Losing weight/fitness thread

[Paperboy]

The website says flat along the riverbank, a good course for people looking for a fast time.

Must be there Welsh course then

 

[BrianM]

Out for a run yesterday and my hamstring went, absolutely gutted, waiting to hear back from a couple of Physiotherapists, then plan the recovery going forward.
Don’t think I’ll be ‘race’ fit for the Inverness half marathon on the 8th March now.

 

[PaulMdj]

Durham Half Marathon today, organised by Saturn Running, course is 7km laps around the sports fields and along the river bank by Durham Uni.

First time I’ve done a “lapped” event and not sure I enjoyed it, the organisation was superb and as @Paperboy mentioned there is an excellent goodie back and treat table when you finish.

You could enter a 3K, 5K, 10K, 1/2 Marathon, Full Marathon or Ultra, race started at 9:30 and will close at 4:00 for those trying to do as many laps as they can.

The 7K loop was strange, as part of it was around the Sports field you had Kids Rugby on, Adult Rugby, Football, Lacrosse, all on the different sports pitch’s which was great to see, but add in parents and spectators and it was mental in places trying to get through, there were over 200 runners taking part doing different distances so it was very stop start at times and difficult to get in to a rythm.

Plus being alongside the river you also had to contend with crews lifting boats out, people out walking with or without dogs, cyclists and others out running.

Weather wise it was cold, foggy and raining.

But…wait for it 1:56:55

Broke the 2 hours, nearly 62 years old, absolutely buzzing! Big up me.

 

[BrianM]

Durham Half Marathon today, organised by Saturn Running, course is 7km laps around the sports fields and along the river bank by Durham Uni.

First time I’ve done a “lapped” event and not sure I enjoyed it, the organisation was superb and as @Paperboy mentioned there is an excellent goodie back and treat table when you finish.

You could enter a 3K, 5K, 10K, 1/2 Marathon, Full Marathon or Ultra, race started at 9:30 and will close at 4:00 for those trying to do as many laps as they can.

The 7K loop was strange, as part of it was around the Sports field you had Kids Rugby on, Adult Rugby, Football, Lacrosse, all on the different sports pitch’s which was great to see, but add in parents and spectators and it was mental in places trying to get through, there were over 200 runners taking part doing different distances so it was very stop start at times and difficult to get in to a rythm.

Plus being alongside the river you also had to contend with crews lifting boats out, people out walking with or without dogs, cyclists and others out running.

Weather wise it was cold, foggy and raining.

But…wait for it 1:56:55

Broke the 2 hours, nearly 62 years old, absolutely buzzing! Big up me.

Well done Paul, smashed it

 

[Bazz]

Durham Half Marathon today, organised by Saturn Running, course is 7km laps around the sports fields and along the river bank by Durham Uni.

First time I’ve done a “lapped” event and not sure I enjoyed it, the organisation was superb and as @Paperboy mentioned there is an excellent goodie back and treat table when you finish.

You could enter a 3K, 5K, 10K, 1/2 Marathon, Full Marathon or Ultra, race started at 9:30 and will close at 4:00 for those trying to do as many laps as they can.

The 7K loop was strange, as part of it was around the Sports field you had Kids Rugby on, Adult Rugby, Football, Lacrosse, all on the different sports pitch’s which was great to see, but add in parents and spectators and it was mental in places trying to get through, there were over 200 runners taking part doing different distances so it was very stop start at times and difficult to get in to a rythm.

Plus being alongside the river you also had to contend with crews lifting boats out, people out walking with or without dogs, cyclists and others out running.

Weather wise it was cold, foggy and raining.

But…wait for it 1:56:55

Broke the 2 hours, nearly 62 years old, absolutely buzzing! Big up me.

I always discount the multi lap ones when looking for races. Get bored enough running the same routes in training, I'd hate to be doing it for long distances.

Superb time Paul mate.

 

[PaulMdj]

I always discount the multi lap ones when looking for races. Get bored enough running the same routes in training, I'd hate to be doing it for long distances.

Superb time Paul mate.

Cheers Bazz, tbh, I don’t think I’ll be doing a “lapped” one again.

 

[PaulMdj]

@Paperboy meant to say mate, it wasn’t flat, but it wasn’t hilly either, it had a few undulations which needed a bit of extra effort, mainly when the path through the trees went away from the river.

 

[Paperboy]

Cheers Bazz, tbh, I don’t think I’ll be doing a “lapped” one again.

The one at Staines is an out and back. It's super friendly and you see runners going both ways. I'll be using them for training etc for London.

 

[PaulMdj]

The one at Staines is an out and back. It's super friendly and you see runners going both ways. I'll be using them for training etc for London.

I see the attraction, especially for longer distances, the staff, organisation was excellent, but the course was just strange, tight turns, through a car park at one point, which was really busy, running along the riverside at there were about 20 lads walking towards us throwing Rugby balls to each other, they moved to one side when runners got close, but it was tight in places.

 

[Aztecs27]

Not the best day today. Topped off by a large bag of orange buttons

Roughly 10lbs down in 2 weeks though (although probably not now ) and back on it tomorrow as I’m back in the pool.

Well done today @PaulMdj!

 

[BrianM]

Have managed to get a Physiotherapist appointment for 7pm tonight down at the local Rugby Club, hopefully all goes well.

 

[Paperboy]

So scanned myself at the gym this morning, as part of the fat loss program. So after 2 weeks i'm 6.1kg down, approximately a stone. With 5kg being fat, have lost some muscle mass which I think happens.
Visceral fat is going down, so dropped 2 levels there to 14. Want to get to 10 as quickly as possible.

 

[Aztecs27]

Have managed to get a Physiotherapist appointment for 7pm tonight down at the local Rugby Club, hopefully all goes well.

A good physio is worth their weight in gold.

I did my knee in when I was trying for my Ironman, and he managed to get me right enough that I was able to Jeff round the Marathon (it only affected my running) to complete it, despite not being able to do any running for close to 10 weeks prior to the race.

Back on it today. Huel (I know, I know) for breakfast with a coffee and very low cal lunch after yesterday's enjoyment. and another 1250m in the pool this lunchtime.

Going to cancel my gym membership and just stick to swimming. I think - but will try and make the most of it for the next month until the membership expires.

 

[BrianM]

Good session with the Physio, I’ve basically got weak ass hamstrings and I’ve probably pushed the mileage to fast.
Using the Peloton has strengthened my quads a good bit as well, so a bit of an imbalance.
Got some exercises to do, so will see what works going forward.

 

[PaulMdj]

So after completing the Garmin 1/2 Marathon plan successfully I was slightly concerned what to focus on next as my next event will be the GNR in Sept and it’s way too early to focus on that.

My best 5K time is 24:35 back in 2022 so I’ve signed on for a 5K plan lasting 13 weeks with a target of running a 5K in under 24 minutes.

This should then lead me into focusing on the GNR.

I’ll be interested if doing a shorter distance and the training will affect my weight, as this will help me eat a balanced diet as with nothing to focus on, bad habits will return.

Starting weight is 82.1Kg

First run today is a Benchmark run:
Warm up 2 min, Run for 5 min, Cool down 2 min.

Guidance for the 5 min run is, Run Strong.

 

[Orikoru]

Two weeks and a day of tracking all my calories in MyFitnessPal, and so far I've lost.. *checks notes*.. 1 pound. Wow it's falling off me.

 

[Paperboy]

Two weeks and a day of tracking all my calories in MyFitnessPal, and so far I've lost.. *checks notes*.. 1 pound. Wow it's falling off me.

Then I would suggest you're not tracking everything or underestimating what your putting into MFP

 

[Beezerk]

Enjoying my pull up bar but it’s soooo bloody hard. Can hang for about a minute now before my hands hurt too much, doing scapula pull ups (think that’s what they’re called) and normal pull ups with an assistance band, kind of enjoying literally just hanging around
Really need to work on my cardio though, since my bad knee injury almost a year ago I’ve done almost zero running and stuff

 

[Orikoru]

Then I would suggest you're not tracking everything or underestimating what your putting into MFP

I am putting everything in, but some of it is total guesswork. For example, I got ho fan noodles from the Chinese on Saturday night. Impossible to know how many calories, so I just search and selected an option with a high number of calories. Any time I have a physical product with a barcode I can scan, I do it that way of course.

I think this is why I always get fed up of MFP when I've done it in the past. So much of it is guesswork. On Sunday, we had breakfast at a café (mushrooms and fried eggs on sourdough toast for me, then a courgette & lime cake), and my mum and dad cooked us Sunday lunch (some kind of beef casserole with mushrooms & carrots and mashed potato). I do my best to put every ingredient in but there's no way to be 100% accurate with it.

 

[PaulMdj]

I am putting everything in, but some of it is total guesswork. For example, I got ho fan noodles from the Chinese on Saturday night. Impossible to know how many calories, so I just search and selected an option with a high number of calories. Any time I have a physical product with a barcode I can scan, I do it that way of course.

I think this is why I always get fed up of MFP when I've done it in the past. So much of it is guesswork. On Sunday, we had breakfast at a café (mushrooms and fried eggs on sourdough toast for me, then a courgette & lime cake), and my mum and dad cooked us Sunday lunch (some kind of beef casserole with mushrooms & carrots and mashed potato). I do my best to put every ingredient in but there's no way to be 100% accurate with it.

Tbh, the reasons you give are why I binned it off, I became obsessed with trying to add everything and seeing no results on the scales.

I know you find it difficult, but I then upped my exercise, tried to eat a balanced diet, with bad days thrown in now and then, and trusted myself and the scales to see how I was doing.

If I plateau or put some weight on, I’ll behave until it’s off and make sure I don’t skip training.

Trust me, the younger you can get exercise in to your lifestyle the better, it’s way, way harder as you get older.