October 2011
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Is this thing on?
*taps mic* one two, one two…
December 2010
11 posts
It seems...
For every 1lb of weight I lose, I bolt another 3lb of weight onto my bike.
today see’s the addition of a seat bag to move all my repair tools out of my rackbag where they rattle around and annoy me every time I hit a bump in the road.
Then there’s also now a second lock as my primary one (which is one of the most secure on the market) doesnt have a sold-secure rating so my bike is...
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“193.5lbs (2lbs loss, 79.5lbs lost so far, 20.5lbs to go)”
– Weigh In - 15th December 2010 (24 weeks remaining)
measuringlife asked: umm YOU'RE WELCOME. that's a fantastic song, you should be thrilled that it's stuck in your head :P
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What I learned from tonights run...
It is TMI Tuesday still right? *checks clock* yup. good, got a real doozy for ya…
Pro Tip: Unless you are Paula radcliffe always go before you leave the house for a run.
When you are fearful of taking another long stride lest you unleash hell puts a real dampener on your run, trust me.
Managed to get halfway through the session before bowing out but no amount of MTFU can hold back the...
Running tonight!
Haven’t been for a run in 2 weeks TWO WEEKS!
Been looking forward to this all day…
in other news, my landlord sent me a text to say the heating should be back on. woohoo no more showering at the gym!
Made it home...
Some weird clearly extraterrestrial black ice blobs in the road nearly had me off the bike though. I actually shouted ‘what the f*ck!’ as they seemed to rise out of the ground before me (ok so I was concentrating on passing another cyclist going verrrrrrrrrry slowly through the junction but only because I didn’t want to get caught by the traffic behind us turning left honest).
I...
Woohoo!
Just sourced some studded ice tyres in the UK and got confirmation they have them in stock…
Looks like I get to keep rolling through the winter for sure now.
/happy
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Riding to work in the snow
makes me feel like a bloody superhero when I arrive in the office much to everyones amazement.
Mucho slush and compacted snow about today so it was a careful ride in with some friends but only had two minor “oh shi-” moments where the back wheel wanted to show off by going side to side instead of forwards.
Am hoping todays traffic clears the roads for tonights return journey...
Ahhh yeah!
My scales resolutely stayed under my goal weight by half a pound this morning so I guess we can call that a successful week.
I think I can attribute the excellent loss to having finally struck the right balance with my net calorie goal for the day (1800kcal plus burnt calories from exercise). I realise now I was actually under-eating (base of 1400kcal plus burnt by exercise) which is what slowed...
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“195.5lbs (3.5lbs loss, 77.5lbs lost so far, 22.5lbs to go)”
– Weigh In - 1st December 2010 (26 weeks remaining)
November 2010
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Damn it's cold...
No running tonight, the ride home kicked my arse big time, head wind, a damn blizzard for the last 3 miles, giant puddles everywhere and the final 200m was just thick snow with a nice layer of ice underneath…
Time for a hot water bottle, bed and my book (monster island).
Fingers crossed the world I see outside my window in the morning has a cycleable road surface cos if I can I’m...
FFS!
Tonights Triton run has been cancelled.
f**king snow :(
mikewakesup asked: Too bad you're not in the US. I happen to know (work for) a really great place to buy winter tires. Or any other car/light truck tire. Best of luck!
B*ll*cks...
Chased up my snow/ice tire order. The retailers say no way jose. Not until AFTER xmas. what good will winter tires be if I can only start to use them halfway through winter.
So I just put in some hardcode google translate work and ordered another set from a place in Germany that *I think* has them in stock. I shall be extremely pissed off if I end up on public transport this month if only for...
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Snow has arrived in London
My snow/ice tires however have not. FML.
Still I MTFU and rode in today, sh*t I figured it can’t be much colder outside than it is inside my flat right now with no heating and the snow is fresh so not much chance of ice.
Glad I did it too, I arrived in the office like some kind of snow covered superhero out braving the elements, while everyone else struggled with the tube/trains/buses.
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Argh!
my boilers decided to bust just as the temperatures start dropping below freezing.
I now have NO heat and NO hot water.
My landlord is getting it sorted tomorrow hopefully but I’m sitting here fully wrapped up and I’m fah-reezing.
Oh well, being cold burns more calories though right?
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Recovery week is over!
and I’m feeling fully rested and ready to get back on it… time to bring the pain!
In other news I briefly dipped one-quarter pound under my target weight for dec 1st on Saturday (195.75lbs) and promptly bounced back up one and three quarter pounds (197.5lbs) yesterday/today.
Gonna be extra careful with my diet today/tomorrow and hopefully I’ll drop back down by WiW.
Back from the Greenwich Tritons AGM
Tonight was the annual meeting of the Tritons to go over the yearly budget, vote on the committee for next year and discuss plans for next years events/training. then into the bar for a social get-together but more importantly we could pick up some team kit.
I’m now the proud owner of two tritons cycling jerseys (one short, one long sleeve) and man do I look the part.
I kinda wish the...
1lb loss
it’s probably a little more than that in fact as I round down to the nearest lb and I was 200.75 last wednesday and today I was dead on 199 so I was very close to my 2lb target.
which means I’m going to continue doing what I’m doing and the plan for the next seven days is
Today - Rest Day
Thursday - Commute by bike (12 miles total)
Friday - Commute by bike (12 miles total)
...
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“199lbs (1lb loss, 73lb lost so far, 27lb to go)”
– Weigh In - 24th November 2010 (27 weeks remaining)
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New distance record!
Just finished my first long sunday run with the Tritons and managed a new distance record.
I ran 11.42 miles but I’m not sure of the pacing as I had to manually adjust for the 0.75 mile I ran with my gps paused (whoops). but I was somewhere between 9:00/mile and 10:00/mile which isn’t bad.
The run leader was an absolute sadist and despite my protestations at having only ran 15k...
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Guess what happened...
Yup another race, another PB.
as I said in my last post this was the monthly 5k Time Trial with the Greenwich Tritons.
and my finish time?
22:28 - TWENTY TWO MINUTES EFFING TWENTY EIGHT SECONDS!
this is 1:16 faster than when I ran the exact same route 3 weeks ago.
it also puts my average pace at 4:29/km and guess what? I didn’t puke! I was sucking down air in gulps and sounded like a...
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No cycling today
When I woke up I could tell straight away there was no chance I’d be able to commute by bike today if I wanted to run my 5k time trial with the Tritons tonight so I opted to go with the train to work and try to put in a decent attempt for the 5k instead of struggling in on the bike and then posting up a rubbish time in my run.
Whether I’ll beat my previous time (23:44) I’m not...
Gained a lb
But I’ll take it as this weekend I overindulged majorly due to feeling like crap because of my cold and also as I was less harsh about my food choices as I ran a 10k PB on a much tougher course.
I said I was having a rest day today but I’m sitting here in my cycling shorts just getting ready to ride to work. Big dose of MTFU needed as I only got 5.5 hours sleep and am a little tired...
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“200lbs (1lb gain, 72lb lost so far, 28lb to go)”
– Weigh In - 17th November 2010 (28 weeks remaining)
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So
At first I was all like…
Then I was like…
First time I’ve cycled to work and back AND run with the tritons where we did HILL SPRINTS (again) and GODDAMN was it tough, by the end of the warmup it felt like I had no energy left in my legs at all but I persevered and stuck it out and all in all it was a pretty good introductory brick session and I figure if I’m going to...
Not hungry anymore...
The magic of waiting for your food to go down never ceases lol.
Still having my porridge at 5pm though. :)
So hungry...
Just had a fantastic chicken and moroccan sausage wrap for lunch but I could eat another one right now no question. I won’t of course instead I will just have to MTFU and wait for my late afternoon oatmeal break to refuel for the 6-mile cycle home from work which will be immediately followed by a 10k run with the Tritons.
This is my first time running on the same day as commuting by bike so...
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Another race... yep you guessed it.
Another PB.
Today was the Movember London 10k in Greenwich Park and the fact I pulled a PB is quite frankly unbelievable. I’ve been laid up at home the past two days with a real nasty head cold that came out of nowhere on wednesday night and the weather was looking like it was going to be miserable.
But I wasn’t in the mood to wimp out, given my recent advocating of MTFU it’d...
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More Milestones and MTFU
So following on from my previous post I managed to just sneak under the 200lb mark with todays weigh in, I’m now officially out of the 2xx’s and into the 1xx’s. About bloody time!
Last night was Triton training and we did hill sprints. If anything calls for a good dose of MTFU it’s going out in the freezing cold and running up and down a steep hill for an hour.
While a...
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“199lbs (4lb loss, 73lb lost so far, 27lb to go)”
– Weigh In - 10th November 2010 (29 weeks remaining)
iphonebooth asked: Oh my goodness! I was googling fitblrs because I am looking to start a fitblr today and found yours! Well, that's not so amazing in and of itself BUT I am turning 30 (sort of) soon which is why I wanted to do a fitblr...and I turn 30 on June 6, 2011! So of course, this means I automatically love you and your blog, due to our birthdays being so close together :) Yay! I am so inspired!
Tumblr Tuesday
This week I recommended OUMatt because he M’d TFU and rode his bike yesterday after his injury even though he’s still sore.
My (new) philosophy...
It seem’s you can’t be a fitblr on tumblr these days without your own mantra/philosophy/outlook on your weight loss/getting into shape goals so here’s mine and it’s pretty simple…
MTFU
Man* The F**k Up
Stop making excuses and just get on and do it, whatever it is. No Tony Robbins bullsh*t about visualising your success through synergy and good intentions and...
The single best measurement for improving your...
365to30:
mystrongmedicine:
The numbers will never make you feel any happier. Stop tallying your measurements, and your weight. Start measuring your attitude, your outlook, and your energy.
amen.
not sure I agree. I was always happy and felt fine when I was bigger. those feelings are all relative and it’s perfectly reasonable to have a good attitude, outlook and to an extent plenty of...
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So another full day of commuting by bike
I totally MTFU and rode in despite weather predictions of heavy rain and was only one of two bikes in the parking garage at work (usually 6) so was in the minority who did so kudos to me for that.
My legs are bedding into the 6 mile each way journey and I’m starting to get some ‘ok’ speed going, I still get passed by loads of hardened cyclists but my time will come.
Out of...
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Ran the course for next weeks 10k
It’s my local park and it’s hilly so I didn’t wanna get hit with any nasty surprises on the day and guess what… the end of the 10k is all uphill. seriously whoever designs these courses are evil. every race I ever enter always has some nasty trick at the end like you run towards the finish line only to turn a bend and run 2k away from the finish. Even the last 10k had a...
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I spy
with my little eyescales, something beginning with ‘D’.
So I’ve been super good this week with my eating and it looks like it’s paying off, my scales finally showed a reading under 203lbs.
Ok it was only 202.2lbs but I managed to get it Dip below that line which has seemed impassable for the past god knows how long.
I’m doing a pre-race run of next weeks 10k course...
woohoo
Got me some bodyglide anti chafing erm stuff. no more dodgy nipples on my long runs (at least I hope not)…
Grrr
Why can’t I shift this 3lbs and get under 200! I might have managed a loss had I gone running but my knee still felt ‘off’ after my 9.7 miler on sunday.
This week is the week though.
Clean eating, Cycling to work and lots of running. I’m due a plateau busting loss and this week is gonna be it.
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“203lbs (0lb loss, 70lb lost so far, 30lb to go)”
– Weigh In - 3rd November 2010 (30 weeks remaining)
October 2010
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Another day another new running PB
Went for an easy long run this afternoon. which turned into a 9.7 miler. 2.7 miles further than I’ve ever ran before…
edit: @wbaw: Dude I was so pissed when I realised. My new garmin is setup for km so I ran 15km and then the run home added another 0.5km . to be honest I could probably have done another loop of the park if I pushed myself so could easily have added another .3 miles if...
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Tonights 5k Time Trial with the Tritons
I finished in 23:44 which is a new personal best. whoop whoop
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My garmin arrived
2.5 more hours until I can play with it as it’s charging… ARGH!
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One more thing (mild tmi)
I’ll add this just in case anyone else is suffering in silence for their running fix.
Since it got cold I found that my longer (10k) runs were taking their toll on my poor nipples, especially when running with layers (dri-fit top and softshell running jacket on top) to the point I have a nasty photo of me in a top with two big red patches on it.
Well last night I thought I’d try the...