BB's Really Beginner Mentor Group - CLOSED (Page 8)

OMG!!!  I weight myself this morning, and I’m afraid the damage is extensive!   Nevertheless, and now that I think of it, we don’t feel like cooking today and there are delicious leftovers.  So, even though I’m risking appearing to be a Mexican cliché, I think I’ll start the challenge mañana. LOL

I hope you all have a nice Sunday! 

Took my first rest day in over a month today -- my legs are really sore from the running TT and needed the rest.  I just got done laying out all of my stuff for tomorrow's AM swim and have the healthy lunch packed as well.  We'll see how long it lasts...

Enjoy the rest day Curt.  Your body will definitely need it. 

Good Monday morning everyone.  1st Monday of the new year, a perfect time to start training, myself included. 

I am going to the gym today after work.  I need to start getting into a routine again.  It's hard getting one going, but once your are in to it, it's pretty easy to maintain. 

I will work on the challenge spreadsheet today.

Have a good week.

Ok.  So I'm on day two of my 20 week oly training run focus plan.  The plan I have shows "minutes" and I have never done minutes as part of the training, everything was base on miles.   So  today the plan said 24 minutes.  I did 28 minutes for 2.54 miles.  Would it be ok to go over the minutes or should I stay to close to what the plan say?    

Yesterday we spent most of the day in the terrace enjoying a winter day in the city of eternal spring, as Cuernavaca is known.  We finished off the food and the last bottle of wine.  I weight 66.9Kg  (147.18 lb) which is on the very borderline of “normal” for my 1.64m (5ft 4.57 in).

I’ve read people refer to their “race” weight.  How do you work that out?  My ideal weight according to various tables is 57.5 kg (126.765 lb).  But dieting and training will help me to change my body composition, i.e. increase muscle and lose fat.  Should my goal be the same, or should I aim to lose less weight than that?  Are there tables for athletes you could recommend?

How do I set myself a healthy goal?  Any ideas?

I hope you are all having a nice day!

Are you doing the Oly or HIM Plan?  Your logs look like it has the HIM loaded. 

I wouldn't go grossly over the time (say double it), but 5-10 minutes are fine. 

x2.  See you don't need me

And yes Mike, do the 3.1 as a TT and then 1.4 at a nice comfortable pace. 

I'm telling ya, Mike, Yaktrax pro are great for running in snow and ice. You hardly notice the difference. I started using them and havn't been on the treadmill in couple weeks.

As far as the plans are concerned, you will get frustrated and think you are not doing enough. I go over a little and used to be a mileage guy, but what the plans do for me is allow me to establish goals. I still want to know my mileage after my time, but that is to compare to my previous workouts. I found much easier to follow times than mileage. I also noticed that by going over alot on the time, you burn yourself out more than you think you will. I have been disciplined and more focused by following the plans based on time rather than mileage. Its easier to accomplish the time than it is to accomplish the distance. I still get bothered at spin class because I would like to know what my mileage is for all that hard work and compare to stationary bike on my own. (As you can see I am a data guy.)

You blew me away.  I did it in 29:37, and that was one of my fastest 5k times. 

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Nice job.