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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

Great goals! I also have a body-fat dropping goal and it really is hard. I've been struggling with it recently, I hope your progress will inspire me to push harder! good luck

Good luck! Zombies, run! app is great, those zombies hordes almost got on my last mission! You should try with this option enabled it adds a lot of fun to the run although it's difficult.

I'm going to a half marathon race on May 3rd. Feeling confident that I can finish it and I hope it will not be a hot day so I could try and push for a good time. I'm excited about it because I only started longer runs in the end of last year and I really liked it and it's going pretty well so far! before that the furthest I ran was about 5k.

Thanks for the positive comments! I do look at the bike riding as a life goal even though later on I might want to combine riding with my fitness, currently I just do it because it's a skill you should have at life and I don't The challenge didn't start yet but my half marathon training is already under way. yesterday I ran 19km, pretty close to my target

First challenge for me, pretty exciting! Goals 1. Run a half marathon![+5 STA] Signed up for a half-marathon race 3 weeks from now. The furthest I ran so far is 16km(10 miles). I plan on running 18-19 km(11.25 - 12 miles) this weekend and next weekend push for the 20-21km. Then rest from long runs for the two weeks before the race and rest from runs completely 5 days before the race. When signed up I entered 1:55 hours as my goal time so I'll stick with it here as well. A = complete in 1:55 or under B = 1:55 - 2:05 C = 2:05 - 2:15 D = > 2:15 2. Strength training[+3 STR] During training for the half marathon my strength training is kinda stuck, so when I'm after that race I am gonna push my strength a bit and aim for heavier weights! Bench press: 3 sets/8-10 reps/155 lbs. Currently I'm doing 135 lbs and on the last set I don't reach 8 reps. Pull ups: 3 Sets/10 reps. Currently I'm able to do 8-9 on the first set and 6-8 on the remaining ones.Dips: 3 Sets/12 reps/holding 6 kg between feet. Current'y I'm able to do 3 sets of 10 reps with 3 kg between feet, or 8 reps with 4 kg.Of course I'm doing more strength exercises but these are my favorites so I'll focus on these. 3. Go away fat![+2 CON, +2 CHA] Currently my body fat percentage is around 16.5 (Using scale I have at home which is probably inaccurate but can still show progress). I want to drop that to 15% by the end of the challenge. A = < 15% B = 15% - 15.5% C = 15.5% - 16% D = 16% - 16.5% 4. Better late than never[+2 WIS, +1 CHA] A little embarrassing but I don't know how to ride a bicycle.. I somehow managed to avoid that till now without many people knowing that/ After the half marathon the aren't many running events(Too hot...) so I figured I should run a little less(but not stop completely! never!) and find something else to focus on, And finally learning how to cycle seems like a great thing to do! Hopefully I will manage to overcome the embarrassment. I am not sure how to grade this but I think it should be something like A - managed to cycle around my block without breaking anything. D - went to a few lessons. Let's get going!

Had this for a long time and never really what was causing that. few months ago I started training for 10k race and this always happened to me after 6 kms, sometimes even at both feet! I just sucked it up for a few runs and now I just never feel it anymore... I know it's not very helping but I really have no clue what caused it and how it got away.. maybe the calves just got stronger

I'm not a master of squats so I probably can't help you much with that... but I had a similar problem to what you described about the imbalance... Just keep going with same weight on both hands and after a while it will simply even. worked for me

grunting like crazy! on first set it's kinda quiet, but come the last set and it's getting louder and louder until the last rep where it feels like I can't move the weight without grunting

Nice progress! those small things are the fuel to keep going!

After missing quite a few workout in the past 2 weeks and thinking about giving up on half marathon training, I managed a 16km run in under 1:25! I was literally punching the air in joy in the middle of the street when I finished!!