On December 07 2015 00:42 Malinor wrote: Had a race today, finished with a new 10k PR at 47:09min (before: 49:19min). https://www.strava.com/activities/445300884 It was a 3,3km round course and during the last round I had to lap so many people, that definitely cost me some time. Besides that, my body felt pretty average and I feel like I gave it my everything and didn't leave much in the tank. So that time is pretty much what I can race on a normal day over 10k
The race "finished" at 9.95km / 47:09 on my Garmin, so I walked through the end zone for 50m to get a 10km time for Strava ;-) ... it was so crowded, the last 50m took me 24seconds.
My weight is stagnating just below 100kg because I am simply eating too much. On the one hand that really pisses me off, on the other hand I could probably break 45min just by losing those damn 10kg that are left. I really need my act together eating wise, it is just hard.
Welcome to my life. I feel your pain.
On the other hand, that's an excellent nice new PR especially having to lap a bunch of people. Not only does that makes you run extra distance, it also is costly in that you generally are having to alter your stride mechanics + accelerate/decelerate. Good race!
On December 07 2015 00:42 Malinor wrote: Had a race today, finished with a new 10k PR at 47:09min (before: 49:19min). https://www.strava.com/activities/445300884 It was a 3,3km round course and during the last round I had to lap so many people, that definitely cost me some time. Besides that, my body felt pretty average and I feel like I gave it my everything and didn't leave much in the tank. So that time is pretty much what I can race on a normal day over 10k
The race "finished" at 9.95km / 47:09 on my Garmin, so I walked through the end zone for 50m to get a 10km time for Strava ;-) ... it was so crowded, the last 50m took me 24seconds.
My weight is stagnating just below 100kg because I am simply eating too much. On the one hand that really pisses me off, on the other hand I could probably break 45min just by losing those damn 10kg that are left. I really need my act together eating wise, it is just hard.
Congrats on the PR, that's an impressive improvement compared to your last one especially as it seems like you had some things to slow you down. As for the diet... it's going to be hard with the holiday season coming but good luck, 45 min should be a formality if you lose this weight!
Hey guys! So how are your runs going? I'm very happy with the fact that I'm keeping up with 3-4 workouts per week, even if some weeks I don't really plan in advance what to do and I end up doing more easy runs than I'd like (at the cost of faster or longer workouts), consistency makes me very happy!!
Do you have some plans for the holidays ? Usually the Christmas break is a nice period for me, no work and lots of relax means that I can run almost every day .. of course there is the "side effect" of the huge meals with relatives / friends and parties which can bring me down a little bit running-wise ..
This year it's very warm, so the cold shouldn't be too much of a problem (Europe - France and Italy)
Finished up an excellent mini-cycle the last 6-7 weeks. Was focusing on some of the shorter more VO2 max oriented power with my coach and set a killer new 5' power PR at 392w, with some serious potential to improve on that as I started out on just 370w for first 1.5' and didn't really try to sprint at the end either. Also managed to knock my Manitou Incline PR yesterday down to 24:11 despite icy conditions, hoping to look towards a strava top 10 on the incline over the next 4-5 months.
Really made a point of focusing on getting killer 8-9hrs sleep every night and cutting out all junk food. Best little period I've ever had in terms of my diet, almost no processed/sugar shit except for 4 recovery days where I let 10-15% calories come from junk food.
Probably the closest I've ever felt to getting my diet under control. Weight also hit a new, though small, 2015 low of 147.2lbs or just under 67kg.
Now I'll be taking probably 2 weeks off, with maybe a Christmas/NewYears ride, as it's been over a year since I last had any sort of break. I'll be writing a full year recap sometime around New Years, but I'm pretty excited for next season especially considering how much I feel like I'm really beginning to learn about controlling my eating urges and fixing the diet.
Finished up an excellent mini-cycle the last 6-7 weeks. Was focusing on some of the shorter more VO2 max oriented power with my coach and set a killer new 5' power PR at 392w, with some serious potential to improve on that as I started out on just 370w for first 1.5' and didn't really try to sprint at the end either. Also managed to knock my Manitou Incline PR yesterday down to 24:11 despite icy conditions, hoping to look towards a strava top 10 on the incline over the next 4-5 months.
Really made a point of focusing on getting killer 8-9hrs sleep every night and cutting out all junk food. Best little period I've ever had in terms of my diet, almost no processed/sugar shit except for 4 recovery days where I let 10-15% calories come from junk food.
Probably the closest I've ever felt to getting my diet under control. Weight also hit a new, though small, 2015 low of 147.2lbs or just under 67kg.
Now I'll be taking probably 2 weeks off, with maybe a Christmas/NewYears ride, as it's been over a year since I last had any sort of break. I'll be writing a full year recap sometime around New Years, but I'm pretty excited for next season especially considering how much I feel like I'm really beginning to learn about controlling my eating urges and fixing the diet.
PS: Merry Christmas everybody!!!
Can't believe you're still riding outside in icy conditions, especially up climbs, the descends gotta be much trickier to navigate than when we rode them . 147lbs that's awesome!, I think you were in the 150's last time i saw you. My weight has gone down a bit too, I probably can lose 1 more kg, but gonna work on that after new years
Looking forward to a new 2016 edition thread - always like to see peoples' perspective on the last year and goals for the year to come.
Will be doing a few 5k's in the next month, but in general have been pretty busy/lazy and haven't gotten out for many runs this holiday. Here's hoping I can back into a decent winter running pattern after the holidays.
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which can bring me down a little bit running-wise ..
Here's hoping I can back into a decent winter running pattern after the holidays.
