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Ooh! Me too! We're awesome!! :smiley:
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I used to be set to 1200, but felt really restricted and over ate fairly often. So I decided to switch to 1500, it's only a pound a week loss, but I'm much more consistent, can have a big eat day and still average 1500. With exercise, if I'm only working out for 30 mins I don't eat any cals, but eat some on longer…
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I would definitely recommend trying to get out on trails as much as possible. It helps strengthen all those little balancing muscles. I found strength training, like the Bodypump class, really useful for helping keep me injury free when the distance started ramping up. I ran with an Inov8 race pro 12 or something like…
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Mental strength can get you round, after all an ironman is Start then just don't stop... Sounds like swim will be fine. Definitely avoid running until you're much lighter. Get on the bike and do some serious interval training to build strength (building slowly). There's a lot of crossover between bike and run fitness, so…
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I did a 100k a while ago. I worked up to about 15 miles three times a week. Then stayed at 7-15 miles twice during the week and did 15-35 miles once at the weekend. Sometimes dropping the distance to recover, sometimes running twice at the weekend to get the super-long feeling. I can't run more than 3-4 times a week…
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For general health 0.5g/kg body weight is the general rule. If you're a newbie then just sticking to calorie intake is a good start. Don't worry too much about macros.
