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A Personal December Challenge
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Woohoo - I'm past half-way
4 and 3/4 miles this morning in the freezing cold and sleet means I'm now on 52 miles done this month, 48 to go....
I also managed to get through another work Christmas do yesterday without any booze - despite appearances to the contrary.....
Afternoon all
Only 1.5 miles done this week, mainly due to pressure of work and lack of time, Xmas party tonight which should be good fun. Might get to do some exercise but won't weigh until Monday lunchtime.
Total mileage is now 30.30, 39.7 left. Must get my backside into gear from Sunday.
Weight-loss is also going really well, and this morning the scales showed 11st 9.5 lbs - yippee!
50 mins easy yesterday, nice and comfortable, if slow. But relieved to see that things are improving after such a long time out.
Haven't weighed myself yet, going to leave that until next week, but I guess it's going down as jeans that were too tight a week or two ago can now be worn. Saw a photo of me taken recently -
. Enough said.
Have a good one today, folks.
argh, a cold followed by an injury is scuppering my target of 100 miles this month - haven't run since the 11th.
Weight target looking good as I haven't put any on so far! Despite 3 xmas meals last week and lots of biccies and choccies around at work
Couldn't manage much over weekend since away in snowy Scotland... 2-3 miles up and down some hills, all the pavements iced over so best I could find.
Out today for 7 miles so that's 80+ miles done for the month, and more than 1200 miles done for the year.
Only ever managed 7-15 miles a week at most previously, 400 a year ish , so way past that.. 1200 is likely triple anything I've done before.
A nice end to a good years running. Aiming to at least do 100 miles this month.
morning all, now only 28.5 milesof my 80to go, I think its going to be done!
Well done all who are on target and commiserations people with colds lurgies etc, its a b*gger. Glad I didnt specify losing weight in my target...
It has rekindled my running having a target I must say!
I've done a plan of when I can run between now and the end of the month, and hopefully I can get there without having to go crazy and run on Christmas Day....
Lunchtime run tomorrow with friend, gym in evening to enroll (dw sports offer 12 days 12 quid) and maybe doing upto 11ish miles on Thursday.
5 consecutive days running... Hmmm... See how tired legs are .. I'd only do 4 normally.
Haven't been too well for the last week or so which is reflected in my run today
2 miles today bringing my total for the month so far to 32.32, still got 37.68 to do. Tomorrow is my last day before Xmas so won't run again until Friday but will have time for two long runs between now and the end of the month so may hit 70 miles.
Weighed myself for the last time this year, won't weigh again as I'm using the scales in the office,and my weight has crept up to 14st 1 7/8lbs so won't stay below 14 for this month.
Just finished another run - now at 87 miles....
I've just done another 11 miles, which means I'm now on 98 miles, with just two to go to reach my target of 100 for the month!
Two of my other targets are also on track (hill training has gone well, and I'm at my target weight of 11st 9), but it's not going to be 4 out of 4 as I've broken my teetotal spell and had a few glasses of wine last night with dinner. My excuse is that I'm at my in-laws and it would be rude not to join in - particularly as my father in law has some stonkingly good wine!
Hope everyone has a great Christmas....
In laws and booze... Think we all understand. Think the les dawson documentary is/ was on too? He stopped telling mother in law jokes after she died.
I'm actually at 109 miles of an initial target of 80 .
1) enjoy myself at christmas a bit but keep weight under 12 stone
See me next week, but good so far.
2) 80 miles running to end the year on 1201 miles, Dec 1st was on 1121
Currently on 1229 ... So 1250 in sight too.
3) see physio, plus foam roll when needed & stay injury free!
Been swimming and lots of stretches.
4) do one (or two) long runs to maintain fitness
One 16 miler done. Maybe one more?
5) be ready for half marathon on jan 2nd
Fingers crossed. But done some hills and speed sessions
6) keeping dong core & circuit classes
Done and more this week tue-Friday
Merry xmas everyone
still on the injury bench - now on antibiotics and have seen the physio about my ankle.
so - running goal will not be met
but - weight: amazingly I have lost a couple of pounds this week, so even with over-indulging today (and probably tomorrow) I shouldn't manage to have put any on during december so that goal looks good
major goal now is to get better and fit to run again to start proper marathon training - gulp
I think I should be able to get to 111 with two little 3 mile runs tomorrow and Thursday, and then I'm running the Knacker Cracker on New Year's Day....
Just done a 5 miler so now at 43 / 50 miles........looking good for the 50
Haven't dared weigh myself this morning after rather overdoing it yesterday
Final update:
1) Achieved - ended up doing 119 miles, target for January is 150.....
2) Achieved - hopefully I've done enough hills, and I'm really looking forward to the run tomorrow...
3) Not achieved - I fell of the wagon on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and yesterday...
4) Achieved - weight yesterday was 11st 8
So, three out of four overall - and even though I didn't stay alcohol free for the whole month, I did manage 27 days, which is better than it might have been.
How did everyone else do?
Nice effort YP. Trying to give up booze in December though? Madness!
I suppose I ought to weigh myself when I'm round my dad's tomorrow. I strongly suspect that despite having run 83 miles and cycled 374 this month, my weight's gone up rather than down. Tis the season for cheese, chocolate and booze. Oops.
Well, I didn't quite make it to 50 miles......I got to 46. I was going to do the final 4 today, but decided to wait and run tomorrow as the January challenge starts...and if I'd run today I probably wouldn't have gone out tomorrow.
Er....not quite so successful on the weight front for the same reasons as Mr Pub
1) ...enjoy myself at christmas a bit but keep weight under 12 stone
Dead on 12 stone.
2) 80 miles running to end the year on 1201 miles, Dec 1st was on 1121
130 miles done! Seemed easy. Strange.
1251 miles done for the year too. Awesome, like 3 times more than before.
3) see physio, plus foam roll when needed & stay injury free!
Fingers crossed, done some swimming too...
4) do one (or two) long runs to maintain fitness - one done, 16 miles.
5) be ready for half marathon on jan 2nd - some good speed work, been going to running club for first time this month
6) keeping dong core & circuit classes - done... More planned, tougher for 2012 too
Well done to all.