Weigh-in post #10 2010: Weekend warrior update
I had 3 goals for this last weekend.
- Take my family out for a walk or a bike ride.
- Weigh no more on Monday morning than I did on Saturday morning.
- Run more than a half marathon distance.
I’m pleased to report that I achieved all 3.
On Sunday morning the family went for a great walk along a bike track. My little monkey was on her bike and she did a great 2km. Not bad for a 2.5 year old. Of course we had to carry her and her bike most of the way back. 
The second one was a bit of a cheat in that I had a large meal late on Friday evening. This meant beating that was relatively easy. It was date night with my wife and we had a great meal so no regrets. I’m actually a full kg down on scale weight from last Monday so I think that is a win.
The third one I reported on here.
Overall a successful week in that I lost .59 kg which is 1.3 pounds. I’ll take it.
It’s still a green year although the slope seems to be flattening out somewhat. I’ll have to work on that.
I had a great run in to work this morning. I took the long way and did 16.2 km. I’m quite surprised how well my body has held up to the increased mileage. I feel stronger than ever and don’t have any of the normal little niggles. I think the slow long runs are paying off.
I hope the other participants had as great a Weekend warriors challenge!
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Great work this weekend Andrew!
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Great job this weekend and on keeping the year green – great looking chart still!
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Great job on the goals Andrew, especially #1!
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Congrats on achieving your goals!!!!
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Good job. Sounds like you’re definitely a warrior.
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Good job Andrew! You did so awesome!
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Congrats
I sadly can’t keep to my promises, i mean well but have trouble sticking to my goals, your a better man than i am. Well done
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Sounds like a resounding success! Love the shape of those charts, too. You’re having am awesome 2010.
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Congrats on the continued weight loss! Slow and steady wins the race.
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Way to go Andrew! Sounds like you keep moving in the right direction!
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Congrats on hitting those goals! Not only did you get the walk in but you got the workout carrying the bike back.
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Good job, great green, good Lord–you’re an amazing runner!!
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Good job with the green stuff! Keep it going!
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You always seem to be weighing in when I see your blog. :p
Weekend are killer for you too? I have a friend in town now.. so going out to eat is the norm for me at the moment. Luckily I know what to eat and how to say no at times.
Keep running andrew.
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Great job on your goals.
I am truly amazed at the amount of km’s in put in each day!
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Congrats man!
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Wow you aced everything! Awesome!
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Nice work Andrew! And 77km for the week is amazing. I am curious about what you call “slow running”, partly because I have trouble holding back whenever I intend to run slow, and partly because I would love to feel stronger as my mileage increases as well. Do you judge yourself based on pace or is it more based on heart rate zones? If pace do you have a threshold below which you will not run (and no ceiling to how slow you go), or do you try and stay in a range? If heart rate what is the target range for you since I think we are about the same age?
Keep up the good work!
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Andrew
reply on March 11th, 2010 11:07 am:
I’ve been trying to keep myself under 145 (180 – my age) beats per minute although I find that quite easy now and tend to average around 130 for 6:30/km. My target marathon pace is 5:30ish and I can do 1km bursts at that while keeping my hr under 145 now.
That’s keeping my hr well in the aerobic zone.
I got started on this by reading the posts in the low HR group on running ahead.
http://www.runningahead.com/groups/LOWHRTR/forum/de1ea191eea84308b3e1116c67f77ec4
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I have recently started a weight lifting routine and walk on a regular basis. I like the idea of the “Weekend Warrior Challenge”. Setting some personal goals for a specified time period. I am going to try and see if I can get the family together for a walk this coming weekend. I think that if I suggest going to a mall I can get the kids interested. ;o) It will be some nice family time with a healthy goal mixed in. Thanks for the idea and I want to check out the physicsdiet.com site as well that you used for the graphs above. ;o)
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Thanks for the information Andrew, and the link. Interesting read! I’m not sure I have the requisite discipline to follow through on the low heart rate training as described, but it does make sense in many ways, and in particular the whole training your body to burn fat and not rely exclusively on carbs and glycogen stores. I, for one, believe we eat way too much carbs, especially the processed variety, and that nothing good comes of this type of diet.
Though it is tasty!
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Good job Andrew, keep up the good work. I have found that writing out my goals gives me the best chance of reaching them.
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