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PostPosted: 15:59 - 16 Dec 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

I’ve spent the last week on this forum chirping on about my injuries.
Now the thing is , I’ve had to stop training.
I won’t be training anytime before the middle of January.

I bet it’ll be hard work getting back to where I was before all this happened.

Fugg fugg fuggy fugg!

Maybe it’s time to take up stamp collecting Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: 20:45 - 16 Dec 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

10k done last weekend, did my 39th parkrun on Saturday and a Santa Dash. Its bloody hard work running in a full Santa suit (complete with beard).

I set myself a target of doing 600k this year and am currently at 658k but I have definitely plateaued with my pace and run times so in the new year I am going to take a friends advice and go for 1k slow pace, 1k as fast as I can, 1k slow to recover, 1k fast and 1k slow to finish. Plus more hills.

Also thinking of doing a local run clubs 10k(ish) Valentines Day run on the 16th Feb but I know its held in my local area with all of the massive hills!
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PostPosted: 23:47 - 16 Dec 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

thx1138 wrote:
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Set myself a goal of cycling 10,000 miles next year. Probably wont enter any running events though.


Ever read the Tommy Godwin story? There's a website IIRC.
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PostPosted: 11:23 - 20 Dec 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

For the first time in a couple of weeks I’ve been able to just walk up the stairs without making it into a five minute drama Smile Thumbs Up
The knee aches rather than hurting painfully every time I move.

Compression bandage and Co-codomol seems to be doing the trick to help this nonsense get better.

Going to do a little bit of walking today, just a little bit to see how I get on.
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PostPosted: 11:04 - 21 Dec 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

For the past month or so I decided to dramatically cut down my sugar intake.
I'm avoiding everything I'd usually partake in at work, birthday cakes and biscuits etc.
I've been checking sugar content on packaging too.
I've even changed to Coors light.
I'm now comfortably on a new belt notch, I feel way less lethargic than before and people are starting to comment on my appearance.
Haven't felt like this for a long time. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 18:27 - 21 Dec 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

recman wrote:
For the past month or so I decided to dramatically cut down my sugar intake.

Haven't felt like this for a long time. Thumbs Up


Top banana Thumbs Up

I’m trying to do something similar in that I’m trying to reduce my sugar intake.
No chocolate thank you and no visits to the sweet shop.
Still having trouble resisting having a biscuit with my cup of tea.
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PostPosted: 18:34 - 21 Dec 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

pepperami wrote:

Still having trouble resisting having a biscuit with my cup of tea.


Against the laws of physics.
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PostPosted: 18:39 - 21 Dec 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

chickenstrip wrote:
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Still having trouble resisting having a biscuit with my cup of tea.


Against the laws of physics.


True dat Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 20:45 - 21 Dec 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

pepperami wrote:
recman wrote:
For the past month or so I decided to dramatically cut down my sugar intake.

Haven't felt like this for a long time. Thumbs Up


Top banana Thumbs Up

I’m trying to do something similar in that I’m trying to reduce my sugar intake.
No chocolate thank you and no visits to the sweet shop.
Still having trouble resisting having a biscuit with my cup of tea.


The Belvita breakfast biscuits are decent for a dunk. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 18:40 - 27 Dec 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

7,000 miles cycled in 2019 now.
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PostPosted: 18:55 - 27 Dec 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

I managed to smash 100 press ups a day for a month and a half and was surprised by the results. I now fit into my clothes a lot better.

Exercise 2020 is going to be the year. I'm aiming to hit 200 press ups every other day, and 20 pull ups in the interim as a base. The add in things like running, yoga, kettle bells, biking, hiking, climbing and some other things that end in 'ing'.

New decade new body. I managed no alcohol or any other drugs in 2019 and got well on the way to cleaning up my diet.

Bring it on.
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PostPosted: 20:30 - 27 Dec 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well done Bubbs Thumbs Up I was wondering where you'd gone with this, thinking maybe you'd given up!

I'm still plugging away, but finding now that I can't afford to feed myself well enough to really turn up the heat on this. Doing the best I can though, and have seen some marked improvements. Winter's always a bit tougher for me.
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PostPosted: 22:16 - 27 Dec 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

I still hope to one day do one set of one hundred press ups.

Starting over with core exercises and weights in new year.
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