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NewYearathon - getting fitter in 2017.

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OublietteBravo · 31/12/2016 17:09

A shiny new thread for a New Year.

Come and join us - whatever your exercise goal for 2017.

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RJnomore1 · 17/05/2017 22:18

An extra leg would mean a third set of step ups! Yikes!

LordPeterWimsey · 17/05/2017 21:52

RJ, I misread your post and thought you'd acquired an extra leg!

Still raining here too - I was planning to bike today, but really glad I didn't. Planned rest day from JM as I had a work thing late this evening.

RJnomore1 · 17/05/2017 19:21

Fitted in an extra wee leg day PT today.

104/146

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OublietteBravo · 17/05/2017 19:16

30DS L1D9 & 6W6P L2 D4.5

Still raining...

(79h 10min; 102/148)

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blodynmawr · 17/05/2017 07:16

Still JMing 5 days/week here.
Well done everyone for keeping going - we've almost made it to five months Smile.

randomsabreuse · 16/05/2017 21:11

Running club improvement session. 10x2mins plus warm up/cool down. About 6km. Need to do some abs and stretch. Riding tomorrow...

RJnomore1 · 16/05/2017 21:01

It's a beautiful evening here!

LordPeterWimsey · 16/05/2017 20:10

Grin at Kanye!

Yoga Meltdown L2 here, and Ballet Beautiful inner thigh workout - owwww. It's really raining here too.

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OublietteBravo · 16/05/2017 19:44

NMTZ this evening. Glad I'm not outside - it's really raining.

(78h 25min; 101/149)

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RJnomore1 · 16/05/2017 19:18

You're not very good at being incognito are you Kanye 😂

Kettlebell fitness class. Snatched the 18kg tonight. Good progress, physically and mentally for me.

103/147

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OublietteBravo · 16/05/2017 18:27
Grin
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PassiveAggressiveLunchbox · 16/05/2017 17:30

Ffs, I did it again! Blush

PassiveAggressiveLunchbox · 16/05/2017 16:34

Yeah, I might be double barrelled for a while Grin

Got to the gym at lunchtime and did a weights circuit. It was supposed to be legs but it's so fecking boring I did some kettle bells and abs instead and remembered his bad I am at being told what to do

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OublietteBravo · 15/05/2017 22:08

Grin - that used to be my trick Kanyes

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KanyesVest · 15/05/2017 21:46

Oops, I forgot to name change back! Blush

PassiveAggressiveLunchbox · 15/05/2017 21:45

Awful 6k...that's what I get for having no will power (dh had to go to a funeral 2.5hrs away yesterday so I bailed far too easily on my planned run Blush ). I did 4k as slow/less slow intervals, some very short sprints for 1k and 1k cool down. Hoping to do weights at the gym tomorrow.

Congratulations on hitting 100, RJ and Oubliette!

LordPeterWimsey · 15/05/2017 20:52

Fail over the weekend. Killer Abs L1 and Ballet Beautiful standing workout done this evening. I must, must, must get back into getting up early to exercise -it's too hit and miss to do it in the evenings.

RJnomore1 · 15/05/2017 20:39

The reluctant ones are the ones that count the most I always think oub. Well done!

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OublietteBravo · 15/05/2017 20:10

A reluctant 6W6P L1 from me this evening, but at least it takes me to 100 days.

(77h 35min; 100/150)

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RJnomore1 · 15/05/2017 19:20

Kettlebell training myself tonight with the online programme my coach has given me. Sore hands happy face 😁 I like my gym there's always a pal in somewhere to have a chat with, leaves me feeling good.

102/148

I'm actually starting to believe I can do this now.

RJnomore1 · 14/05/2017 22:56

That's a good explanation!

randomsabreuse · 14/05/2017 21:42

I think I need to slow down gradually for long slow run purposes, or just get fitter so my fast run pace is faster...

The issue is definitely gait changes, wrong strike point and cadence getting too slow losing the spring if I go too slow (other than up my first hill!) It's like how walking at toddler speed is more tiring than walking much faster at grown up speed!

RJnomore1 · 14/05/2017 19:18

Random if I run too slowly it hurts my calves more and dhs physio told him not to slow his pace as it changes his gait and hurts his assorted leg problems more so watch out for side effects.

Hill runs. Eep!! Brave.

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OublietteBravo · 14/05/2017 19:14

Evening session for me today as I was too hungover from Eurovision to do a morning one

30DS L1D8 & 6W6P L2D4

(77h 00min; 99/151)

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randomsabreuse · 14/05/2017 19:03

10k trail run this morning. Lots of hills which I struggled up, steep steps which were horrible but on the positive side I am now much more confident on uneven ground and downhill and I kept up a decent cadence.

Realistically need to build in more strength and more hill repeats to my exercise programme. Fortunately (well possibly fortunately) hill repeats can be done first thing on a nice isolated farm track a sensible warm up jog from the house. Issue is definitely time. Getting 4 running sessions a week including long runs is hard with DH's long hours and on call.

Probably going to go out with the slowest running club group tomorrow to see if I can actually run that slowly. I seem to struggle with my first hill of the run - calves and hamstrings just seem to seize up - and then I'm ok for the rest. Running slowly does seem to jar my knees quite badly though - much worse than going marginally quicker, especially downhill!