Getting into the Swing of Things - End of Week 2

The second week is now over so it's time for me to reflect on the last few days.

Press-ups ----- 145 over 4 days ----- target >140 over 7 days
Sit-ups ---------- 326 over 3 days ---- target > 700 over 7 days
Running -------- 5 times (4hrs19) ----  target = 4 times (3hrs)
Cycling --------- 0 times ----------------  target = 3 times (3hrs)

It's a bit of a mixed result really, I haven't been able to get the work:home:training balance totally perfected just yet but I definitely feel that I'm getting there. As I managed to complete my running target and in all honestly with the London Marathon coming up this is what I really should be concentrating on, I should be happy with that. I reached my target in press-ups in only four days which is good, but if I had carried on then I would have smashed it. Sit-up wise I unfortunately tried catching the other two up and only succeeded in needing a few days off as it hurt even if I sneezed. Finally, cycling, I just haven't been able to cycle into work this last week and decided on a run at the weekend instead so that is down as a fail.

So what do I put down for this week? I think I've done okay. I've learnt not to do too much that I injure myself and I've completed my marathon training for the week so I'm happy. Next week I'll fit in some bike rides, continue with the running and be sensible with all the other stuff. It should be a good week.

Now let's talk about points

TOTAL POINTS
Jona	Roy	Mark
59 points	83 points	70 points

I'm in the lead at the moment but there's less than 10 points in it for the top spot and just over 20 between Jona and myself. Bearing in mind that this is just the start and the big points come later on in the competition, the race is most definitely on. I'll need to be slow and steady in order to keep the points rolling in.

Anyway, time now to get Rosy up, finish off the last piece of school work and see the other at work.

 

Rambling Thoughts from The Guru

Well, thought I'd jot down a few thoughts that have been racing through my little head recently. Isn't swimming in lanes dull! but isn't it fantastic for working out the most amasing mental calculations. Whilst I was going up and down the pool 62 times last week I realised that it will be impossible to swim the required 2012 k let alone miles for this challenge. I will have to swim over 2k's every time I visit the pool and that means going there 3 times a week and it will cost me close on £500. Lets face it folks that is unrealistic. Yes I know if I swim further each time then this will reduce the number of times I go and all that. But, reality states 'that ain't gonna happen!'

I was also wondering if we should include a 201.2 mile/ kilometer mid-way teaser? as there is a huge gap between 2012m and 2012km. I will have to talk to the others about this. Talking of the other two. With them lucky enough to get into London Marathon, I would have thought that they would have been clocking up the miles and be out of sight by now and I might not be able to catch their distances. However, everyday their totals are staying the same and my knee is getting stronger. The chase will be starting soon!

I went for a check on my knee to the hospital last Friday and was told it is "sitting nicely and aligned nicely." I should also be hearing something from the physio soon. But I'm still waiting............... mmmmmmm

Apart from all the above I should be in the pool again next week for another early morning session and in one weeks time I'm going to rig up the turbo and get in the garage to start on some very light spinning with low resistance, won't record it to begin. Then I will start increasing the pressure and resistance.

Well, its good bye from me and with it being the weekend and no tweets off the other two I hope their out there putting the miles in.

A Stalling Start

What can I say other than "I started off well"! And by that I mean that my first couple of days went well. A mixture of school work, Christmas tiredness and laziness has then meant that not much else has occurred since. Luckily, because of my bike ride, I am still in the lead points and time wise but the others have steadily been adding to their sit-up & press-up totals.

If I sit on my laurels for too long I won't be able to catch them up on that score at all and Jona (aka "The Guru") will have a fixed knee and simply storm through the milage as well. This'll leave me fighting for second place, unacceptable!

So, what's the answer? That's easy, get school work completed quickly and efficiently in order to get out of bed in the mornings, resulting in milage and ultimately a shed load of points. Simples!

The first example of this efficiently is this blog post that I have just written while supervising and helping Rosy to clean out her hamster, Jimmy. Yes, that's the reason for the photo at the start. Anyway, she's all done now which means bath time for her, hoovering time for me and then hopefully some time for school planning before dinner.

See you later and happy exercising.

Roy (aka "The Wannabe")

A long journey starts with a small step

January 1st 2012 - Olympic Year, loads of athletes around the world will be stopping drinking until the Olympics are over and living like monks. They might achieve or exceed their goals but they might not. I'm sure we'll see tears of joy and tears of distress. But will they truly have as much of a laugh as us three embarking on our little adventure?

You could say the fun and games have already started at 12.28 am in the early hours of the new year by a little text from me (Jona) to Mark to reply to his New Year greeting to inform him I had already completed my 2012m 'one legged' bike ride. To which he drops his drink and leaves his party to pound the treadmill for 2012m and what he thinks was 2012 seconds. Unfortunately he fell short of the latter goal by under 20 seconds. I blame alcohol.

As for me my heart has been in it all day but only managed to complete x15 sit ups and x30 press ups.

I weighed myself this morning and was amazed to see I weighed a massive 80013.6941 grammes. Please don't convert this to St and lbs as it is just too embarrassing. Even though it is not an official 'challenge' even I am determined to loose 2012g rapidly!

So my fellow challengers, who have already started, may you get an early lead and train hard for your marathon in April as by then I hopefully will have started my quest for victory. Like your run in April this challenge is over 12 months and not the first 4 months. However, in the a very British stiff upper lip sort of way, I wish my competitors all the best and my they train hard and long, but will it be enough? Only the final totals will decide. Good Luck Boys may we have lots of laughs along this 'journey'.

The Point System

As with any competition/challenge there will always be targets to aim for and this challenge is no different. Here is the provisional point system.

 

		SWIMMING			CYCLING			RUNNING
DISTANCE		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
2012mm		5pts	3pts	1pts	3pts	2pts	1pts	5pts	3pts	1pts
2012cm		5pts	3pts	1pts	3pts	2pts	1pts	5pts	3pts	1pts
2012 inches		5pts	3pts	1pts	3pts	2pts	1pts	5pts	3pts	1pts
2012 feet		7pts	5pts	3pts	5pts	3pts	1pts	7pts	5pts	3pts
2012 yards		15pts	10pt	5pts	7pts	5pts	3pts	10pt	8pts	6pts
2012m		15pts	10pt	5pts	7pts	5pts	3pts	10pt	8pts	6pts
2012km		80pts	70pt	60pt	40pt	30pt	20pt	50pt	40pt	30pt
2012 miles		100pts	90pt	80pt	50pt	40pt	30pt	80pt	70pt	60pt
TOTALS		1st			2nd			3rd
2012km		50pts			40pts			30pts
2012 miles		60pts			50pts			40pts

 

	SWIMMING			CYCLING			RUNNING
TIME	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
2012 secs	7	5	3	5	3	1	5	3	1
2012 mins	60	50	40	40	30	20	40	30	20
2012 hrs	800	799	798	500	499	498	500	499	498
TOTALS	1st			2nd			3rd
2012 mins	50pts			40pts			30pts