BarefootDawsy

Day 1 and I've hit the ground running - literally. Kicked things off this morning with my first proper, non-stop long run in nearly a decade. I ran for 1 hour and knocked off 8km. Not my fastest run, but better than I expected On track so far: Week 1: Long Run: Complete: 1h/8km 5k: Pending Hills: Pending Stats: Current XP 1550 Level Level 2 To Next Level: 450 On a side note, I broke the 90kg barrier this week! Feels good to be getting my health back in order - it's been way too long.

All good mate, just riling you up anyways to make you want to do another challenge

That's great! Best of luck

Love the optimism Hope you're right!

Thanks! We'll see if it pays off...I did 4 separate exercise sessions today, so I think it's going to work

Haven't read it yet, but it's the second time I've heard it mentioned this month so I'll be interested to see how you go. The one I've used in the past is Strength Running by Jason Fitzgerald...I think he actually did some posts on NF at one point too. Anyways good luck!

Awesome, that sounds like a great challenge. Is it the Jeff Horowitz program you're doing?

Jinkies!

On the back of last month's successful challenge, I've got full nerd and built my own personal RPG based around my training habits. I got thinking about this after adding in Achievements in the last challenge. I found these quite motivating, but the adhoc nature of them left me wanting. For this challenge, I'm going to start tracking XP and levelling up! Why didn't I ever think of this before?? I've got a Google doc to track everything, but the key components are the XP Task chart, Levelling chart, and daily logs. Here are the first 2: In a nutshell, I'm going to be tracking my daily activities, runs, etc and applying XP to each of them. My goal for this challenge is to level up at least once. Ideally as I progress, the tasks will get harder and garner more XP, and I can keep aiming for a new level each challenge. I'll be focusing on benchmarking my running and improving my fitness. Each week I will do: A timed 5k where I will try to beat the previous week's time A hill run. I've identified 5 big hills to conquer, increasing in difficulty throughout the challenge A 1h long run at any pace each weekend At the end I will have a baseline for my 5k time, be able to RUN up the 5 hills, and last an hour on my feet. I graciously awarded myself 1000 xp for completing the last challenge, so I'm starting this one at Level 2. I'll be tracking my progress pre-challenge to keep the momentum going as well. I'm up to 1025xp as of this morning, so just 975xp to go - easy peasy. If anyone reading this wants to play along, I'd love to see how you go as well and would be happy to share my doc. It's a work in progress but seems to be doing the trick so far. The other bit that I'm still working on is beating enemies/boss fights. The way this is going to work is that I'm still following on my current diet regime, with menus all planned out each weekend. My 'mobs' are the social engagements and temptations that pop up along the way. Each sticky situation that I get out of will net me some bonus XP. I've only got a few mobs defined so far but will likely add to the list as I get tempted: Oh and also Quests. These are long-term goals. I probably won't knock many of these off, but they're there anyways: This is going to be heaps of fun - Can't wait for the challenge to start! Oh and @Endor Shall we say parkrun on the last day of the challenge?

Challenge Summary Goal 1: Exercise Every Day Week 1 Streak : 7/7 days Complete! Week 2 Streak: 7/7 days Complete! Week 3 Streak: 7/7 days Complete! Week 4 Streak: 6/7 days Week 5 Streak: 7/7 days Complete! Goal 2: Runs Twice per week Week 1: 2 - Complete! Week 2: 2 - Complete! Week 3: 1 Week 4: 0 Week 5: 2 - Complete! Goal 3: Starting Weight: 92.5kg Weight Loss Required: 2.5kg Current Weight: 90.1 Weight lost: 2.4kg A couple of small misses in there, but ooooh so close on the weight loss! Bonus points to me for actually finishing a challenge! I'm going to call that a success! Thanks for everyone who followed along, especially @Xena and of course @Endor, who was soundly beaten once again, but gracious in defeat as always Thanks for being my partner in crime! I'm already planning out my next challenge, so I'll see you all again soon!

Mate, all things considered, I think you've gone really well. 2.9kg is nothing to scoff at! I'm up for another challenge if you need some snide comments to keep you going. Thanks for the challenge, it was great

Friday? Mais non, the challenge doesn't end until tomorrow I've got one more day to go so I'll be nil by mouth the rest of the day

Weather's turned this morning so no run today Hopefully I'll get one in on the weekend, but the forecast is wild and woolly, so I don't like my changes. On the plus side, I'm down to 90.2! SOOOO close now!

So far so good....down to 90.7 (getting close!!), did a run, and daily exercise has been happening. I can see the finish line up ahead...

I knew i should have read the fine print....

Goal 1: Exercise Every Day Week 1 Streak : 7/7 days Complete! Week 2 Streak: 7/7 days Complete! Week 3 Streak: 7/7 days Complete! Week 4 Streak: 6/7 Missed 1 but did 2 yesterday to make up for the missed session Goal 2: Runs Twice per week Week 1: 2 - Complete! Week 2: 2 - Complete! Week 3: 1 (it was a big one though so 1.5?) Week 4: 0 Booo. Fail. This week was all over the place. Good news is that I did take the time to work out a running plan that I will implement during the next challenge, so not a complete loss. Does thinking about running count? Goal 3: Starting Weight: 92.5kg Weight Loss Required: 2.5kg Current Weight: 91.1 Weight lost: 1.4kg Status: Cutting it fine, but within striking distance!

Great to have you back mate! I've been overeating and not exercising to let you catch up a bit. Back to business this week Hope you had a nice break!

Goal 1: Exercise Every Day Week 1 Streak : 7/7 days Complete! Week 2 Streak: 7/7 days Complete! Week 3 Streak: 7/7 days Complete! Week 4 Streak: 4/5 Missed 1 Goal 2: Runs Twice per week Week 1: 2 - Complete! Week 2: 2 - Complete! Week 3: 1 (it was a big one though so 1.5?) Week 4: 0 so far Goal 3: Starting Weight: 92.5kg Weight Loss Required: 2.5kg Current Weight: 91.5 Weight lost: 1.0kg Status: Behind Not the best week so far - it's the last week of school holidays so routine is out the window. Looking forward to getting properly on track next week. Missing @Endorthis week too...it's not the same when I can't rub my successes in his face

Oi! I've lost a kilo since your last post - wake up princess, it's time to go to work

Alright mate, nap time is over, let's get back into this thing!!!

OK, so you know that old games "Snakes and Ladders"? That's basically my week. It was the first week of school holidays, so all routine has gone out the window and I'm back to square one on my weight goal. The fitness goals are going well though, and I've walked a LOT this week: Goal 1: Exercise Every Day Week 1 Streak : 7/7 days Complete! Week 2 Streak: 7/7 days Complete! Week 3 Streak: 7/7 days Complete! Goal 2: Runs Twice per week Week 1: 2 - Complete! Week 2: 2 - Complete! Week 3: 1 (it was a big one though so 1.5?) Goal 3: Starting Weight: 92.5kg Weight Loss Required: 2.5kg Current Weight: 92.5 Weight lost: 0.0kg Status: Behind One more week of holidays left, then things will be back to normal. I've got my meals laid out for the rest of the week now though, and only 1 social engagement to go.

That sucks, but I hope he's feeling better now. Take care!

Weight bounced up a bit this morning, but went for a run and did some skipping, and still on track: Goal 1: Exercise Every Day Week 1 Streak : 7/7 days Complete! Week 2 Streak: 6/6 Goal 2: Runs Twice per week Week 1: 2 - Complete! Week 2: 2 - Complete! Goal 3: Starting Weight: 92.5kg Weight Loss Required: 2.5kg Current Weight: 90.7 Weight lost: 1.5kg Status: On Track

Also, I had the exact issue with my samsung too. Pocket crud ftw.

Week 2 is progressing well. I've fit in 1 run so far and have completed Week 1 of the 100 pushups program. We're going away next week, but I should be able to make it work! Goal 1: Exercise Every Day Week 1 Streak : 7/7 days Complete! Week 2 Streak: 5/5 Goal 2: Runs Twice per week Week 1: 2 - Complete! Week 2: 1 Goal 3: Starting Weight: 92.5kg Weight Loss Required: 2.5kg Current Weight: 90.7 Weight lost: 1.8kg Status: On Track Past halfway to my goal weight already! Just go to keep holding steady for the weekend now