Beer Drinker Appreciation Society - Closed (Page 2)

Kev - Just tuning into the bowl game... Looks like I missed a good first half.  How are those malty beverages treating you?  I've got a couple of new beers from Boulevard to try... Beer and football - does it get any better?

Did you get your 10K in?

To weigh in on the variety pack - I like them.  Sure, all of these 12 packs contain at least 1 beer you're probably not gonna love but sometimes you get surprised?  

6.2 miles at 44:38 a 7:10/mi pace.  Smokin'.

I had 4 different IPA's today, all were good, some better than the other.  The game came down to the last possession with the Huskies throwing an interception at the end.  Good to get out and socialize with friends over beers and bar food.

Tomorrow will  be a light 4.6 miler or I'll go get a swim/bike in at the gym.

Well all this work being put in by everyone and my light run got trumped by housework for the Misses.  All good since I could have used a rest day anyways.  Heck I probably worked harder for her than I would have running anyways.  

I'm sure I missed it, but does someone have a link to an info sheet for using the training log?  I am finding myself working much harder when I should be working smarter.  I find myself wondering what I did last week and forget about the week before.  I have a memory like a steel trap...only problem is that my trap is rusted shut.

Alex

Cancel that, I got off the lazy train and actually looked around....  

Alex - It's all good.  Scoring a few brownie points with your wife is more important especially at this time of year.  Sometimes taking today as a rest day can set you up to have an even better run tomorrow.  Just make sure you get that jog in before you sit down on the couch to watch football tomorrow.  

I've got a woeful memory myself but using the training log is good even if you have a good memory.  Not only will it help you to keep track of workouts but you will also be able to look back each month to see how far you've come.  They are also great because people can check in and give you a little inspiration from time to time.  

Enjoy your Sunday!

I hope everyone is enjoying a nice and relaxing weekend.  A couple of quick things:

1. Please use your training logs.  As I mentioned in the last post, keeping track of your workouts and recording them will not only help you plan better workouts but doing so will also motivate you. Plus, they are a great way of helping us cheer each other on...
2. When you write a post to let us know about a workout or to support a group member, be sure to include your name at that end.  That will really help us get to know one another.  To help with that, here's a table with all of our names with links to our training logs.

3. Beer Drinker Appreciation Society
   kevinbe	Kevin
   thor67	Thor
   SportzVision	Cynthia
   Wiff	Kim
   jlangene	Jared
   mirthfuldragon	Charles
   Burd	Alex
   Qua17	David or DQ

4. On Sunday or Monday, be sure to post your goals for the week.  Setting small attainable goals can put you in a good position to achieve those bigger goals - like running a marathon, getting to your goal weight, or becoming happier and healthier.  And again, not to sound like a broken record, but letting everyone know what your goals are helps us to support you.

So, here are my goals for the week: 1) Increase my running totals by running 4x this week. 2) Sign up for a yoga class. 3) Continue to log my calories so I don't end up eating dozens of oreos.

Dave

David,

You had me at hello. Seriously I am in the same boat you were in last year. I weigh 299 lbs. I gained 24lbs after getting injured in IMLP last year and DNF'd.  I took 4 months off while seeing the doctor and now that I am cleared to work out I find that I have set myself up for more work.

First a little about myself, My name is Doug Cassady. I just turned 43. I have been married for over 20 years and have a fantastic supportive wife. I have a 12 year old son and I have a job that I enjoy.

I have always been an athlete, just fat.

I have completed 9 marathons, my PR 5:16. All have been run at 275 or more.  I have a busy schedule this year and see that we are both racing Quassy.

I struggle with my weight. Never have found success in getting and keeping it off. Was thinking you have had some great success and someone who can assist me while keeping it fun and someone who knows about training.

As for beers, I have drank a majority of them. My favorite tend to be the darker, heavier beers but after 5 years in the Marine Corps I will drink anything. It seems the older I get the more I'm willing to pay beer. In my youth the best beer was free and the 2nd best was whatever was cheapest.

Celebrating success with the liquid gold at the end of a race is what i look forward too. In Ironman LP I will definately be at the brewery celebrating a long time goal.

Look forward to working with you.

Doug

Hey David,

NAME: Lenny  

STORY..For the last 6 yrs I have said I wanted to complete a triathlon, just couldn’t keep up the motivation.   I was a captain of my swim team in high school and swam most of my life.  I
always loved to ride my bike but have always hated running. Recently I have gotten into running because my wife loves it. I do struggle with my weight; I’ve gained about 100 lbs in the last 10
yrs.  Right now I’m 6’2 and weigh 275 and would love to get down to 230 at some point.

FAMILY STATUS: Married a little over a year and with our first child on the way (April 2013)

CURRENT TRAINING: 1-2x/wk running, 1x/wk swimming.   (Planning on joining my Ymca’s TRI-Club)

THIS YEAR'S RACES: I only did one race this year… Manchester Road Race 4.8 miles.

2013 RACES: This year my goal will be to do at least 2 sprints this summer and work towards a half-marathon. My wife and I are making the Manchester Road Race our families Thanksgiving tradition.

BEER PREFERENCE: I am a fan of hops.  I love a very hoppy IPA or anything with a
bold taste.  I am not a fan of sweet or fruit flavored beers, but I’ll pretty much drink anything.  I would also love to get into home brewing
some day. 

Weight Loss: I didnt lose much weight in 2013, mostly a game of lose and gain.     

Good morning all!  Today is a rest day for me, going to take the family down to Grandma's house for dinner and then head back home to get ready for Christmas Eve dinner tomorrow!  Going to be difficult not to overeat and keep from eating the things I'm not supposed to with all that good food .  

Anyhow, my goals for the week are to

1. repeat week 5 of the trinewbie program, 20 min jog Monday, bowflex Tuesday, Brick Wednesday, bowflex Thursday, 40 min jog Friday, and 12 mile bike ride Saturday! 
2. don't overeat too much
3. Keep weight dropping or at least do not go above current weight
4. most importantly enjoy some quality time with my kids and family!

I will be logging workouts on the training log here, but I also use runkeeper to track my bike and jog workouts, and use myfitnesspal to track nutrition, so if any of you use the same, feel free to add me and keep track that way as well.  

http://runkeeper.com/user/jlangene/profile

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/jlangene

Hope everyone has a great Sunday!   

-Jared

Oh my gosh the last few days have been pure insanity!  I don't even know what happened to my week.

Goals for the week are:

• Get to the pool TWICE
• Get all my planned workouts in (need to make-up for a miserable showing last week)
• Call the Computrainer people and figure out what I'm doing wrong (just realized they were closed, I'll do this next week)
• At least 7 hours of sleep each night
• Figure out a workout plan for when vacation is over

Today, I am going to try to get my long run in at least.  My leg has been killing me (seem to get worse when I get tired which has been a huge problem this week).  I think my running form needs some work.  

As for beer, I am mostly an pale ale person.  For an everyday beer, I usually drink Kokanee.  I went to school on the East Coast so I love a Keiths when I can get my hands on one.

Over the year(s), there has been a lighthearted debate about the above bolded comments here in the beer drinkers forum.  David, I hope you take note on the color of the font I used above. 

Lenny, welcome aboard, Your goals are awesome.  If you have any questions on your journey, there is some experience on the board here with HIM distances and such. 

Cheers.

Kim and Jared, great goals.

Jared, It's good to go into those mass eating venues with a plan.  I find If I don't, I end up having everyone at the venue playing the game of feeding me all the leftovers in the dish so they don't have to take any home, and I play right along with them.  You might as well just role me out to my car at the end of it.

Kim, What's going on with the leg, is it just a nagging thing, or more serious?  I ask because your body may be trying to tell you something to avoid a more serious injury.

The family and I are going to the Y today and my wife and I are going to get a spin bike workout in and I'm going to do a few laps in the pool, kinda an off day for my legs.  I've found if your legs are tired or sore from running, taking a day to swim and cycle can be a good way to get a workout in while resting your running legs.

Kevin

Jared - What do you think of MyFitnessPal?  I have been considering it but I get frustrated when I can't find the foods I'm eating quickly and then I just give up.  How does it do on recipes?

Kevin - Good question, I hurt my leg biking on my trainer (tension was too tight but I tried to just keep going) and ever since it is hit and miss sore.  I usually wait until it stops being sore and then I am fine until I overdo it or get too tired and run anyway and then it gets sore again.  Good point on the biking, I think it's it's still sore tonight I'll ride instead.

Hey I make and drink beer. Is there a open spot for me?

Yakhead / Ian

Hit my all time high weight of 245 lbs and want to get back to under to 190-200 lbs. I have always wanted to do a sprint,and it is on my bucket list of things to do and loose weight. So I rejoined the beginner triathlete again (I used to log my bike rides on here for MS150 bike rides years ago). I like 2xIPA and octoberfests. my current training is going to start after christmas in 2 days so I was looking for a group to join. I ride bike well, need to swim better, and learn how to like running.

Ian

DQ,

I think I need the groups help. Despite growing up in Canada (now living in Dallas) I am losing my ability to enjoy drinking beer! I know that is a problem. Even fruity beers.

Name: Bobby

Story: Finishing my first year of tri with three sprints and on half marathon. I hated running until this year and found 3 milers at the end of sprints to be pretty brutal. Doing the HM was an incredible experience and I absolutely loved it.

Previous to this I had turned 40, lost 85lbs by eating better and moving more (now 205lbs). I need to stay motivated.

Family status: Married for 14 years with three boys (6,8,12)

Current training: custom BT plan and online coach.

This years races: Three sprints. Fantastic experiences!

2013 races:   I have signed up for another HM in March and a HIM in Galveston in April.

Beer preference: I like it all. My "problem" is that I lack the motivation to have more than 1-2 at a time. I am out in the country this weekend for the holiday so I will try to improve my situation. I have a great sampler pack that was a gift and I am going to tear into it as soon as I finish typing.

Weight loss: 85lbs. Losing weight is a drag. I feel so much better without the weight. 

What do I need? Motivation to stay in the game. I find that races are what I need to give me the motivation to stay on the plan. I very much ramped up my running (for a non-runner) for my HM and I was glad I completed it injury free. My pace is very slow with a run/walk of 4:1 for my long runs.

I look forward to the adventure!

Bobby

You had me at beer.

Name: Taj

Story: Firefighter, always ran for job related fitness.  Guys in the firehouse would rib me for it, we caught kona on tv a few years back and they told me I'd never do an ironman, so here I am.  I work full time at a busy city department and part time at two other departments and volunteer when not at work.  Time restraints are my enemy.

Family status: Engaged, just her, the dog, and I.

Current training: VOLUME, yards, miles, and miles until I feel my stomach in my throat.

This years races: First sprint.  Found out that I didn't like swimming in open water.  Swim was horrible, mostly walking in the shallow part while moving my arms to 'pretend' I was swimming. Bike was good, run was better. First organized run race, came out 6th, won age group.

2013 races:  Two more sprints and then a half with a dash of 5 and 10k's.

Beer preference: ABITA.  Any louisiana beer is outstanding.  If I'm forced to drink non-la beers, guinness or amberbock is adequate.

Weight loss: About 20 pounds.  Its not terribly hard for me to loose weight due to my job but I've become the sith lord of gaining it back. 

What do I need? Some one to hold me accountable when I just want to scale back.  Some one to slow me down when it's obvious I'm overdoing it.

Pretty pumped about this, hope I make the cut!

Bob - I grew up in Canada and moved to Dallas (actually Grapevine) too.  Though now we're back in Canada.  And days like today, I REALLY miss Dallas.

DH - We had to add a heater to our garage (we're just outside of Calgary) and it's still freezing in there.  Bring the beer in by 2:30 and I bet you'll be good to go.

Bio of the century.  ^^Epic^^

So pretty much, Your garage is a freezer.  I'd say from room temp to freezer, you've probably got a 45 min window +- 5 min.  until your beer is frozen.  Careful not to get lost on time or you may be serving beer cycles. 

I've been using MFP for about two years now, and it's great.  The food database is big enough, and if I can't find something or the reasonable equivalent, it's easy to add things in.  The recipe builder works well, too.

I got in a nice 1:40 spin session in this morning.  Tomorrow it's back to the weights and the run.

My goal for this coming week is largely damage control; I'm doing a lot of cooking for Christmas, and so far I've had two out of four Christmas dinners, and then my birthday and vacation happen next week.  I'm logging my food, but I'm ignoring the numbers until I get back from vacation on January 7.  I'm not going to weight until February 1 (usually I weigh weekly, on Friday mornings).  Otherwise, I would just obsess and drive myself crazy.  My goal is to get my workouts in, and enjoy the holidays, in that order.  

I am also not sure how I feel about ignoring the calories - it's both nice and a bit disturbing that I can still eat like I did four years ago, despite losing 115lbs, a reminder of how easy it would be to slip back down that slope.

-Charles