My dog is too lazy to run and my cats are a work in progress.
A bit about me:
Been out of triathlon for 22 or 25 years, depending on how you count, excluding tiny ones. (I just realized I forgot something long that I didn't finish about 15 years ago while I was working on my thesis with an advisor who was against my doing tris.)
Anyway, I turn 66 3 days from now and at 160 lbs on a 5'4" frame am about 25 lbs overweight (and 15 lbs over the weight that I can run train consistently and not get injured.)
Since I'm crazy, I'm going to shoot for 3 "runs" per day, about 3k each time, to burn about 1,000 (k)cals per day, in the hopes that I can get down to training weight by the end of the period. (In spite of eating lots of my favorite legume (oops, bean): chocolate.) I'm not COMPLETELY untrained, as I tried 15-19 miles per day walking/running at the beginning of October for about 9 days, but got injured on the last day when I did a non-stop 10 mile run. (My resting pulse dropped about 10 beats to 50.) I also did dev's Olympic distance tri. per day in June last year (VERY slowly), and started dropping weight, but crashed near the end of the time and couldn't see a doctor for several months to deal with swelling in the ball of the foot. (The doc couldn't understand how I'd gotten some crap in my foot.)
Apology: So I'm a work in progress. Please be patient as you watch my average mile times go WAY up. (I will be doing walking at 6-12% on the treadmill (no fan installed) for a number of my workouts, as (for me) this is more fat-burning than running, and the races I'm thinking of doing this year involve a lot more strength than speed. If someone feels this is against the spirit of the rules please contact me. But this is what will keep my head in the game, because if I think of my times I'll get depressed.)
A little more context: I'm "retired", married (to a perennial 29-year-old) and the driver for 6 (homeschooled) kids, ranging from 9 to 22 years, am taking 2 courses this term at U of Md (genetics and physics), and help out the local youth orchestra on violin (and viola, but don't tell anybody). I'm also trying to get some of my family members to participate, but haven't had any luck so far...
Best of luck to everybody, and lets have fun. :-)
Tri or tri not; this is no du. (--- with apologies to Yoda.) Slow triathlete who survived Huntsville, Lelystadt, Colmar, Fontanil, and
Szekesfehervar/Lake Velence. Arbor hydration specialist in a kid's park in Monterrey 4 times in the 1990s (and in the pits in 1994).
A bit about me:
Been out of triathlon for 22 or 25 years, depending on how you count, excluding tiny ones. (I just realized I forgot something long that I didn't finish about 15 years ago while I was working on my thesis with an advisor who was against my doing tris.)
Anyway, I turn 66 3 days from now and at 160 lbs on a 5'4" frame am about 25 lbs overweight (and 15 lbs over the weight that I can run train consistently and not get injured.)
Since I'm crazy, I'm going to shoot for 3 "runs" per day, about 3k each time, to burn about 1,000 (k)cals per day, in the hopes that I can get down to training weight by the end of the period. (In spite of eating lots of my favorite legume (oops, bean): chocolate.) I'm not COMPLETELY untrained, as I tried 15-19 miles per day walking/running at the beginning of October for about 9 days, but got injured on the last day when I did a non-stop 10 mile run. (My resting pulse dropped about 10 beats to 50.) I also did dev's Olympic distance tri. per day in June last year (VERY slowly), and started dropping weight, but crashed near the end of the time and couldn't see a doctor for several months to deal with swelling in the ball of the foot. (The doc couldn't understand how I'd gotten some crap in my foot.)
Apology: So I'm a work in progress. Please be patient as you watch my average mile times go WAY up. (I will be doing walking at 6-12% on the treadmill (no fan installed) for a number of my workouts, as (for me) this is more fat-burning than running, and the races I'm thinking of doing this year involve a lot more strength than speed. If someone feels this is against the spirit of the rules please contact me. But this is what will keep my head in the game, because if I think of my times I'll get depressed.)
A little more context: I'm "retired", married (to a perennial 29-year-old) and the driver for 6 (homeschooled) kids, ranging from 9 to 22 years, am taking 2 courses this term at U of Md (genetics and physics), and help out the local youth orchestra on violin (and viola, but don't tell anybody). I'm also trying to get some of my family members to participate, but haven't had any luck so far...
Best of luck to everybody, and lets have fun. :-)
Tri or tri not; this is no du. (--- with apologies to Yoda.) Slow triathlete who survived Huntsville, Lelystadt, Colmar, Fontanil, and
Szekesfehervar/Lake Velence. Arbor hydration specialist in a kid's park in Monterrey 4 times in the 1990s (and in the pits in 1994).
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madMike100: Nov 17, 22 20:40