Building myself back up
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Very good week training wise, particularly in the gym. Feel I've been phoning in the weights sessions a bit recently and want to make them count.
Was my youngest son's birthday on Thursday and looking through old photos kind of farked me up so went on a 14km run. Was very smooth and more importantly made me feel much better. Exercise really is the best medicine when done right.
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Fark 2 weeks. Hammering along.
Less than a month until the weekend of pain. Am going to simulate it a bit this weekend with 15km on Saturday and 30km on Sunday. I will get up and run according to the scheduled starting times as well. Actually quite looking forward to it but it will be fooking hard. Supposed to have lunch and beer with some mates on Sunday. Will be interesting to see what state I'm in
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Fair bit of training recently. Marathon prep was bloody tough. The 20km on Saturday was fine but due to stupid unnecessary 15km run the previous Thursday meant that I had a repetitive strain injury on my left lower leg heading into Sunday. Was very concerned when I got up that morning and it was hurting pretty much the entire way, but absolutely pumped that I still managed 32km. Now I can start tapering for this mofo. Feeling very confident now.
Pulled up remarkably well the next day. Shoulder day in the morning then swimming that evening. Was freezing so when nuts early to get warm and just kept it up. Definitely the fittest I've ever been in my life and I'm loving it. Pity it took 43 years and enough junk food and alcohol to shame an American.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
Fair bit of training recently. Marathon prep was bloody tough. The 20km on Saturday was fine but due to stupid unnecessary 15km run the previous Thursday meant that I had a repetitive strain injury on my left lower leg heading into Sunday. Was very concerned when I got up that morning and it was hurting pretty much the entire way, but absolutely pumped that I still managed 32km. Now I can start tapering for this mofo. Feeling very confident now.
Pulled up remarkably well the next day. Shoulder day in the morning then swimming that evening. Was freezing so when nuts early to get warm and just kept it up. Definitely the fittest I've ever been in my life and I'm loving it. Pity it took 43 years and enough junk food and alcohol to shame an American.
Yeah better late than never I reckon……..then again lots of guys are terrific in their youth and go the other way. Look at Match fit for evidence of that.
your numbers above are incredible !
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@MN5 said in Building myself back up:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
Fair bit of training recently. Marathon prep was bloody tough. The 20km on Saturday was fine but due to stupid unnecessary 15km run the previous Thursday meant that I had a repetitive strain injury on my left lower leg heading into Sunday. Was very concerned when I got up that morning and it was hurting pretty much the entire way, but absolutely pumped that I still managed 32km. Now I can start tapering for this mofo. Feeling very confident now.
Pulled up remarkably well the next day. Shoulder day in the morning then swimming that evening. Was freezing so when nuts early to get warm and just kept it up. Definitely the fittest I've ever been in my life and I'm loving it. Pity it took 43 years and enough junk food and alcohol to shame an American.
Yeah better late than never I reckon……..then again lots of guys are terrific in their youth and go the other way. Look at Match fit for evidence of that.
your numbers above are incredible !
Yeah I've seen that alot, particularly among swimmers. Farking Adonis/Greek God while competing then completely gone to pie. My current coach (the aptly named Hitler) is unrecognisable from when I first met him about 6 years ago. He's only like 23 now as well! Not hard when you eat 5000 plus calories a day but no longer offset it with crazy amounts of exercise.
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@MajorRage said in Building myself back up:
How much time do you have on your hands now as compared to when you were younger out of interest?
Part of the reason I've managed to maintain much better fitness is purely due to time availability.
Before having kids (aged 26) I had much more time than I do now. But I spent that time drinking 3 times a week. I was definitely constrained when the boys were small. I think now it's more about managing time better and sacrificing sleep/TV/anything fun. I'm up at 4:30 every morning.
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@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.
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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.
