Ernesto's group (5th season) - Closed (Page 8)

Hi Joe,

No - I'm in Central Jersey (exit 138 off the Garden State Parkway).

Denise

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Hey you peeps that just ran your first marathon.  I'm about 10 weeks out from my first.  What was going through your mind while you were training?  What would you have done differently now that you actually did the marathon?

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Jackie
www.funafterfifty.com

Bump.  Thank you Darcie.  Thoughts anyone else?

YES!! Made it under the wire.  Happy to be here!

Name: James

Story:  52 years old.  Father of 2 daughters (19 and 15), been with the love of my life for the past 10 (got it right the second time), work behind a desk cleaning up the environment for the past 25 years, sports fan (Yeah Giants, Niners, Warriors and Sharks - last i will share about sports here), own the very best dog in the world, have a crazy cat that thinks she is a dog, am a suburban farmer and been a true fan of the see-food diet (I eat everything I see) and beer.

Was with BT several years ago and completed my first triathlon. Got distracted and quit exercising (the "too busy" excuse).  Just had the come-to-Jesus talk with my doc... way too fat, getting old, way too lazy, pre-diabetic heading for shots,  on pills for several things caused by my undisciplined eating and sedentary lifestyle.  My girls (partner, daughters and dog  [the cat could care less]) want me on the planet for  a while so i figure it is time to get serious.

Races in 2012: none

Races for 2013:  Sprints in June and September.  Starting very slow to rebuild a base.  I have a habit in the past of going out of the gate too quick and getting burned out or hurt....really want to pace myself this time for the long haul.

Current training: dabbling at the gym this week.  Starting regular program on 1/2/13.

Weight loss: YES, yes, yes!  Doc "suggests" trying the Paleo diet thing (no grains, no dairy, no sugar, and [gulp] no alcohol) for 30 days.  Thinking about trying the Whole30 plan.

Why I would be a good mentee?: never been one so hard to say.  How about "I am a good listener" and understand that guidance is a good thing.

Thanks to everyone in advance for being part of my team!  Here's to success!

Ernesto,

when logging into the site how do we best locate the group?

my plan is to update the names on my list over the weekend.

You will change from night to day if you follow the approach. Many years of healthy living too.

.... I have a book that I want to recommend for you, it will turn yor life around. The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing by Phil Maffettone. It will help you a lot with nutrition and will definitely get rid of your diabetes. Very close to the Paleo approach but with some low GI carbohydrates. It addresses fat balance (Omega 3/6/9 ratio), polyphenols, micronutrients, etc.

You will change from night to day if you follow the approach. Many years of healthy living too.

Bump.  Thank you Darcie.  Thoughts anyone else?

Ernesto, I've started reading "the book" and have a few questions. I've read through to the end of chapter four where he is talking about the 180 formula. This seems pretty radical. Have you or others in the group followed this? I notice in earlier feedback to a group member you encouraged his to 'go fast'

I assume that this is only for training and not racing - is it recommended for all training?

any thoughts appreciated

Greg

Welcome to all the new folks out there.  Having been with this group for a year now, I can say this mentor forum MAKES A DIFFERENCE (if you commit and you invest).  We can all attest to hearing the collective and individual voices in this forum during training sessions, long races and other decision points in our endurance training.  

Ernesto is a wise and patient mentor as are many other voices in the group.  We are a friendly, supportive, compassionate and family/life oriented group.  We do this sport because it compliments our lives, but does not define it.  We slip, we fall down and we get up again.  

That said, this group is not about excuses but accountability. When the alarm goes off at 4:30 am to get out for a 90' trainer ride before work, I think to myself how would I feel having to post that I blew off a workout because I'm tired, blah, blah, blah.  If you follow the collective wisdom of Ernesto and others your performance will improve.  I far exceeded goals and expectations I set for myself this year and I attribute the motivation to keep going at times to this group.  While my family and friends get the gist of a PR or breaking a barrier, these folks get it and being able to report back a triumph (or even a failure) to this group is so worthwhile. 

There are no right answers or dumb questions so please never hesitate to ask.    

For the upcoming January challenge, here is an example of how everyone in Ernesto's current group is posting the information for the December Challenge:

In my case I'm giving a quick description of what I did today (a run at lunch) and then updating the info in Bold under my name. From the tally we can see that Mitch and Matthew are beating everyone else during the Dec. challenge!

"Finally got a 7.4 mile runch after several days with too much food, drinks and little sleep"

Mitch Swim 4 - Bike 15 -Run 21 - Rest 4 - Total 40 Time 30:54:39
Matthew Swim 9 - Bike 10 - Run 11 - Rest 4 - Total 30 Time 36:51:51
Jackie Swim 0 - Bike 4 - Run 18 - Rest 4- Total 22 - Time 32:37:51
Mark Swim 4 - Bike 9- Run 10 Rest 7 Total 23 Time 20:17:00
Jim Swim 0- Bike 6- Run 14 Rest 5 - Total 20 -Time 15:41:14
Ernesto Swim 2 - Bike 8 - Run 11 - Rest 7 - Total 21 - Time 28:08'18"
Charlotte Swim 1 - Bike 8- Run 7 Rest 3 Total 16 (To Goal: 14) Time 9:59 (To Goal: 10:01)
Joe Swim 9- Bike 4 - Run 2 - Rest 1 - Total 15 Time 10:05:12
Gabe Swim 0 - Bike 7 - Run 8 - Rest 11 - Total 15 - Time 16:30:00
Chris Swim 0 - Bike 0 - Run 13 - Rest 8 - Total 13 Time 11:57:41
Samy Swim 1 - Bike 0 - Run 10 - Rest 8 - Total 11 Time 8:03:23
Andy Swim 2 - Bike 0 - Run 6 - Rest 12 - Total 8 - Time 5:30:47
Barry Swim 1 - Bike 2 - Run 2 - Rest 7 - Total 5 - Time 2:58:52
Scott Swim 1 Bike 0 - Run 1 - Rest 2 - Total -2 - Time 2:

So, does this mean we update our line every day/workout, or is there another time interval we should go with?