Fitness!

According to Endomondo, since I started using it in 2012, I have now run for a total of 24 days and 3800 miles. While looking at my stats I noticed that all of my PRs have been set in 2018 or 2019 except for the 5k which was back in 2015. I think I now have a new goal this year to run my fastest 5k haha
 
Finally signing up for my local 24 hour fitness; I used to use the one near my house, dropped it for budget reasons, then when I got my current job, couldn't justify it as I wouldn't have time with my commute to hit the gym 3x a week as I'd like. Turns out there's one 8 min from my job, so I can hit that for 2-3 lunches, then the one near my home once during the weekends.

Last time I weighed myself, I was 10lbs more than I'd assumed, so I'm excited to get back to it. I'm not looking to transform myself per se, just feel better and healthier, tone up a little so I'm not self-conscious. Very excited to get back to swimming laps and lifting a little bit.

I'll try downloading Endomondo in a bit...
 
I miss being drunk. Limiting myself to one drink a week is starting to get hard and It's only been a month lol
 
Post Holiday weight-263 lbs
January 4th-February 4th-12 trips to the gym.
January 2nd-February 4th-32 walks for at least 20 minutes. Some days more if I went to the gym after work.
Started using the resistance machines instead of weight machines or free weights.
Also started to track my calories for morning and lunch. Sometimes Iā€™ll track dinner but I eat fairly healthy for dinner so itā€™s not a factor. Iā€™m usually tracking around 2,000 calories or less each day.
February 5th weigh in-252 lbs.
Goals for the next month are to maintain the same diet,get to the gym a few more days, and maybe buy a bicycle.
 
Acromioclavicular joint separation sucks the big one. Off the bench press for a while. I did not know what was going on and let it go for a week too long already such that my CNS autoattenuated my strength capacity this morning in the gym.
 
I got sick this weekend and missed my 9 mile long run and a 5k run yesterday. My long runs have been the fastest they've ever been during training so I was getting excited for potentially blowing away my PR during this half. I'm really hoping this doesn't mess things up.
 
RowBearToe said:
I got sick this weekend and missed my 9 mile long run and a 5k run yesterday. My long runs have been the fastest they've ever been during training so I was getting excited for potentially blowing away my PR during this half. I'm really hoping this doesn't mess things up.
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It won't mess anything up if you've been following your plan besides this. Your body may actually respond well to the rest.
 
marshall said:
It won't mess anything up if you've been following your plan besides this. Your body may actually respond well to the rest.
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I sure hope that's the case!haha Now I'm just trying to figure out how to proceed with my training plan. I was going to run 9, 10 and 6 miles the 3 weekends before the half. Do I run 9 this upcoming weekend and 10 the next, do I skip the 9 and run 10 and 6, do I run 9 and 6. I prefer to taper the weekend and week leading up to a race, so I don't think I'll alter the final 6 mile weekend run. I'm thinking I'll still try to run 10 this weekend, but I follow a plan for a reason, I question these types of decisions too much haha
 
RowBearToe said:
I sure hope that's the case!haha Now I'm just trying to figure out how to proceed with my training plan. I was going to run 9, 10 and 6 miles the 3 weekends before the half. Do I run 9 this upcoming weekend and 10 the next, do I skip the 9 and run 10 and 6, do I run 9 and 6. I prefer to taper the weekend and week leading up to a race, so I don't think I'll alter the final 6 mile weekend run. I'm thinking I'll still try to run 10 this weekend, but I follow a plan for a reason, I question these types of decisions too much haha
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When is the race day?
 
marshall said:
Is this your 1st half? I would just ignore what you missed, pick up where you left off, and run 10 this weekend for your long run, then 6 the next, then taper leading up to race day. Don't run at all the day before the race.
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No, not my first half. I've typically run a couple per year for the past 6 or 7 years. But I ran a full in the fall of 2018 and it burnt me out from running a bit so I struggled to get back into it last year. This is also the shortest training plan for a half that I've put together time wise, that coupled with the fact that I'm not in my usual shape going into it has me second guessing myself a little haha I appreciate your advice! That's what I was leaning towards, but your reassurance pretty much solidified it for me.
 
Got holy hell sick for about a week and still have pretty decreased lung performance. This is your opening to close the gap, Endomondo challengers!
 
debianlinux said:
Got holy hell sick for about a week and still have pretty decreased lung performance. This is your opening to close the gap, Endomondo challengers!
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Iā€™m trying, but I doubt I can catch up. Youā€™re still 20 hours ahead of me. I admit that the challenge has been helping to keep me motivated. Iā€™m determined to keep second place.
 
Before I started making more of an effort to close my rings every day, and generally exercise more, my Apple Watch activity challenge for December was "do 2 workouts" (which, tbf, was a bigger hit to my pride than my clothes not fitting me anymore)

By comparison, my challenge for February was to log 880 exercise minutes, which I earned last week. I wasn't expecting the activity challenges to be such a good motivator, but it's nice to see the algorithm recognize my efforts by raising the bar! Excellent mind tricks, Apple!

Also my Peloton arrives tomorrow, I jumped on that bandwagon after 4 of my coworkers got them in the past couple of months. I have a hard time making it to the gym with my work schedule, so hopefully having something in my apartment will help.
 
Kris said:
Iā€™m trying, but I doubt I can catch up. Youā€™re still 20 hours ahead of me. I admit that the challenge has been helping to keep me motivated. Iā€™m determined to keep second place.
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I still need to log my hours from the past two weeks, but after my second weird heart incident, I've been taking it easy. I might have to drop out of the challenge.
 
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