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Soo, I completed the half marathon and it was amazing! I tried to start slow with the 1:55 pacer, but my stupid competitive self can't see people in front of me without trying to overtake those in front of me. But I somehow managed to keep going at a pace faster than my I ran on my training even though the 16-20km were really hard!! Eventually I finished with an amazing 1:48 time, better than I expected I'm gonna take some time off running long distances and probably do some more strength training

Thanks for all the support! I barely find the time to post lately, but the brief moments I have here really make me smile Be sure that i'll post all the details about the run as soon as I can

As part of my training for the half marathon I ran 10 km on saturday and cut 30 seconds of my best time for 10k! Figured that after the half marathon I should think of cutting even more as I felt I could go stronger! Yesterday I went to the gym and did 3x12 dips with 5kg between my legs, so I guess next time it is time to swtich to 6 kg weight between legs and get real close to my goal! Today I went to pick up the shirt for the race(which is on Friday). Having the shirt makes it feel real close and I started to get excited for the race! Hope it will go well

I haven't updated for a while... had a busy schedule. I had to give up on my run on Saturday due to bad weather, but I was so disappointed about it that I just had a 20km run on Monday instead. It was pretty hard but I really wanted to complete it and managed to finish it. All ready for the half-marathon next Friday Strength training also goes quite well and today I managed 10 pull ups for the first time since I started training! On the other 2 sets I only managed 6-7 but things are going pretty well I also did 3 sets of dips with 5kg between my legs but only the first 2 were 12 reps, but seems like this one is also going the right way

Went to the gym yesterday and managed 9 pull-ups on my first set! But then only 7 and 6 on the other two... I also managed 3x12 dips with 4kg Before leaving home I stepped on the scale and saw that my bf% is under 16%! Problem is that I think my scale isn't really accurate and I should find another way to measure that. Tomorrow I'm going for my last long distance run before the half marathon in 2 weeks.

Great job on the marathon! and good luck on your goals

Thanks for the link, I had no idea it takes so long to recover from blood donation. I guess I'll just donate after the race as you suggested

I'm in! I'll do some spidey planks tomorrow. Great story!

Haven't updated in a while.. I went on a relaxed 7km(4.5 miles?) run on Monday, went pretty well... Tuesday was a day off and I did a BBQ with my family. tried to do it a paleo meal(and succeeded) so I ate lots of meat and veggies. Now I just got back from an interval training on a 6km(a little less than 4 miles) route in my town. The last 3 sprints were really hard but I like sprinting and it was pretty fun although I limped home after that Tomorrow there is a blood donation at my work but since I want to run 21km on Saturday I'm not sure if I should donate blood, what do you think?

I tried it with endomondo and it works just fine

Welcome! Good luck with your goals it seems like you know what you need to do

Good luck with the triathlon! I am curious about how a triathlon training plan looks like so I'll really look forward to your updates

Liked you story! Good luck with your goals

Thanks for all the support! Really keeps me motivated trying not to fail you in addition to myself! After eating too much on the weekend, I did some strength training today morning(yes, my week starts on Sunday) and managed 3 sets of bench press with 135 lbs. first set went great and I managed 10, the second and third I managed 8 but really struggled on the last few reps. Lesson learned from the weekend: Although I think it's good to let loose a bit on the weekend(especially after doing one of my long runs) and eat things I avoid on the weekdays(like bread), I should really focus on letting loose a bit and not a lot like I did this weekend... Lesson from today: I really think about moving my gym sessions to the morning even though it means waking up a bit earlier. I was last tired compared to evening sessions, and it was really refreshing to start the day with a good workout

Great goals and great planning! I liked the 'no internet after 9' goal