Another year to get fit 2

Weight on 31.5 is 12st 8 lbs lost 5lbs in May(25lbs in total), keeping moving in the right direction, hopefully hit 12 stone target in the next couple of months.

Amazing how much running your doing, great stuff.:cool: Used to love running when a teenager but don't think I would now like to pound the streets/body now.
 
Bazzatron said:
Got myself back into running at the start of April, and have run 144 miles since then. Starting to enjoy it again after a 6 months away from it.

Signed up for the Birmingham marathon in October, seems the right thing to do after 5 half marathons. Time to tackle the big one.
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Good luck with the marathon as you probably realise its a different and much harder challenge.

When I was a runner I ran over 60 half marathons but only one marathon and to be honest half marathons were too far for me.

As I remember I walked and jogged very slowly the last 6 miles of the marathon it was brutal and painful.
 
DarrenWilliams said:
Weight on 31.5 is 12st 8 lbs lost 5lbs in May(25lbs in total), keeping moving in the right direction, hopefully hit 12 stone target in the next couple of months.

Amazing how much running your doing, great stuff.:cool: Used to love running when a teenager but don't think I would now like to pound the streets/body now.
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Good going mate keep it up that targets in the bag:thup:
 
pokerjoke said:
Good luck with the marathon as you probably realise its a different and much harder challenge.

When I was a runner I ran over 60 half marathons but only one marathon and to be honest half marathons were too far for me.

As I remember I walked and jogged very slowly the last 6 miles of the marathon it was brutal and painful.
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Thanks. Furthest I've run so far is 14.5, under no illusions how hard it is especially weighing 16st 7lb :(
 
DarrenWilliams said:
(25lbs in total), keeping moving in the right direction, hopefully hit 12 stone target in the next couple of months.
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Bottoms, Father I have sinned and eaten far too many pies, sweets, cakes, double dinners and ice creams.

Weight on 30.6 is 12st 11 lbs put on 3lbs in June, doh :rofl:

Must get head down before H4H to lose the rest or its going to cost me the topup of £25 donation.:mad:
 
1st Jan I was 14st 6

Today I am 13st 3

Target is 12st 2 ideally

Lost a fair bit compared to last year, still got work to do.
 
Weight is down to 10st 12 now. although starting to creep up again now which is good. Serious triathlon training has kicked in now, hoping to stay injury free which is the main idea for me now. lowering the running as my ankles and knees are starting to be a pain sometimes, so dropping to 2 runs a week.

Swimming is my biggest issue, its harder than i remember! And i worked out i have now swam a length for over 20 years! Have booked some lessons and my first is tonight. Loving the bike, done the tri race route 3 times now and now working on dropping my time, need to cut 8 minutes off it.

So my typical week now looks something like 1.5-2 hours running, 3-4 hours bike, 2 hours swimming and 2 hours weights. My illness is under control now i am on some new drugs, so its all out beast mode now!! Need to get on some brick sessions in the next few weeks too.

Oh and i have another 10k race on the 23rd!
 
Firmly back in the zone, dropped 13lbs in total and recovering from another running injury. If I dropped another 10-14 lbs I'd be more than happy but even dropping 7lbs I'd be at my lowest in 4 years.
 
pokerjoke said:
Mate 2 years ago I was 14 1/2 now I'm 12.4
I have lost 5 inches off my waist and have needed a whole new wardrobe.

Good luck with it all its a long process.
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Cheers, trying my best this year after putting on a load last year.
 
Still at 13 stone, which I'm happy about as tough mudder was 2 weeks ago tomorrow and I had a rather large week!! Back on it this week, ran twice and played golf 3 times and a couple 9s too, 5 miles tonight at 8.30 ave, GNR is the next target!
Keep going folks, FD, only way to know what's going on is to step on those scales 😱
 
Excellent, not as bad as maybe u thought :)
I'm currently nursing an iffy knee so going easy on the running and feeling sorry for myself but trying desperately to avoid the choccy biscuits :0
 
Nigh on 6 months since anyone replied to this! I assume you are all sat on your backsides eating mince pies!

My year has been ok, illness held me back a bit at times, as did an achilles issues. but my year to date in numbers,

5k record 26:36
10k record 54.23
Completed my first Sprint Triathlon

Next year is go big or go home, I have the following goals written in my diary which i will achieve or die trying!

Sub 25min 5k
Sub 50 min 10k
Sub 2hr 1/2 marathon
Swim 1km non stop
Run/Cycle total of 1000km+ for 2018
 
Still going strong mate,the last 6 weeks have been the toughest as my back keeps spasming so been struggling.Well done to you also.Good to see you still have goals,good luck.
 
Definitely didn't get done what I wanted to even with the wedding motivation. A house move/ wedding and home renovation just left no time.

I am on it now though, gym joined and healthy eating plan made. Weighed myself before the first gym session last week and I was 93kg, 4 days later I was 89 so a quick start showing how podgy I was. Hopefully by old farts v whippersnappers I will be under 80kg.....should be easily achieveable if I stick to my plan. Ideally would like to get to 75kg
 
Not sure if there's been an updated version or not so thought I'd see how people have been doing.

Back on it (again). Joined a new gym, had a couple of sessions with a PT there and have been given a programme and calorie counter (myfitnesspal). Did dry Jan and have really cut down on my booze intake, eating healthier than ever and taking in more protien through protien powder and chicken etc.

Been going to the gym 2-3 times a week, doing more circuit/weights and trying to get a session of cardio in to try get my fitness levels up to doing a 5k run under 30 mins and aiming for a 10k run this year is my tick list event for the year. Currently at around 33-35 for 5k.

Frustrating things despite all this is that I'm not losing as much as I thought I would despite being in calorie deficit just about everyday and sometimes by between 400-800 calories. Body shape has slightly changed but not by much to say I've been on it for 2 months.
 
Good lad Marshy! Stick at it, body changes take a long time!

Taken from my goals post over a year ago:

Sub 25min 5k - Am now at 22 minutes
Sub 50 min 10k - Done, 49:22 is my best so far, now aiming for sub 45 minutes
Sub 2hr 1/2 marathon - Done, 1:57 is my best race time, aiming for sub 1:50 at Reading half marathon next month.
Swim 1km non stop - Not done, but getting there slowly! Swimming is hard!!
Run/Cycle total of 1000km+ for 2018 - Easily done! I ran over 1000km last year alone!!

Goals for this year are to learn to swim PROPERLY!! My big aim is a full distance Ironman next year. 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and 26.2 mile run! no target time, just finish it! So this year i am going to try and do a half ironman in september ish,

Weight is the same, 72kg
 
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