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My head is shrinking
Yesterday I was doing some work in the yard. It was hot and sunny outside, so I reached for one of my baseball caps I haven't worn in quite a while. I put it on and it was loose. I thought that was weird so I grabbed a different hat and it too was loose. Then it hit me that as part of the 60 pounds I have lost my head is…
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indoor Triathlon
Today I did and indoor triathlon at my YMCA. It was 20 mins swimming 5 mins to change then 20 mins on exercise bike on level 5 the over to the treadmill for 20 mins with 2% grade at what ever speed you wanted. I shared a swim lane with a college age girl. I thought she would kick my but in the water, she had that swimmers…
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Sprint Triathlon
Today is the big day! I am doing my first triathlon it is a sprint distance one. I have been training for the past few months for today. The training was the goal. The race today was just the motivation. I signed up early for the race so I had the motivation to train. I also found a group of people to train with. This has…
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Finished 5k new PR
I just had to share with you all I just raced in a 5 k (Race for the Cure) this morning and I was able to break 30 minutes. I was very excited about my time. I started running just over a year ago and it has been one of my goals to break 30 minutes. Today was the day. I am training for a marathon doing the Galloway method…
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lost 160 pounds today
So today we went to a different grocery store and in the back they had a scale so I stepped up on it and only weighed 74 pounds. Of course this is nowhere near to my actual weight, but it was fun to watch the dial only go around a little bit instead of almost all the way around. I did proudly announce to my kids and every…
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Triathlon today
I finished my second sprint triathlon this morning. It was very hot today. The ocean was pretty calm so the swim 1/4 mile was nice. The bike(10 miles) was nice with no wind the course was very flat there were cars on the course and they were very considerate. The run is the hard part for me and today was a tough one. I did…
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New way of thinking (running)
So I started running last September. I had never ran as exercise before this. My neighbor is in a Galloway group (Run/walk) and they were getting ready to start training for a half marathon. I decided that this would really help my weight loss / training goals. I had been spinning and swimming and doing weights and…
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15k race today
I did a 15k (9.3mile) race today. my goal was to break 2 hours for the race and I did it with about a minute to spare. I was happy with the outcome of my race today. I ran with some of the women in my group and we all finished the race in good time and with good spirits.
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Rest days
How many of you schedule in a rest day into your workout schedule. I am training for a Triathlon this summer and every training plan has rest days built into them. Today is my rest day. Tomorrow I will do my long run of the week. I just feel like I should be doing something. I know my body needs a day off but I want to go…
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Half Marathon
I just got home from running my first half marathon. I felt good after the finish. All the training I have done has paid off. :smile: I trained with a group and all of us finished. I had a goal of under 3 hours and made it with about 7 minutes to spare. It is amazing that before this past September I didn't run at all.…
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Saturday run club
I just returned from my 7 mile group run. We did our run over the bridges this morning. Since we have no hills in Fla. We use the bridges to get in our hills. Who else ran or is planning on running today.
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Just finished a New Years Eve 5k
I just got home from running in a 5k. I even set a new PR (38:10) not very fast but I was out there and ran every mile:happy: 3 months ago I started running and never thought I would like going out for a run. And to think this is my second run this week. I am going for a short run tomorrow and then taking a polar plunge.…
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Just finished a 6k
I just finished running in a 6k race. And while I am not very fast I was out there with about 4,000 of my new friends:smile: The good news is the weather was nice it was about 40 and sunny and no breeze. It made for a very nice morning run. And as a bonus I burned 660 calories so no guilt at dinner tonight. Of course I…
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First 5k
Today I raced in my first 5k. I have started training for a Half marathon in February. They had us run a 5k so they can place us in pace groups. I have been running now for 3 weeks. I finished in 38:35 which is no where near the time the fast people finish in. However this was my first race and I finished and I am very…
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cycling class distance
How far do you all reckon a typical spinning class is. I am just trying to get an idea of what it relates to in road miles I understand your milage may vary. I would like to think I am covering around 10 miles is a typical class.
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New PR for Rowing
This afternoon I went to the "Y" to do my standard exercise routine. I typically use the rowing machine and do 20 minutes and try to get to 4000 meters. Then I will either do the ellipitical or the treadmill for 20 minutes. So I decided to kick it up a notch. I did 5000 meters in 23:40 (New Personal Record) and then went…
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People starting to take notice
Today I had 2 people take notice of my weight loss. It was pretty exciting that they actually noticed and asked what I was doing. Which gave me the chance to tell them about MFP. One guy was like no how are you really loosing the weight. I told him about the site and how it is helping me to make better choices, and making…
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New to this
Hello everyone. I just joined and have been looking around. This looks like it will really help me to meet my goal.
