700 Mile club or Ultimate 822.7 Mile club 2007 (Page 2)

Okay, enough of the missing workouts and excuses!!!  (MYSELF ESPECIALLY INCLUDED)

Let's get after it and commit to achieving our goals!!!!    

Pretty much on track. The second half of the month is planned to be heavier than the first so providing I have no unforseen problems I should be >100% for all three.

Way to Go.  Keep it up.  Nice to see someone posting that they are on track!!! 

Sorry for the delay but the weekend was busy and work is been crazy as well. Anyway here it is the updated list up to 04-18-07. Although many of us have been hit with bad weather all over the place keep on pushing and let's hope for a break so we can complete this!

FYI - For those with less than 30% completed with 12 days to go on the challenge it won’t be a good idea to try to get all in because that might represent overextending yourself and stacking sessions which is not the goal of the challenge.

Dang it - I'm on track for the bike and the run, but not being able to find water last week while on vacation means I've GOT to hit the pool 3x this week AND next.

Focus, focus...

I did not realize how difficult this would be. When I did the math, 400/30 worked out to just over 13 miles a day. That didn't seem like much. However, I underestimated the effects of cumulative fatigue. Putting aside for a moment the fact that I got behind on this rather quickly due to a variety of factors, one of which was I just didn't get my fat a$$ out there when I should have, the last few days I've been riding a bit more regularly. Riding with any sort of frequency adds up. Right now, my legs are tire and sore, my knees are a bit sore (never had sore knees from riding) and I'm feeling tired.

I will ultimately fail at this challenge and that's okay. That's how you learn. I learned a lot about training and recovery from participating in this. I'll probably finish the month with just over 100 miles. Next month my goal will be to get around 250-300.

moneyman - 2007-04-19 9:02 AM Jorge, Thanks for the update. Unfortunately, my totals shown are my distances for the full month of March instead of month to date. Through yesterday I was at 220 miles on the bike 28.1 miles running and 12,800 meters in the pool I am little ahead of pace in the pool, but on pace or slightly behind pace on the bike and the run. I am pushing, but it is going to be tight. This challenge is having some unintended consequences. I am considering blowing off a short road race next weekend in order to get in a long run. Would that be wrong?

Well the weather seems that it is finally going to cooperate and at 334 miles short of my goal with 11 days to go I have to ride LOTS and avg 30 Mi a day. Oh I also have to run 49 miles AND swim 13,000 yds... whose brilliant idea was this challenge again?