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Hastings AC and Hastings Runners used the weekend for a 3 mile run challenge - solo or socially distant only and 3 miles chosen so no-one would be tempted to go mental trying to get a 5k PB. I did mine in 24:04 which I was pleased with, not having even attempted to run 'fast' for 10 weeks. And then I saw everyone else's times. The sods. Still, 7/7 in age category and 50/65 overall ... I mean, burning away from a 70 year old woman by 10 seconds that has to be applauded. Right?!

Anyway, did actually feel good to do. Made me realise how much I'm missing parkrun, as I, like pretty much everyone else it seems, did a run that took in most of that course.

Oh, and 81kg.

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett)

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18 hours ago, bobbruce said:

Well 5 day 2(repeat)

19,19,22,22,18,18,22 and 92

I am going for an exhaustion test tomorrow. I doubt I will do 100, but it is my last chance to beat you to it. 

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1 hour ago, Bob8 said:

I am going for an exhaustion test tomorrow. I doubt I will do 100, but it is my last chance to beat you to it. 

Looking at the numbers I should do it on my exhaustion test at the end of these sets but I’m not convinced I’ll get there. Then week six is so tiring I definitely won’t do it before the exhaustion test that week. So you might get two chances. 

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Decided to redo week 4.  I'm just free styling now!

18, 22, 16, 16, 34

8 more for the last set than 2 weeks ago.  

With the best, thats a good bit of PR, though I would say the Bedford team, theres, like, you know, 13 blokes who can get together at the weekend to have a game together, which doesnt point to expansion of the game. Point, yeah go on!

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14 minutes ago, Bedford Roughyed said:

Decided to redo week 4.  I'm just free styling now!

18, 22, 16, 16, 34

8 more for the last set than 2 weeks ago.  

Another huge leap.

Are you able to do any core stuff?

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6 minutes ago, Bob8 said:

Another huge leap.

Are you able to do any core stuff?

I should do...

I do have a plan worked out....just need to actually do it.  

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With the best, thats a good bit of PR, though I would say the Bedford team, theres, like, you know, 13 blokes who can get together at the weekend to have a game together, which doesnt point to expansion of the game. Point, yeah go on!

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    06-Apr 15-Apr 29-Apr 18-May Week
Gain/Loss
Total
Gain/Loss
Shadow   87.2 87 86.8 87.7 -0.9 0.3
Bedford Roughyed   154.5 155.1 157.1   TBA TBA
Moose   69.9 69.9 69.9   TBA TBA
Gingerjon   81.5 81 81 81 0 -1.5
Tim2   80.5 80 81.5   TBA TBA
Wiltshire Rhino   135.26 135.26 135.26   TBA TBA
Bobbruce   86 86 87.7   TBA TBA
Niels   70.76 70.76 70.76   TBA TBA
Matt Santos   117 118 118   0 0
Damien   106.1 106.1 105.5 104.78 0.72 -3.17
Bob8   79.3 80.8 80.3   TBA TBA
Saint 1   85 85 85   TBA TBA
CanaBull   73.57 74.84 73.48 73.48 0 -1.45

 

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On 17/05/2020 at 16:08, bobbruce said:

19,19,22,22,18,18,22 and 92

was the 92 your weight?

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3 hours ago, Shadow said:
    06-Apr 15-Apr 29-Apr 18-May Week
Gain/Loss
Total
Gain/Loss
Shadow   87.2 87 86.8 87.7 -0.9 0.3
Bedford Roughyed   154.5 155.1 157.1   TBA TBA
Moose   69.9 69.9 69.9   TBA TBA
Gingerjon   81.5 81 81 81 0 -1.5
Tim2   80.5 80 81.5   TBA TBA
Wiltshire Rhino   135.26 135.26 135.26   TBA TBA
Bobbruce   86 86 87.7   TBA TBA
Niels   70.76 70.76 70.76   TBA TBA
Matt Santos   117 118 118   0 0
Damien   106.1 106.1 105.5 104.78 0.72 -3.17
Bob8   79.3 80.8 80.3   TBA TBA
Saint 1   85 85 85   TBA TBA
CanaBull   73.57 74.84 73.48 73.48 0 -1.45

 

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was the 92 your weight?

Probably I’m too scared to look. 

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1 hour ago, bobbruce said:

Well done Bob hopefully I can follow your example. 

I want and expect you to smash through it.

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Holy ###### I'm going backwards.  65 on the exhaustion test at the weekend, so went back again to week 5.  Day 1  36, 40, 30, 24, 40+ (41).

That was keeping the interval time down though, so there is that.  Keeping on keeping on.

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17 hours ago, CanaBull said:

Holy ###### I'm going backwards.  65 on the exhaustion test at the weekend, so went back again to week 5.  Day 1  36, 40, 30, 24, 40+ (41).

That was keeping the interval time down though, so there is that.  Keeping on keeping on.

It is never steady and you cannot control that. What you can control is doing it.

So, congratulations!

 

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17 minutes ago, Bob8 said:

It is never steady and you cannot control that. What you can control is doing it.

So, congratulations!

 

Thanks mate, really appreciate the back up, thank you! 

This is definitely keeping my mind off other things at the moment so in a way I'm sort of glad I'm not hitting the goal quickly.  Keeps the focus going.  Silver linings and all that.  Lower half got pretty badly hurt in a fall about 5 weeks ago too so I've been doing just upper body work while carefully keeping the lower bits moving with yoga.  Got out at the weekend for a decent walk for the first time since getting hurt and did 3.75 km in 33 minutes, fingers crossed I can start rebuilding there too and back to light jogging in a week or two.

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7 minutes ago, Saint 1 said:

Ordering a set of scales on Friday - decided I may as well use this time to get leaner given I'm in the house and have complete control of my food. Weirdly I haven't touched a weight in over 2 months now, and yet I seem to have gained some muscle. It's encouraging that my own programming is going so well, I'm just quite surprised! 

One thing I've learned over the years, and one that I wished I'd have know 20 odd years ago, is that weights aren't the be all and end all. Some of the strongest people I have ever come across, as in functionally strong, have never lifted a weight.

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