Weight Free Wins

Not everything is about weight loss... in fact the 12WBT program is so much more than weight loss. It's about setting goals and getting healthy. For me this round was about holding my weight and getting faster.... hence the Fit no longer fat and Fast tag line.

So how is that going for you Meeghan???

Well I am definitely getting faster!

Time trial is this week and I will try and do this on the weekend - once I am rested but last weekend I went away with a great group of ladies and competed in one of the longest running adventure races in WA. The Blackwood marathon relay is a true country multisport event. I competed in the run - a lazy 11.2km run over hills. The second leg is kayak, then just to prove that not all events are uncivilised we all stop for lunch. After lunch the swimmer take off (and cover some of the kayak course hence the need to stop), they then tag (often with the help of the runner) the horse rider (yes it has equestrian as well) who finally tags the cyclist (road not mountain bike). PHEW.

Mean while the rest of your team are madly running around and driving in long convoys to get from one leg start to the next. With 180 teams that's a long convoy!

So how did I go - obviously by the first comment - very very well. I have been doing some track work to improve my speed and I got to say it is working! I was expecting to run a respectable 1 hour after all I ran 51 minutes for 10km in June and this was on a flat course. I had trained hard all week (but did take Friday off) and the first 2km were up a nasty hill.

Time: 55.08 for the 11.2km

Pretty happy with that.

Unfortunately the profile doesn't look as hilly as it felt.

Additional to this I have also had a little bit of help with my swim technique and now am swimming like a fish (especially with the tide at Emu Point - with the sharks). This week I am also investing in ZIPP wheels (404 clinchers for those who know about these things). These were the treat I offered myself 2 years ago if I could get to 74kg, which I have now held steady at for the last 18 weeks!

So now I am in my taper for the Mandurah Half Ironman - a warm up of 1.9km swim followed by a 90km cycle (which is the warm up for the run) then a 21.1km Run. There are 70 world champion spots across ironman and half ironman world champs up for grabs - who knows my luck in a big city!

Why are people unkind?

I know that I am not alone. I know I have lots of support. I am never going to be a sensational athlete I just done have the body for it. I lack that one big thing called raw talent but what I lack in talent I make up for in tenacity.

For me I am running well at the moment.

This is why when I am celebrating how well I am running for me I don't appreciate the sarcastic comments by others. Why are people so unkind!

Quietly getting on with the training

So I have been a little quite this last couple of week. Busy is part of it, but also I have been especially busy training.

I would love to say everything is going great but its going OK instead.

I am still struggling with my diet.... I am letting myself down most weeks. Falling back into the old excuses that got me to the weight I was. Fortunately this hasn't been a complete scream off the rails just some minor glitches but there have been too many of them.

I have been keeping stable with my weight which is definitely a big win. I would rather be dropping the kg a fraction but I don't deserve better numbers as I haven't been maintaining the control I need to achieve this. In essence I am getting the result I deserve for the work I have been putting in.

Training wise I have done quiet well last week - about 13 hours for the week but this week hasn't been as good. This isn't unusual at this point in my program and I am not worried about it too much.

So I need to get my act together this week as I am away AGAIN.

I am staying with my sister and her family this time which is good and bad. I am taking my breakfast (current favourite bircher Brekky) with me, lunch is provided at the course and dinner I will have to take what is on offer.

Also packing my training gear and will go for at least 1 run and perhaps do an video workout as well while I am away.

Good training week

So this week has been great.

Food intake has been ok not perfect but who is? Plus the extra exercise has made me hungry. I need food to fuel my training.

Training has been fantastic
Monday got a run in.
Tuesday was a 50km bike ride before work.
Wednesday was bodybalance in the  morning then a 14km run in the afternoon including a 2km segment at under 5 min km pace. Really happy with this.
Then another 50km+ effort today and a 1.8km swim tonight.

I have a friend keen for a ling 100km ride on Saturday. So thus with another run will probably give me 13 hours of training for the week.

That should do it.