To stop coughing.
Accidents not withstanding I aim to run a half marathon in late October. Those who know me will understand the size of the challenge.Sounds good.
To stop coughing.So you have a cause for the coughing? I coughed for a year plus and turns out it's asthma. Ventolin prescription later it's sorted.
To reach 2019 still mentally sound and physically undiminished, other than in weight.
Day | morning | afternoon | evening |
Mon | Swim (40m building to 1h20m) | Cycle (40km building to at least 60km) | afternoon run once a month |
Tue | Run (5k building to 10k, switch to intervals when under 90kg) | gentle 15m swim whilst MiniGB has lesson | 40min 5-a-side plus 6km gentle cycling to/from |
Wed | rest | rest | rest |
Thu | 11km cycle commute with heavy bike/bags | 1h 5-a-side, pub and train home | |
Fri | Run commute in (5km building back up to full 10.5k) | 11km cycle commute with heavy bike again | |
Sat | Parkrun | ||
Sun | Long slow run (building up to HM and beyond) |
Goals for next ~13 months (leading up to London Marathon 2019):-
* Get back in to a regular routine (swimming, cycling three times a week, 5-a-side twice a week, 11.5km run commute once a week extended to a HM run commute once a month, intervals once a week when the weight is under 90kg, parkrun, long slow run on Sundays) started...
* Weight down to under 80kg by Christmas (~37 weeks and ~15kg to lose) and to ~76kg by April 2019 (London Marathon - sub 4:15, possibly sub 4h if I get under 76kg, sub 3:43:00 would be my absolute dream) Ha. Weight 96kg now so goals rejigged accordingly
* A few HM races over the next year, just to keep the long runs interesting and hopefully see some proper race progression Entered the Big Half (London) in March and will do some local ones when weight is down
* Parkrun PB sometime around late October hopefully (PB is 24:24 currently) as the weight comes off. 21:59 as a longer term goal, maybe lower if speed improves lots with weight coming off No chance as still 96kg. Probably Mar/Apr time
* Sub-hour run commute (1h15 last time I did it, 11.6km, 1:05:48 PB) Still building up to full run commute - 6km next week
* 50 parkruns by April next year (currently on 23) including a few volunteering! No chance as I haven't done many more in the last few months
* Run all of the paths/tracks on Putney Heath, and when that's done, Wimbledon Common (introduces some nice variation to the long runs, I can get right down to the Southern end at Barham Road in about 6km from home, so should be easy to pick off un-run bits) No progress
* Swim Serpentine 2 mile swim again in September 2018 (really enjoyed that last year despite it being cold!) DONE! 1h14m
* Keeping entering the Ride 100 ballot as I want the London Classics medal (assuming I actually finish the London Marathon in 2019) - would consider charity place if I'm unlucky in the ballot in 2019 (no place this year in the ballot) Ballot entered, find out in Feb
Day | morning | afternoon | evening |
Mon | Cycle (up to 100km) | ... | afternoon run once a month |
Tue | Run (5k building to 10k, switch to intervals when under 90kg) | gentle 15m swim whilst MiniGB has lesson | 40min 5-a-side plus 6km gentle cycling to/from |
Wed | Easy 4k-5k Run (Y5/Y6 running club at school) | rest | rest |
Thu | 11km cycle commute with heavy bike/bags | 1h 5-a-side, pub and train home | |
Fri | Run commute in (5km building back up to full 10.5k) | 11km cycle commute with heavy bike again | |
Sat | Parkrun | ||
Sun | Long slow run (building up to HM and beyond) |
I have two, one is a continuation of a good thing which started back in September and the other is a new challenge. Neither are spectacular, but life is going to be even busier than last year and I don't want to set myself up to fail from the outset.Seeing that other people are reporting back on their progress...
The continuation is that I have returned to using a longer ride into work. It's only 4.4 miles as opposed to 2.9, so not a huge distance, but it does include a serious hill and the little bits all add up. I'd like to keep that as my 'usual' ride for this year.
The new thing is that I would like to run both into and home from work on the same day. The route I use is about 6km (I'm not really sure why I track cycling in miles and running in km but there you go). I've only ever run home so far. MrsC works just round the corner so getting a lift in is fairly easy, but she finishes at 1.00. I would need careful planning about things like breakfast and carrying stuff into work but I'm sure that's all solvable. Has to wait until the light returns though. I wouldn't want to run on those lanes in the dark.
Good goals, Greenbank.Knee is semi-recovered. I was trying some running and managed to do 5-7km at a time at a reasonable pace.
Mine for 2019:
Knee recovery, so I can run and cycle again.
Chin ups - more than 20 reps at a time (last year's goal was managing 40 pushups; I do 60 most mornings now so achieved that one).
Kayaking; paddle a full marathon distance at training pace. So in under 5 hours for me. I never managed to complete a marathon-distance race when I was in my 20s, generally collapsed from exhaustion.
Realistically none.
I might try to lose some weight but I'm not overweight, can't take any exercise and like my cakes and chocolates.
I will turn 60 in the middle of the year and expect a birthday card from the NHS, which should be fun ;D
Hope all that goes OK.
I my MS gets no worse and that my excellent health continues.
I'm lucky really...
* Keeping entering the Ride 100 ballot as I want the London Classics medal (assuming I actually finish the London Marathon in 2019) - would consider charity place if I'm unlucky in the ballot in 2019 (no place this year in the ballot) Ballot entered, find out in Feb
Hmm, interesting to see how I'm going with this.Good goals, Greenbank.Knee is semi-recovered. I was trying some running and managed to do 5-7km at a time at a reasonable pace.
Mine for 2019:
Knee recovery, so I can run and cycle again.
Chin ups - more than 20 reps at a time (last year's goal was managing 40 pushups; I do 60 most mornings now so achieved that one).
Kayaking; paddle a full marathon distance at training pace. So in under 5 hours for me. I never managed to complete a marathon-distance race when I was in my 20s, generally collapsed from exhaustion.
I'm cycling again, but woefully slowly. My cycling muscles have gone!
Kayaking - back to training, 2-3 times a week. Doing well in the interval training; I'm faster than people I couldn't keep up with last year (when I was getting into training). No good at distances yet.
Chin ups; don't have access to a bar. Will have to see if I can rig something up at the farm, there are a couple of barns so it should be possible.
Fat again (93kg), primary focus is the need to lose weight ( to under 80kg ideally 76kg max).
Month | Max weight | Min weight | Max VDOT | Longest Run | Swim Dist | Run Dist | Cycle Dist | Parkruns | Min Resting HR |
Jan 2020 | 86.9kg | 81.5kg | 47ml/min/kg | 15.6km | 0km | 78.0km | 161.1km | 2 | 46bpm |
Feb 2020 | 84.3kg | 81.3kg | 48ml/min/kg | 18.7km | 0km | 74.0km | 134.7km | 0 | 48bpm |
Mar 2020 | 83.2kg | 79.6 | 49ml/min/kg | 17.2km | 0km | 156.7km | 63.4km | 0 | 44bpm |
April 2020 | 80.1kg | 78.8 | 50ml/min/kg | 20.3km | 0km | 189.7km | 0km | 0 | 41bpm!!! |
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making sure my significant other and kids feel like they are vastly important than my fitness goals* < succeeded
New year, new goalsWell, given the lockdown, this needs amending. No club time trial, no racing (probably none all summer).
Club time trial sub 60 (managed 60m 16s last year but I've lost a lot of fitness since then).
Finish in top 3 in a div 5 race.
Marathon distance in sub 4hrs 30m
This is all kayaking of course.
Month | Max weight | Min weight | Max VDOT | Longest Run | Swim Dist | Run Dist | Cycle Dist | Parkruns | Avg Resting HR | Min Resting HR |
Jan 2020 | 97.5 | 95.65 | 30.01 | 6.01km | 11.2km | 68.39km | 121.92km | 2 (27) | 55bpm | 49bpm |
Feb | 97.7 | 95.45 | 27.91 | 5.01 | 1.6km | 21.19km | 43.5km | 1 (28) | 58bpm | 46bpm |
Mar | 98 | 95.15 | 28.89 | 5.01 | 3.0km | 31.29km | 48km | 0 (28) | 55bpm | 46bpm |
Apr | 95.55 | 93.5 | 31.36 | 7.01 | 0 | 68.21km | 0 | 0 (28) | 53bpm | 50bpm |
May | 94.2 | 92.05 | 32.87 | 10.4 | 0 | 96.53km | 0 | 0 (28) | 52bpm | 46bpm |
June | 93.15 | 91.65 | 33.50 | 10.46 | 0 | 76.87km | 0 | 0 (28) | 51bpm | 48bpm |
July | 93.1 | 91.4 | 35.83 | 10.44 | 0 | 114.98km | 6.05 | 0 (28) | 53bpm | 47bpm |
August | 94.4 | 92.8 | 32.74 | 7.19 | 5km | 32.5km | 0km | 0 (28) | 54bpm | 46bpm |
September | 94.4 | 93.15 | 29.92 | 5.09 | 18.5km | 10.16km | 58km | 0 (28) | 56bpm | 50bpm |