18ck is going to need a bigger boat

[18ck]

If there's one thing I have learned from my last challenge (and I think there was something) it's that I need to have fewer bullshit scenarios and more actual achievable goals.

This time, I will be training for the Pairs Head (a race for double sculling boats on the Thames between Chiswick and Hammersmith) on the 13th of October so I will...

1. Do at least 4 sessions of specific sculling training (actual rowing or land-based rowing training) for the first 4 weeks of the challenge and hit 14 minutes as a final time (we are currently doing it in about 16 and a half)

2. Keep up with the running. No specific target - just don't get post-race laziness. Training for the Brighton Marathon starts in earnest soon, but in the meantime just don't slip backwards. On days when I'm not doing sculling or running, do something focused on balance/control, so I keep a streak of daily exercise throughout the challenge.

3. Get down to eleven and a half stone. Yeah, I know I said that last time but really this time.

4. Do some Portuguese once a day. Again, no specific type or amount - just challenge myself daily.

Points

1. 3 Str, 1 Sta, 1 Dex

2. 2 Sta, 1 Dex

3. 1 Con, 2 Cha

4. 3 Wis, 1 Cha

[Nephaisys]

Awesome! I think my cousin is in the same race of you -- I'll be on the front line, watching! How on earth did you get involved in sculling?

Can't wait to follow you on this one and see you kick it!!

[18ck]

Awesome! I think my cousin is in the same race of you -- I'll be on the front line, watching! How on earth did you get involved in sculling?

Can't wait to follow you on this one and see you kick it!!

Blimey, that's quite a coincidence! What rowing club is your cousin with?

I started sculling a few years ago, shortly after I started running; I used to jog along the Thames Towpath and I envied all the people gliding gracefully across the water, so I signed up for a course. This is my first ever race though, so it's quite exciting!

[fearlesscreek]

*click to follow*

 

feel the same about this challenge.... achievable is the word... off to refine my goals...

[klaybae]

If there's one thing I have learned from my last challenge (and I think there was something) it's that I need to have fewer bullshit scenarios and more actual achievable goals.

This time, I will be training for the Pairs Head (a race for double sculling boats on the Thames between Chiswick and Hammersmith) on the 13th of October so I will...

1. Do at least 4 sessions of specific sculling training (actual rowing or land-based rowing training) for the first 4 weeks of the challenge and hit 14 minutes as a final time (we are currently doing it in about 16 and a half)

2. Keep up with the running. No specific target - just don't get post-race laziness. Training for the Brighton Marathon starts in earnest soon, but in the meantime just don't slip backwards. On days when I'm not doing sculling or running, do something focused on balance/control, so I keep a streak of daily exercise throughout the challenge.

3. Get down to eleven and a half stone. Yeah, I know I said that last time but really this time.

4. Do some Portuguese once a day. Again, no specific type or amount - just challenge myself daily.

Points

1. 3 Str, 1 Sta, 1 Dex

2. 2 Sta, 1 Dex

3. 1 Con, 2 Cha

4. 3 Wis, 1 Cha

Something like....SLACKLINING!?  

 

Really enjoyed getting to know you some last challenge.  Excited to follow along again.  I'm torn between reading On Looking... or A Short History of Nearly Everything for my challenge.  

[shortstuff]

Nice idea with going with achievable goals! Can't wait to hear how your race goes

[Everstorm]

Love the Jaws reference.  Have much trouble with sharks on the Thames?

[bgvanbur]

Sounds like a good challenge.  But won't a bigger boat make it harder (more weight, more surface area on the water with more resistance, etc)?

[Syren]

Bruce finds all butts... er "boats," hysterical:

 

[18ck]

*click to follow*

 

feel the same about this challenge.... achievable is the word... off to refine my goals...

*waves* Yours are pretty epic

[18ck]

Something like....SLACKLINING!?  

 

Definitely!

Really enjoyed getting to know you some last challenge.  Excited to follow along again.  I'm torn between reading On Looking... or A Short History of Nearly Everything for my challenge.  

I'm happy to have made your acquaintance too!

On books, I would go with the Bryson because he is consistently brilliant. I really like the idea of On Looking, it has made me look at things differently and I'm glad I bought it, but it's flawed in execution and a bit self-indulgent, so more of a 4-star book. Bryson is always 5.

[18ck]

Nice idea with going with achievable goals! Can't wait to hear how your race goes

Neither can I! We've put ourselves forward for the veterans (i.e. Old Farts) category which feels odd given that I am still very much a novice.

[18ck]

Love the Jaws reference.  Have much trouble with sharks on the Thames?

You go in the boat...

Boat goes in the water...

Shark's in the water...

Our shark...

*sings*

Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish Ladies,

Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain

[18ck]

Sounds like a good challenge.  But won't a bigger boat make it harder (more weight, more surface area on the water with more resistance, etc)?

All true. I just mean "big enough for a second person" and also a reference to this of course,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gciFoEbOA8

but you knew that, I'm sure :^)

 

[edited to have a working link this time]

[18ck]

Bruce finds all butts... er "boats," hysterical:

*snortle*

Yes, maybe I should have called the challenge "18ck is going to need a smaller butt". Ah well, maybe next time!

[18ck]

Bruce finds all butts... er "boats," hysterical:

*snortle*

Yes, maybe I should have called the challenge "18ck is going to need a smaller butt". Ah well, maybe next time!

[18ck]

So anyway yesterday was pushups and a brief smattering of Portuguese conversation. Today I have Harry Potter E A Pedra Filosofal and a dictionary with me in the jury assembly room and I'm planning an ergo (rowing machine) session this evening although I have um... Let's see...

*counts*

Yes, I do in fact have ALL the DOMS.

[shortstuff]

Neither can I! We've put ourselves forward for the veterans (i.e. Old Farts) category which feels odd given that I am still very much a novice.

I have heard the veterans category called masters before

[18ck]

Either way it sounds very grand for a tubby old rowing noob!

[german]

Nice goals!

 

OK, nothing interesting to say, just posting to follow.

[KiwiChick]

achievable goals are our friends

Super excited that your going to rowing race

[fearlesscreek]

*smiles, chuckles, giggles.... laughs*

 

so great to be back with you guys! love to drop by here... wait until i find my humor!!!! it usually appears right after the swearing .. so it should be back soon go/&%$&%$§mmit!

[18ck]

Nice goals!

 

OK, nothing interesting to say, just posting to follow.

Nothing to reply, just posting to keep my thumbs busy.

[18ck]

achievable goals are our friends

Super excited that your going to rowing race

Me too, me too!

[18ck]

*smiles, chuckles, giggles.... laughs*

 

so great to be back with you guys! love to drop by here... wait until i find my humor!!!! it usually appears right after the swearing .. so it should be back soon go/&%$&%$§mmit!

:^)

Só anyway, today I managed a couple of pages of Potterguese in the jury room. We were let out early so I went for that ergo session, did 5k in 22 minutes (PAINFULLY!!!) I also did pilates and runner stretches while listening to the Zombies, Stretch episode of Zombies, Run, which was good fun and loosened by legs up a bit. Oh and I cooked a very proteiny dinner. I don't often get a chance to cook, so that was fun.

I seem to be coming down with a cold. Annoying. I don't have time for coughing and sneezing. Piss off, germs!