The not too serious get fit thread

[Randimus Maximus]

I completed America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride in Lake Tahoe this past weekend (with Team in Training again to raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS)).

Last year, my ride time was 6:34, but spent way more time than that on course taking breaks and waiting for the rest of my team.

This year, ride time was 5:51, and just over 7 hours on course.

Weather was great, the ride was awesome, and over $6M was raised for LLS by the 1,300 Team In Training riders this weekend!

[junior varsity]

i stood outside in the Texas heat all day yesterday (6:45am to 7pm or so). I am several pounds lighter today, but no more in shape than two days ago.

[KnightofNi]

i haven't been able to do anything for a month. i cut back on how much i am eating and what i am eating, but i'm only 2 lbs shy of where i was when i started working out in march. 

[somegirl]

Great job Randy!

[Randimus Maximus]

And I'm thinking of staying/getting in better riding shape to do the Moab Century Tour in September.

That ride features the 'Big Nasty' - a 3,000ft elevation gain in 7 miles  (Tahoe had 3K in elevation gain for the entire ride).

[Slide Panda]

While on travel I picked up 'Cardio Strength Training'

http://www.amazon.com/Cardio-Strength-Training-Muscle-Stronger/dp/1605296554

Though I haven't done a cover to cover read and I'm digging it so far. The lean on my workouts was towards this (very little rest, keep moving etc) - but after a 1st workout incorporating just some of the basic stuff from the book I was more sore than I'd been in ages.

So if you can find it in a local book store,  give it a thumb through. Depending on your goals, might be worth picking up. 

[ungeheuer]

Apparently ... dancing is a great way to optimize your BMI 

[Slide Panda]

Bleh. Not that that serious dancers are not fit as all hell... but that guy's a wanker. And BMI is such hookum.

When I was actively playing for a premier league Rugby team my BMI was 31.something... a respectably quick 40 time and could put down 10 miles w/o much drain.

*Yuu hates the BMI

[Randimus Maximus]

I signed up for a 50-mile ride today here in Colorado.

The ride is a little over two weeks away, but since I just did the century in Tahoe a few weeks ago, I should be able to finish this one.

It does have a bit more climbing (4K ft climb in 50 miles vs. 3K ft climb in 100 miles in Tahoe).

http://www.centurioncycling.com/colorado-routes/

[desmopr]

^^^^Nice!! I'm thinking of registering in the 25 miler at Wisconsin!!

[Heath]

Well the fiancee and I joined 24hr fit tonight.  We are excited to get fit again.  

Any opinions on personal training?  After signing up they tried to talk us into about $1000 worth of personal training for just her. It was 19 sessions total.  We would love to do it but don't have the money for it right now.

[bryant8]

And I'm thinking of staying/getting in better riding shape to do the Moab Century Tour in September.

That ride features the 'Big Nasty' - a 3,000ft elevation gain in 7 miles  (Tahoe had 3K in elevation gain for the entire ride).

  Do it!  The "Big Nasty" awaits... 79 days

Month of June = 450 miles on the road bicycle and I started training for the White Rock full marathon here in Dallas. 

Ultimate goal for the next 24 months is to do a 70.3

[Monster Dave]

Hey all,

It's been a while since I added any updates but that's largly because I'm in full training mode for cycling. It's been a year ago (this month) since we got our road bikes and I've taken to cycling in ways that I never imagined. Over the last year I've ridden just under 4000 miles! I always think it's crazy to hear numbers like that from other people, but I never imagined that I would have ridden so many myself!

Since it's summer and our here in AZ it's HOT to say the least in the afternoons, I've been getting up and been rolling on my bike during the week by 4:30am. Doing that allows for me to punch out nearly 3 hours of training before starting work. Then after work depending on the heat, I'll push out another hour or two. On a typical day of training, I regularly manage to get in 60-80 miles.

We were out recently and found 2 really great books about the type of cycling that I'm doing (long distance) and they are really helping me with understanding how much rest time my body needs after certain types of rides. I took my resting HR the other morning before ever getting out of bed and it was sitting comfortably at 43bpm (precycling it was in the mid 50s)

I was in a hurry this morning and wanted to ride but didn't have much time, so I opted to do a mock time trial to work (7.8 miles). It was great and with traffic lights I did it in roughly just 20 minutes! It really puts TT racing into perspective when you see how fast the pro's at the Tour de France are riding over similar distances.

My next event is 93 days away and 187 miles long. It's a smaller event because of the extreme distance, so I've got my eyes on winning the event. I really need to lean down about 10lbs to get the edge on my bike - because it's soooo much cheaper to lean down myself than to buy lighter parts!!!!

In anycase, I'm glad to hear that everyone else is keeping it up! Good job everyone!  

[cokey]

haven't had much time with the new baby and all since I'm tired from her 2am and 5 am wake up calls. Also been working 60 hrs a week.. on my days off at least ill go out @ about 6-7 am and ride around the city and then off to the park for dips, pullups a d such..  will start hitting the park after work once its not 100% humidity..

[bryant8]

Nice metric century today. 

Finished in 3:20 and felt great the whole way (even thought about going back out for a 5k run afterward).  Rode solo most of that ride so not much recovery time in a paceline. 

Getting some good base mileage for my full centuries in Aug and Sept.