Building myself back up
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@MajorRage said in Building myself back up:
@Rancid-Schnitzel Blimey. What time do you hit the hay?
I used to manage well on 6.5 hours sleep, but since Covid / lockdown / work from home, I'm generally a 7.5 now.
Not sure what thats about! My wife as done the opposite. She's gone from a solid 9-9.5, to a 7-7.5.
Hang on. Are you talking about your sleep hours or respective lvels of attractiveness 😉. They say men get more attractive with age 🙃.
Jokes aside. Usually go to sleep at 9:30-10. It's all about the quality of sleep. I sleep almost immediately and feel far more rested than if I get up an hour or 2 later. Then I just feel like shit, like the body has gone into hibernation mode. But I usually need one day (Sundays) to catch up a bit. Then I'll generally get 8 hours.
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Not much life in the Fitness Forum. Hope everyone is too busy exercising to write about it!
Haven't run since the marathon prep. Definitely overdid things and risked a bad injury but it's coming right now. Happened at the perfect time with the taper. Now I'm just swimming up a storm. Am doing about 20km a week now, which was unheard of for me not long ago. Definitely broken through a barrier there. Have belatedly found that swimming is alot like running in the sense that you'll often feel like shit at the start but if you get over that hump then you start getting into a groove. It's taken about 4 years but better late than never!
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
Not much life in the Fitness Forum. Hope everyone is too busy exercising to write about it!
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Haven't run since the marathon prep. Definitely overdid things and risked a bad injury but it's coming right now. Happened at the perfect time with the taper. Now I'm just swimming up a storm. Am doing about 20km a week now, which was unheard of for me not long ago. Definitely broken through a barrier there. Have belatedly found that swimming is alot like running in the sense that you'll often feel like shit at the start but if you get over that hump then you start getting into a groove. It's taken about 4 years but better late than never!( quickly downs Friday beer )
Yeah bro, definitely
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In the immortal words of Sir Edmund Hillary, I "knocked the bugger off".
Was stressing about injuries and a head cold before the runs, but they went pretty well. Had to rein myself in big time on the half and start of the full was pretty painful, but the hydration, nutrition etc were absolutely on point. Farking stoked about that. This was my first organised marathon (Covid killed it last year) and I was amazed at how many people were there. Was also amazed to see the number of people who were walking in the end. So many went out way too fast. The wall around the 30km mark is something to behold.
Current status: sore but very happy!
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@Rancid-Schnitzel Well done mate, that is a phenomenal achievement and something to be really proud of. Congratulations.
And yes, you are right. Nothing can prepare you for the wall. Nothing.
Now, so I feel completely shit, what were your times?
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@MajorRage said in Building myself back up:
@Rancid-Schnitzel Well done mate, that is a phenomenal achievement and something to be really proud of. Congratulations.
And yes, you are right. Nothing can prepare you for the wall. Nothing.
Now, so I feel completely shit, what were your times?
Cheers Mate!
Times weren't great. Took it pretty easy on the half (1h48) and marathon was 4hr8min in the end. Maybe went out a bit slow on the marathon but that may be what got me home in the end. It's a marathon not a sprint 😉.
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Interesting new dawn for me now. I've done the double I was building towards for so long and I'm single again. May have to ask for advice about dick pics again!
So I guess my motivation going forward will have to be to stay fit and in shape to attract a new mate. Actually kind of excited. Before I was just desperate to have a family again and was in a hurry. Now this is for me. Whatever happens happens? I've already met a psycho so I'm well underway.
Have strangely not had much of an appetite since the double. Thought I'd be ravenous but not at all. Could be that my body is over carbloading. It's great at the time but makes you feel like shit. Hopefully that continues because the cheat days were beyond absurd.
Legs today. Been a while because have been shit scared about injuring them before the runs. Was nice not having to care about that. Went well. Probably some wicked DOMs tomorrow!
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
@MajorRage said in Building myself back up:
@Rancid-Schnitzel Well done mate, that is a phenomenal achievement and something to be really proud of. Congratulations.
And yes, you are right. Nothing can prepare you for the wall. Nothing.
Now, so I feel completely shit, what were your times?
Cheers Mate!
Times weren't great. Took it pretty easy on the half (1h48) and marathon was 4hr8min in the end. Maybe went out a bit slow on the marathon but that may be what got me home in the end. It's a marathon not a sprint 😉.
Times weren't great?
I hate it when I get reminded just how fucking shitty I am at the one thing I can convince myself to do to stop turning into Peter Griffin .... Both those times match my PB's,
Arse.
(sorry to ready about your sitch above, hope you come out the other side in a good space).
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Been legit cold here recently and the heater in the swimming pool has been malfunctioning. Not pleasant at all. Advantage I guess is that you're forced to swim fast to stay warm.
Went on this app called fitafy, which is supposed to be an app for fit people who like to exercise alot. Either there's a pay wall that limits your options or it's attracting the wrong people. It was pretty much exclusively bogans covered in tatoos or people looking for a fit partner but clearly not too keen to avoid the bakery themselves. I'm no model myself but cmon. It's supposed to be a dating app for people who exercise.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel
Hi! So, she wasn't impressed with your marathon time? Sorry to read that news but look for someone younger
Do you use zone 2 training? I've assumed not, thought you'd be pushing zone 3-4 most of the time since you've got a coach for the swimming, and it's so hard to stay in zone 2 while running. I'd appreciate your comments on that.I've been doing most of my treadmill under 125, sometimes up to 130 for 5 hours a week, ramping up next week. Then Zone 4-5 weekly hill repeats for 40 minutes. Swimming is hard to estimate, focusing on slow 1 arm drills for balance in the water, reckon it's under 130.
I'm also trying to figure out an app/watch/strap/foot pod combo, so if anyone has a suggestion I'm all ears, but I might post that in another thread.
Oh, my Sunday hill workout ....(also did 90 minutes zone 2 in the evening)...Need push myself harder after 10. It's all mental focus and commitment to the pain. I've reached a level now where this workout doesn't leave me very sore.
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@Wairau said in Building myself back up:
@Rancid-Schnitzel
Hi! So, she wasn't impressed with your marathon time? Sorry to read that news but look for someone younger
Do you use zone 2 training? I've assumed not, thought you'd be pushing zone 3-4 most of the time since you've got a coach for the swimming, and it's so hard to stay in zone 2 while running. I'd appreciate your comments on that.I've been doing most of my treadmill under 125, sometimes up to 130 for 5 hours a week, ramping up next week. Then Zone 4-5 weekly hill repeats for 40 minutes. Swimming is hard to estimate, focusing on slow 1 arm drills for balance in the water, reckon it's under 130.
I'm also trying to figure out an app/watch/strap/foot pod combo, so if anyone has a suggestion I'm all ears, but I might post that in another thread.
Oh, my Sunday hill workout ....(also did 90 minutes zone 2 in the evening)...Need push myself harder after 10. It's all mental focus and commitment to the pain. I've reached a level now where this workout doesn't leave me very sore.
294467959_358901486404384_2372141916144601971_n.jpgHa ha. I actually ran it with her (at least at the start). As usual she didn't listen and didn't drink any water until 15km in. Her 30km to 35km time was 53 min. Lack of communication and tunnel vision. Relationship killers ☹️. Met a crossfitter yesterday. Looks very promising 👌. Sensational legs.
Tbh mate I'm very slow to familiarise myself with the more technical aspects of training. Zones mean nothing to me, although I'm getting more into heart rate. But you have piqued my curiosity on this. I think in general that I must be more zone 3-4, but the long swimming sessions on my own would be upper zone 2 probably. I'll just paste my stats. Was early morning, so a poo and pee break required.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel you really swim well, almost 5 km at 1.40 is excellent. I assume you are just cruising, and can go much faster. Breathing every 2,3 or 4? 2? Has the high mileage increased muscle mass? What is your HB at the end of the swim? Using pulse and clock?
Have you tried something like Aerofit?I am only using the cheapest HR strap and myworkouts app, so very basic set up.
Zone 2 is for me is about 105-125 HB, I am guessing. I am fitter and more relaxed because of this.
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@Wairau said in Building myself back up:
@Rancid-Schnitzel you really swim well, almost 5 km at 1.40 is excellent. I assume you are just cruising, and can go much faster. Breathing every 2,3 or 4? 2? Has the high mileage increased muscle mass? What is your HB at the end of the swim? Using pulse and clock?
Have you tried something like Aerofit?I am only using the cheapest HR strap and myworkouts app, so very basic set up.
Zone 2 is for me is about 105-125 HB, I am guessing. I am fitter and more relaxed because of this.
Cheers Mate. I have improved massively in recent months. Wasn't that long ago that 100m was agony. It's only taken about 4 years! I breathe every 2nd or 4th stroke. Wish I could do 3rd but it feels weird.
Looking to get some form.of HRM for swimming but not there yet. According to the Garmin it's around 135 when I finish. The coaching recently has been alot of sprint work. Clearly I have alot to learn about these gadgets and numbers.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel I still haven't decided on the gadgets and app solution. Maybe coros. I swim twice a week, focusing for now on single arm drill for balance in the water, and it keeps HB under 130 so still zone 2, for an hour, with a snorkel. My running is mostly slow, did 7 plus hours this week run or incline walk HB 110-122, then add hill repeats and will be doing more speedwork above 155HB. Will also add 1 run at 130-143HB and 1 of longer repeats at 147-160.
Result of more zone 2:
My regular hill repeats session is faster. 3 weeks ago was at same speed as 6 weeks ago, which was fast. But yesterday through 10 repeats I was 2 minutes faster (24 minutes 40 seconds). Lower HB at tops and bottoms. Less pain and kept going after the 10.OH, I wanted to sympathise with your ex. Maybe she felt she had enough water and didn't want to go to the bathroom so delayed more water intake. Getting the balance of food/water intake takes time and experimentation.
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@Wairau said in Building myself back up:
@Rancid-Schnitzel I still haven't decided on the gadgets and app solution. Maybe coros. I swim twice a week, focusing for now on single arm drill for balance in the water, and it keeps HB under 130 so still zone 2, for an hour, with a snorkel. My running is mostly slow, did 7 plus hours this week run or incline walk HB 110-122, then add hill repeats and will be doing more speedwork above 155HB. Will also add 1 run at 130-143HB and 1 of longer repeats at 147-160.
Result of more zone 2:
My regular hill repeats session is faster. 3 weeks ago was at same speed as 6 weeks ago, which was fast. But yesterday through 10 repeats I was 2 minutes faster (24 minutes 40 seconds). Lower HB at tops and bottoms. Less pain and kept going after the 10.OH, I wanted to sympathise with your ex. Maybe she felt she had enough water and didn't want to go to the bathroom so delayed more water intake. Getting the balance of food/water intake takes time and experimentation.
That's impressive Mate! Yeah the nutritional thing is massive. Going to a dietician helped massively but it's still very individual. Before I never ate before a workout but now always a muesli bar and Granny Smith Apple. Does the job for me.
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So this weekend I completed what was supposed to be the half version of a 24 hours adventure race called Hells Bells. So you'd think it would be over in 12 maybe 14-15 hours. But 25 hours later......
Holy shit what an epic fůck up. Started out ok with a cool run and climb section, but then devolved in a ridiculous bike section that mostly involved pushing the fůcking things up endless steep and muddy inclines then down again because the paths were destroyed. And this was in the dark. I stopped cycling after I flew over the handle bars. Bloody lucky I didn't get badly hurt. Trouble with this thing is that you couldn't quit even if you wanted to. You were miles from nowhere and zero support apparatus. The fůckers also put checkpoints in the wrong place (we spent 6 hours looking for one) and gave false clues (40 metres was actually 150 metres). In the end we covered 104km. Probably dropped a couple of kilos as well.
Happy I finished it I guess but the entire event was a joke and not fun when you are legitimately scared about serious injury.
And in the end all I got was a hat and sticker. Cheap fůcks.
Shining light was that the English crossfitter I'm seeing picked me up after the event and made me forget the horrendous previous 24 hours. Farking shin hurts though from the bike pedal repeatedly smashing into it. Pool tonight will be lovely.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
So this weekend I completed what was supposed to be the half version of a 24 hours adventure race called Hells Bells. So you'd think it would be over in 12 maybe 14-15 hours. But 25 hours later......
Holy shit what an epic fůck up. Started out ok with a cool run and climb section, but then devolved in a ridiculous bike section that mostly involved pushing the fůcking things up endless steep and muddy inclines then down again because the paths were destroyed. And this was in the dark. I stopped cycling after I flew over the handle bars. Bloody lucky I didn't get badly hurt. Trouble with this thing is that you couldn't quit even if you wanted to. You were miles from nowhere and zero support apparatus. The fůckers also put checkpoints in the wrong place (we spent 6 hours looking for one) and gave false clues (40 metres was actually 150 metres). In the end we covered 104km. Probably dropped a couple of kilos as well.
Happy I finished it I guess but the entire event was a joke and not fun when you are legitimately scared about serious injury.
And in the end all I got was a hat and sticker. Cheap fůcks.
Shining light was that the English crossfitter I'm seeing picked me up after the event and made me forget the horrendous previous 24 hours. Farking shin hurts though from the bike pedal repeatedly smashing into it. Pool tonight will be lovely.
I’ve got quite a dirty mind.
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Well there is more.....
While engaging in some late night...activity, I started feeling weird around the chest and very light-headed. English crossfitter insisted that she drive me to the ER. Had all the scans, tests etc and I was actually very badly dehydrated. Needed 2 bags of IV fluid! It was rather embarrassing explaining to the medical staff what I was doing when the pain occurred 🤣.
Anyway, thankfully heart is in tip top shape. Added bonus is that English crossfitter was amazing during all of it. Early days but the signs are very good.
In terms of training this week, I haven't done anything. Can't run with my injured shin. Plan is to get back into it tomorrow with lots of swim and gym.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
Well there is more.....
While engaging in some late night...activity, I started feeling weird around the chest and very light-headed. English crossfitter insisted that she drive me to the ER. Had all the scans, tests etc and I was actually very badly dehydrated. Needed 2 bags of IV fluid! It was rather embarrassing explaining to the medical staff what I was doing when the pain occurred 🤣.
Anyway, thankfully heart is in tip top shape. Added bonus is that English crossfitter was amazing during all of it. Early days but the signs are very good.
In terms of training this week, I haven't done anything. Can't run with my injured shin. Plan is to get back into it tomorrow with lots of swim and gym.
Good to hear. Keep monitoring it for a few days.
Haha you got dehydrated since you are a bit selfish in bed
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
Well there is more.....
While engaging in some late night...activity, I started feeling weird around the chest and very light-headed. English crossfitter insisted that she drive me to the ER. Had all the scans, tests etc and I was actually very badly dehydrated. Needed 2 bags of IV fluid! It was rather embarrassing explaining to the medical staff what I was doing when the pain occurred 🤣.
Anyway, thankfully heart is in tip top shape. Added bonus is that English crossfitter was amazing during all of it. Early days but the signs are very good.
In terms of training this week, I haven't done anything. Can't run with my injured shin. Plan is to get back into it tomorrow with lots of swim and gym.
As if. They probably gave you a high five !
look after yourself pal, DON’t OVERTRAIN !!!!