Filling in for @Dr_Tigerchik.
Did you meet your goals for last week?
What are your goals for this week?
rough week
I am 3 days in a row w/o a particular unhealthy coping skill.
Last week
days w/o unhealthy coping skill - 5/7 I think
journal 7/7
practiice the āpauseā skill 3/7
goals this week
7/7 without that particular skill
journal each day
practice pause skill each day
I feel really fragile with so many fits and starts on āuse the skill, get a couple of day withoutā and am trying to get on more solid ground. Hereās to 3 days in a row of solid ground! @Chowders saw your msg on other thread, thanks.
Hugs, all the hugs. 3 days on solid ground is nothing to sniff at!
Last week: successful gym x2, PT x2, failed in the s/b/r realm. I did finally unpack my mtb from its travel case (itās only been there since July 
) to make room to put my road bike on the trainer, so I guess thatās a small step towards progress. I also started a 30-day Planksgiving challenge with some girlfriends - SUPER low stakes, but Iām all on building tiny healthier habits right now.
Plan for this week: 2x gym, 2x PT, s/b/r 1x each, plank challenge every day.
Iāve already done gym and planks today, and Iām skipping out of work a smidge early to go swim now - which is already progress on last week.
@Dr_Tigerchik keep the faith, you have lots of people rooting for you.
Oldest kiddo had first bass tournament of the season on Saturday (I was captain so up at 4:30am, home at 6pm), spent yesterday recovering. Working today but off until the weekend. Planning on a few workouts this week, need to break in my new goggles and Asics. Local weekly nighttime MTB group rides start this week too.
4 in a row
1/1 journal
1/1 pause
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Still chipping away at 5k training, about a month until it all gets put to the test. Training over the weekend felt good if hard. Definitely pretty along the Maine coast
Tonight will be tempo-ish intervals, Thursday will be faster. Probably a couple easy runs worked in too. This weekend will be a long ride for my dadās birthday, only marginally freaked about that.
4 days of Planksgiving streak.
1x gym and 1x PT done.
Swim done.
Thinking about next yearās races and trying to decide how much travel Iām willing to do and how I want to do it (drive/fly). Itās shaping up to be a spendy season.
Oh, I need more on this!!!
I failed/lost track of my Green Day plank challenge during the summer and want to get back into it
Also, the annual 100/100 is coming up soon (someplace?) and Iāll be getting my bibs together for that
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Dear lord, that Swiftie challenge is aggressive!!
Hereās the 30-day plank challenge my friends and I are doing. Disclaimer: itās fairly low-end for Actual Athletesā¢, but Iām still in the ātrying to rebuild consistencyā phase of training and the bar is so low that even I canāt find an excuse to not complete less than 5 minutes of exercise that doesnāt require special clothing or leaving the house. 
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5 days in a row!
2/2 journal
2/2 pause
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6 days in a row!
3/3 journal
3/3 pause
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Couple of more runs down, and a long ride on the trainer last night. Garminās predicted 5k pace is finally below my target time, so my watch thinks Iām improving.
The 69 mile long birthday ride for my dad this weekend should be fun, but had me a bit nervous, itāll be my longest ride of the year. And no real idea how to carry fuel for 5 hours on the bike.
So I completed (definitely not competed) my 4 Peaks event. Times were all a bit.slower than last year. Day one about 5 mins slower. Last year day 2 was shortened finishing at the hut below the summit. I was 5 mins slower to the hut this year. Felt pretty good up to the summit. I was 18 mins slower on the big day 3. I was ultra conservative early on and felt strong on the toughest section. I think I couldāve gone 10 or so minutes quicker but was happy to just get the job done. Day 4 was wet wet wet and it is the steepest, muddiest and most treacherous of the stages. I love it wet as it is so much fun. Couldnāt keep the smile of my face throughout except maybe as I literally crawled up the final 50 metres of the big climb. The descents were great fun 40% gradients in pouring rain definitely my happy place. My hips and hammies were done by the end. The course was 2 km longer than last year to avoid a treacherous section. Hard to compare times but probably about 10 mis slower based on checkpoint times. 2 quiet days of rest then I got out on the bike today. Weary body but all in working order (as much as it ever is these days).
I am hoping to actually lay a bit of a fitness base over the next couple of months.
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Find out where the 7-Elevens are on the route, bring your phone, and use a cash app
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good job!
7 days in a row!!! sat through an urge to use the unhealthy behavior last night and am soooo glad I did for LOTS of reasons
4/4 journal
4/4 pause
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@Kamarooka336, that sounds amazing! Congrats on a job well done.
@Dr_Tigerchik, way to wait out that urge. Seven!!
Iām at 100% compliance with gym, PT, and planks (or at least I will be, after Iāve planked in a few minutes here!) so far, and Iāve swum twice. I discovered this week that because I pay for TrainingPeaks I already have access to their virtual cycling platform, so Iām planning on getting a bike on the trainer to try that out over the weekend. If the weather cheers up a little I might run outside, otherwise itāll be a sad treadmill affair.
good job!
8 days in a row!
4/5 journal
5/5 pause
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Buddy tried the Training Peaks virtual and really liked it
69 mile birthday ride for my dad complete and Iām spent. I clearly need to spend more time on base work. The next couple days will be rest days.
āGrats on getting it done! Did you do it at home, or did you come and ride up here in ME?
Neither, southern NH as far east as Hampton, NH.
Got some runners yoga, foam roller work and stretching in this morning, and now Iām feeling pretty good.
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