/\..... it does work.. nothing better then some self motivating pic of your self...  or a pic of tht hot chick you've been trying to bag..

looking at a scale that suddenly sais 200+ (after beeing around 180 for the past couple of years)was reason for me to start, one of my workers convinced me to start the p90x,so i did today for the first time.
it kicked my ass and showed me how out of shape i am.

Quote from: yuu on September 28, 2009, 10:50:04 AM
Hope you two have similar size reqs for the bicycle. You've got to share for the event - part of the challenge!  Also some heel-lock style athletic (or duct) tape does a lot to make sure you clear the pit with both shoes still on.  

We will be using my mountain bike for this (Muddy Buddy - www.muddybuddy.com), it should be fine.  Although we are about the same height my legs are much longer than his so we'll adjust the  seat height accordingly.  Have you done one of these events?  I am excited about doing it, it looks like so much fun!!  Where would you get the athletic heel lock tape?  I can see how we could get bogged down in the mud :/

Quote from: SheMonster on October 02, 2009, 06:46:06 AM
Where would you get the athletic heel lock tape?  I can see how we could get bogged down in the mud :/

Dicks??

BTW..surprised I haven't seen you on the road yet since I've been back?! 

Sorry Adam, both of our Monsters have grown cobwebs lately    ... too busy using our free time for cycling 

Quote from: SheMonster on October 02, 2009, 07:09:25 AM
Sorry Adam, both of our Monsters have grown cobwebs lately    ... too busy using our free time for cycling 

You guys should get together with Randimus and Stella.


It's a great form of exercise!  Would have loved to get into it while living in Seattle and Austin!!  Can't blame you now that the heat is starting to let up.  I was out riding last night and it was a little "nippy"!  Getting to be perfect weather for riding bikes and the Ducs!

Have to check that muddybuddy site to see what that is all about.    

Did some CrossFit on friday. then carried a 155 lb dude up 6 flights of stairs. twice

With only 41 days left until El Tour de Tucson (39 as of this posting) I decided to take advantage of the nice weather this past Saturday and a century (100 mile) bicycle ride. Though it was my first and I was pretty certain that I had been training consistenly and hard enough to do it, I was pretty suprised at how well my body handled it and how strongly I finished. I completed my first 100 miles in just 6 hours and 4 minutes ( I actually did 101.4 miles). My goal for the Tour de Tucson is to knock that down to 5 hours and 30 minutes or less.

It's amazing how much you learn about your body and what you are capable of after such a long endurance ride. It was awesome! In fact, I felt so good that we went out for dinner after than and then on Sunday Maureen and I did just under 20 miles for fun since the weather was so nice.

It was crazy to see how many calories that I burned on that ride - almost 6000!!!

I'm training as follows:

Monday - off

Tuesday - Cycle 30 miles
            - Weights 1hr
            - Spin Class - 1hr

Wednesday - Cycle 30-50 miles

Thursday - Cycle 30-60 miles

Friday - Off

Saturday - Cycle - (high mileage rides) - 50-80 miles
Sunday - Off or fun light riding.

It's really paying off and now I have the confidence to know that I can do the centry for El Tour and that's one less thing to worry about! 

That's pretty good..  you should try for less then 5 hrs..  that'll be a great goal.. average 30mph and your there..  deff not easy of course depending on the hills..  what's your weight training like?

Quote from: cokey on October 12, 2009, 07:40:49 AM
That's pretty good..  you should try for less then 5 hrs..  that'll be a great goal.. average 30mph and your there..  deff not easy of course depending on the hills..  what's your weight training like?

I think that there may be some primary assumptions that you're making about my bike though that implies that I could hold an average of 30mph. Sure, I've hit upwards of 38-40 mph before, but to average 30mph means that I'd have to keep a much higher pace than that and without upgrading to a fully CF bike with the best gearing ect there's just no way that I can (afford) to do that. On a side note, we only started getting into cycling in July. So in less than 3 months I've stepped into a new sport and am running full bore.

I did upgrade my wheel set and tires this past weekend after my ride, which does make a significant difference but not enough to off set the riders who dump all of their lively hood into their bikes - I'm just not there yet (not to say I won't be there sooner than later, but you know what I mean...).  

My weight training for the time being is pretty intense on strength building for core and upper body. It balances out what I'm doing for my legs on the bike throughout the week and I really like the results of my routine.


...wait a minute...I just did the math on that, and at an average spd of 30 mph that would make it 100 miles in less than 3.5 hours - that's nearly Armstrong level performance - and at the moment, unrealistic - especially for a solo rider without the benefit of a team to draft with. If I kept a more reasonable and doable average spd of 20mph I'd make it in 5hrs. That shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Deff good stuff then if you've only just started..  I miss the 100mile trips from bk to bear montian... I figure your not lifting heavy then..  muscle mass may slow you down since you'll weight more..  your on the right path it seems.. keep it up

Quote from: cokey on October 12, 2009, 09:59:36 AM
Deff good stuff then if you've only just started..  I miss the 100mile trips from bk to bear montian... I figure your not lifting heavy then..  muscle mass may slow you down since you'll weight more..  your on the right path it seems.. keep it up

Thanks!  

I've been tracking my caloric burn since June in a database and graphed out my results as of yesterday:



The most calories that I've burned to date was just under 6000 in one day when I did my first Century ride. To date, I've burned 115,454 calories!!! That's insane when you think about how much that is!!!

Hey come on people! Where's the action on this thread? I can't be the only one in training!!! Post some updates!

Indiana's cold & flu season knocked me out of the gym for like two solid weeks.  I'll be headed back to Muay Thai class after no activity and a weekly-long upper-respirator infection for my first workout in probably 14 days.  I imagine I will probably sweat out a full bag of actual chocolate chip cookies and at least two cans of Campbell's Chicken Noodle soup, thoroughly disgusting my training partners, before I collapse from ogygen debt.

If I survive that I may brave a scale for the first time in a month, and I'm sure that won't be pretty.  Thank goodness I'm not slated to fight any time soon.







I'll also note that not being able to train is really expensive  - when I'm not in the gym I tend to gravitate towards the "Parts For Sale" forum to kill the extra time.

PRT this morning.

2 minutes max sit-ups: 70

2 minutes mas push ups: 52

Mile and a half run: 10m 52s!

Fastest I've ever run it for score.