bigDH's accountability training a.k.a Beer Drinker's Appreciation Society (Page 6)

LOL! What a great friend! But I know what you mean! I love Reeses peanut butter cups also. Good for you in doing the right thing and sharing them with your friends.

~Pauline

Ending the year right with a six mile run this morning. So I guess this means the half marathon training has officially begun!

~Pauline

Hey Kevin - I ran into the same problem with weight gain.  I oinked during the last two days of visiting friends in family and was troubled to find that I had "gained" 2 pounds.  So I got back on the wagon and waited three days to weigh myself again.  This morning I was down three pounds.  Moral of the story - your bike ride today will probably get you back on track on your journey to Kona (bodacious goal by the way!).

Happy New Years,
Dave (DQ) 

Kathie:  First off - I'm so jealous of you living in Bavaria.  I travelled there when I was in college and didn't appreciate the beer as much as I would now.  How I would love to go back

As for the Peanut Butter Cups - you have a lot more will power than I have.  Last week, after a trip to Dogfish Head Brewery - I did some serious damage on a bag of RPC.  Ate almost the entire bag.  Good luck getting rid of them today (and good luck with the driveway)!

Happy new Year!

DQ

Hi All:

Glad to hear y'all are getting your workouts in before the NYE festivities begin.  I just rode my trainer for 50 minutes and I went all out.  Probably my hardest workout since Jully when I was training for my century. Why - so I could drink more beer tonight.  

I'm not surprised by the fact that many of us are beer lovers.  Our love for beer is why we probably need to lose a few pounds.  However, it's offers a lot of motivation - at least it does to me and so I plan on using it to create some new habits.

Happy New Years everyone!

DQ

Sorry All - One last post.  I keep a beer log where I rate beers on a scale of 1-5.  Here is my list of beers I liked best/least.  

What do you all think?

Beers that earned a 5

Harpoon Chocolate Stout

Harbin Lager

Lagunitas IPA

Aventinus

Schneider Wiesen Edel-Weisse

Weihenstephaner Original

Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier

Great Lakes Aloha Ale

Great Lakes Holy Moses White Ale

Founder’ Cherise

Bells Two Hearted Ale

Shorts Beachwheat

Jolly Pumpkin Weizen Bam

Oude Geuze

ScaldisPeche Mel

Kasteel Rouge Cherry Beer

Gulden Draak

Southern Tier Choklat

Beers that earned a 1 or less

Leinenkugal Berry weisse

Michelobe Ultra

Busch Light

Molsen XXX

Natural Ice

Kolsch 45

Mama’s Strawberry Milk

Detroit Export Ale

Coors Lite

Mayflower

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just start running.  no excuses no crap just run.  doesn't have to be fast or long to start just get out there and run.   keep a pace that you can carry on 1 - 2 sentence conversation or if you are like me and run alone sing to yourself :p

not that they couch to 5,10,half,marathon,triathlon wont work... they will but they are way too slow if you have any type of back ground in anything but pie eating.   start with a mile... run it slow... if you cant breathe then slow down or walk but finish the mile.  it is as much mental as physical. 

1              1                 1               1

1              1                 1               2

1              1                 1               2

1              2                 1               3

2              1                 2               3

repeat your long distance a couple weeks and up your weekly total mileage.  will be amazed as to what you can do when you dont analyze the distances and just listen to your body... you will be runnin 5 miles for your regular runs during the week before you know it

Pauline-

I looked into it last night and there are 50 qualifying spotts at CDA IM.  These spotts are given one to each gender in each age group.  The rest are split up between the age groups proportioan to size of age group.  My AG qualifying time is around 9:30:00.

Thanks Dave-  I think I'll give it a week of hard workouts and better eating before I step on a scale again.  Your right, the ride felt good.  I had planned a 22.5 miler, but haven't been riding neer as much since switching over to marathon focus, and cut it short to a 13.5 miler.  I'd like to say it's because it was cool out at 34 deg., but no, it's because my legs were sore from the hills.  Great to get outside though.  Thanks for the encouragement.

To qualify for Kona there is a set amount of slots given to each race.  The spots are divided up to the men and women age group winners and then divided depending on the number of racers in each age group.  So the group of 35 year olds will have a harder time qualifying than the 70 yo that can finish.

You have to basically win your age group in the early events because everyone is pushing to get KQ out of the way early.  In the later races you will have a farther roll down because others have secured the KQ already.  But you cant count on getting a roll down spot ever.  So top 3 in your age group will get you a spot...

Just so everyone know the times look like this

Swim        :55  = 1:25 per 100m

Bike        5:15  = 21.33/hr

Run         3:10 =   7:15/mile

with 10 min for transitions and oops i have to hit the porta potty or crap my pants cuz i am going to KQ

anyone that KQ is a monster i dont care what they say on ST.. if you can put down a 930 you are a freakin machine

This really puts it all into perspective!

New Year's Eve 5K race review:

• Never try anything new during a race - yes even a small 5K.  Wore some new, capri style, running pants that I received for Christmas. Good news, I am officially wearing a medium not a large...these were large and I had to hold them up the entire race....ooohhh maybe even a small!
• No snow this year, but it was still cold out there.
• I have always wanted to work so hard I threw up and I accomplished that this race. Strange goal I know but for a mental midget I was a giant! 
• I don't think my time is much better than last year, maybe two minutes or so but I gave it my all!  
• Learn from the elderly.  Some man, 20 + years my senior, dressed like he just got done feeding the cows, wearing wrangler jeans and a Carhart jacket left me in the dust. He said he runs a lot...ok I will run a lot.

Yes, 2 min is awesome improvement on a 5k.

A 2 minute improvement at 5k is HUGE. Especially when you consider the time lost by holding up your pants, LOL.

I had to cancel the long run, but was able to get a speed workout in before going to in laws for New years party.  My goal was to run an 8 min pace, and I would have been happy doing 8:10's.  I ran 4.6 miles at a 7:45.  Happy about that.

On a side note, my wife has lost 105 lbs in a little over 2 years.  I am amazed.  she started at 283, and her goal is 155.  I'm trying to catch some of what she has.  We've both been motivated by the show the biggest Loser.  Ali Vincent got her going, and I have hugely been inspired by Tera Costa.  If your a fan of people, it's a great inspiring show.

Happy new years all. 

2012 goals:

finish windermere marathon in 3:30 or better.  May

finish Troika Tri HIM.  First Tri.  August