Now get out there and post some numbers.
We have members that live farther north than you and some from your old country and we won't accept any excuses. Get out the door and get going, we'll be watching...
Is that the type of motivation that you need? I've got 10 years on you, but I also have 10 cousins living in the Waterloo area, most of them armed with hockey sticks. Don't make me send them to pay you a visit…
Thanks for the warm welcome, girls with hockey sticks is enough to scare anyone.
I have a cunning plan and my wife has already bought into it
jules2
Welcome patheti-c you are the third Brit so all we need now is to get Mikeco to start posting the odd message, can you hear me Mikeco?
Old age is when you move from illegal to prescribed drugs.
Like she took away your car keys and now you are going to run/bike to work?
FYI: You now have to average 21.3 miles a week to catch the bunnies instead of 19.2.
My secret is out thanks. 22 miles a week isn't far, if it was 23 I'd be worried!
So how does everyone keep motivated, don't you just think that a few bottles of beer and wings is a lot easier than running?
rectumdamnnearkilledem
I run so that I can eat that kind of stuff...though I should stop doing that so I can actually lose weight, instead of maintaining 20#s above where I want to be.
Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
My secret is out thanks. 22 miles a week isn't far, if it was 23 I'd be worried! So how does everyone keep motivated, don't you just think that a few bottles of beer and wings is a lot easier than running?
If you met my wife Mrs Jules you would know what keeps me outside all weathers either running or on my bike ( just joking dear )
It’s much easier to sit in front of the telly and drink 6 pints of your favourite stout while watching 2 games of American football on a Sunday afternoon than it is to go for a 6 mile run. (How’s my English English?)
Setting goals, really does help with motivation – especially if you tell them to someone because then you’re on the hook. 1000/1000 is a good goal but you should have others throughout the year.
So what are you going to accomplish by April first?
Eternal Rookie, I'm with you I find telling everybody what I'm going to do keeps the pressure on me when things get rough and I don't want to go out the door
Thanks everyone for all those words of encouragement, so I had one of those moments when you realise that the only person you are letting down is yourself yesterday. I had just jumped into bed and thought to myself where did all my energy go, I know I'm not a youngster any more but I'm not collecting my pension yet either. So today was the start of the new me, no more excuses I'm going for it this year, it will by finest so far I will break PR's and achieve new things and it will all be recorded here.
By April1st 200 miles run.
By May 350 miles run 150 miles bike
By June 500 miles run 300 miles bike
By July 650 miles run 450 miles bike
By Aug 750 miles run 650 miles bike
By Sept 850 miles run 850 miles bike
By Oct 950 miles run 1000 miles bike
Nov 1000 on them both
PR's for the year: 1/2M <1hr 30mins 10K < 40mins
I'm sure I will get some more goals in here before the end of Feb.
Specifics, I like that.
I’m supposed to go to a wedding in Kitchener in April and lo and behold I found this:
St. John Ambulance Marathon & Half Marathon, 5K - Waterloo, ON Canada April 25, 2010
I may have to do the half that Sunday, my performance will be dictated by how good of a time I had the night before…
hmmm, I'll be in Toronto then....I didn't see any races in Toronto, but didn't think to check places nearby.
MTA: this is starting to look good- turns out I'll be at my brother's place in Orten that weekend - about an hour away. This will be good incentive to get back into a regular routine!
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away...(unkown) • Go With The Flow • Thyroid Support Group
patheti_c....you are falling off the wagon - April 1 is not far away....in case you need some motivation....
time to get back out there!