[OFF TOPIC] Your Own Excercise Thread

[Josh 11,551]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Still not that far off of your PB's, which, considering you're (I assume) not a professional with a professional coaching team around you to time everything to the right week, is definitely an excellent performance I'd say  

Yeah I guess, but I have such high expectations for myself. I know I can do better than that.

Edited August 14, 2023 by Josh

[kungshamra71 948]

@heywoodu weren’t you from somewhere near this town? I just left it after a short race there and I think I heard about it from the TISC, but I might be mistaken 

 

[heywoodu 16,010]

21 minutes ago, kungshamra71 said:

@heywoodu weren’t you from somewhere near this town? I just left it after a short race there and I think I heard about it from the TISC, but I might be mistaken 

 

It depends on your definition of near  

 

Roughly half an hour or so by car, but also barely 5 minutes from my work's office in Amersfoort   I don't think I have ever mentioned Hoevelaken, but it is something you might hear a lot on the radio in the traffic jam reports.

 

Also, how was your race?  

Edited August 26, 2023 by heywoodu

[kungshamra71 948]

On 8/26/2023 at 12:57 PM, heywoodu said:

It depends on your definition of near  

 

Roughly half an hour or so by car, but also barely 5 minutes from my work's office in Amersfoort   I don't think I have ever mentioned Hoevelaken, but it is something you might hear a lot on the radio in the traffic jam reports.

 

Also, how was your race?  

It was leuk! :D 

 

nothing special, just doing some 5km races here and there as a way to enjoy the weather and "visit" new places. I did went last weekend to cycle on the Houtribdijk (the one between the Markermeer and Ijsselmeer), and that was fun, there were even people in a beach in the middle of the dijk, which has to be one of the most dutch things ever haha (going to a beach in a dike i mean).

[heywoodu 16,010]

5 hours ago, kungshamra71 said:

It was leuk! :D 

 

nothing special, just doing some 5km races here and there as a way to enjoy the weather and "visit" new places. I did went last weekend to cycle on the Houtribdijk (the one between the Markermeer and Ijsselmeer), and that was fun, there were even people in a beach in the middle of the dijk, which has to be one of the most dutch things ever haha (going to a beach in a dike i mean).

Cool  

 

If you're ever in roughly the area north of the line Amersfoort - Apeldoorn and you see someone cycling on a bright green Cube mountainbike, chances are it's me  (chance is even bigger if a smaller person on a white Cube mountainbike is accompanying said person and both are wearing black/red/blue )

[Swewi 460]

Played Swedish singles curling championships last weekend. Had some big misses that destroyed the chance to defend my title but ended up 4th. 

Edited December 15, 2023 by Swewi

[Agger 1,701]

A new year also means a new season for me. 

After my half marathon I registered for another in september where my target was cutting 5 minutes from my PB but a nasty fall 1½ week before made it impossible. 

Got back about a month later and started training for a 5 KM PB just before christmas. It felt great before I was caught by a nasty flu/Covid or whatever in the beginning of december. Kept me out for the first half of the month, but I did manage to get 4 good runs within the last 2 weeks of december.

It's feeling fine, so tomorrow I start working towards a 10km PB in the middle of March and a good half marathon PB in the summer (hoping for a 1.45, but I wont set a target before I see how the next months work out).

Have my first small races set up with one in january and one in february.

[Jinzha 702]

Keep it up @Agger!!

 

I've also got some athletics new years resolutions, I'm beginning to train for my first triathlon. I've already got a second hand road bike and I'm joining a weekly swimming group next week, alongside my regular running. I'm hoping to do a 1/4 or Olympic Distance triathlon in the summer.

Edited January 1, 2024 by Jinzha

[Jinzha 702]

Still training for my first triathlon and I'm really struggling with swimming every week, this isn't going to be as easy as I had hoped.

 

Meanwhile the running is still going well! Ran my second sub-40 10K today: 39:21 in a local event! My PB is still 38:45 from last year, but that was definitely out of reach despite the perfect weather conditions today.

[canadafan2024 140]

https://marathonpourtous.paris2024.org/en/news/2024/participate-in-the-connected-marathon-pour-tous/18

 

I am planning to do a virtual 10K for this challenge on the night of Aug.10, for my birthday and to coincide with the public 10K night run in Paris. Hopefully all the yummy food and late nights in Paris in late July for me don't completely take away my legs