Christmas has always been my favorite holiday. Growing up I loved cold weather and snow and everything about this time of year. Not much has changed, although I'm not a fan of cold or snow anymore, and I do miss my mom's house. No matter how old we are I think we crave the comfort of being a child at your parents house. Aside from that November ended up being a better month than expected. I ran a turkey trot and crushed it! Yes, I was disappointed about missing the bike event, but I've been pushing hard on the distance challenge and fitness overall and I'm seeing some good results. Merinda enjoyed a quiet thanksgiving with just the two of us. The long weekend was well deserved!
With that, let's revisit what I planned to do:
- Maintain weight
- Ride 550 miles
- Run every week as long as my knees/hips are ok with it.
- Race in a turkey trot
- Ad hoc walks to complete the November challenge
- Continue weight training
- Continue bootcamp workouts.
- Perfect Month in Apple
- Apple November exercise challenge
- Gold in my November challenges
- All the bonuses in #mc46 and start #mc47
- Scuba certification
Optional:
- Swim once or twice this month
- Row - Try to row twice this month.
Weight Results:
- Starting Weight: 214.0
- Ending Weight: 211.0
Exercise info:
- Number of rides: 119
- Time on exercise: 48:29:42
- Distance on rides: 709.51
- Number of runs: 2
- Distance running: 6.12
- Number of walks: 5
- Time walking: 3:37:22
- Distance walking: 9.46
- Number of rows: 0
- Time rowing: 0
- Number of swims: 0
- Distance swimming: 0
- Weight Workouts: 10
Results:
Honestly, this was the best month I've had in a while. The only thing I didn't get done was getting Scuba certified and I didn't get to run every week. I'm actually ok with that because the cooler weather has been making my knees and hip pretty sore. I've been going through biofreeze and other pain ointments like they're going out of style, but I finished the memory matters virtual 5k for Dad, with a PR, and then smashed that on Thanksgiving morning. I was 129% for my cycling goal so back to exceeding my target. I didn't get any of the optional workouts in, but those will come soon. I don't foresee myself swimming until January, but we'll see.
Well, what do I have planned for December to wrap up this year?
- Maintain weight
- Ride 550 miles
- Try to run weekly
- Two 5k events. 12/14 and 12/28
- December Apple challenge
- Continue weight training
- Continue bootcamp workouts.
- Perfect Month in Apple
- Gold in my December challenge
- All the bonuses in #mc47 and start #mc48
Optional:
- Scuba Certification
- 2-4 Rowing workounts
- Swim 1000 yards twice this month
Still in a quasi maintenance mode. Since I haven't registered for any triathalons, although it looks like I'll be registering for Dunedin soon, I'm mostly in bike and run mode. This is a good time to run outside so I'm working on getting faster. My goal is running at a sub 10 minute/mile pace (5k) by this time next year, and and ideally I want to finish a 5k in under 30 minutes which more like 9:39 pace. The only way to do that is to run and I run faster when I race. Other than that my goals remain the same; get stronger, fitter and faster. We're celebrating Christmas up in Virginia this year so I expect a little less bike mileage after the 21st, but I'll be a bachelor from the 5th until the 21st so I should be able to load up on miles before I go.
Well, with that I hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving, if that's your thing and we'll talk soon!
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