Bay Of Islands Breca swim run 2019
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Good luck @Hooroo
The mrs just completed the 100km Trailwalk at Whakatane over the weekend
Teams event her and 3 other moms did it, us hubbys are roped in as suppport crew ( we just have the easy part of driving from checkpoint to checkpoint setting up camp waiting for the girls to show up)
Took them just over 22 hours to complete (it’s non stop)
Finished 15th out of over 100 teams, easily the fastest all woman’s team too. -
@virgil said in Bay Of Islands Breca swim run 2019:
Good luck @Hooroo
The mrs just completed the 100km Trailwalk at Whakatane over the weekend
Teams event her and 3 other moms did it, us hubbys are roped in as suppport crew ( we just have the easy part of driving from checkpoint to checkpoint setting up camp waiting for the girls to show up)
Took them just over 22 hours to complete (it’s non stop)
Finished 15th out of over 100 teams, easily the fastest all woman’s team too.That's really cool. Looooooooong day.
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Great to see you wanting to do this and being highly motivated.
I was just wondering what's best when you haven't trained for a while and there is a bit of sweet loving round the tum. Is it best to go straight into the PT session or maybe start with some lighter stuff and build up gradually?
I'm interested in what people think about that.
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@hooroo said in Bay Of Islands Breca swim run 2019:
Me and a mate are doing this next year.
Training starts now as joined a gym with pool. First PT session tomorrow and she also coaches swimming so will compnie to improve technique while getting fit.
Farly amped for it.
Not looking forward to being the fat twat at the pool with the flash harry goggles but too bad.
The black singlet and stubbies you flaunted on FB were quite slimming I thought.....
Good luck, have fun. Rather you than me
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@sammyc said in Bay Of Islands Breca swim run 2019:
The nice thing about long distance open water swimming is that a bit of extra weight actually helps. Most of the worlds top marathon swimmers carry a bit around the middle.
things i have noticed learning to swim. Women and slightly larger blokes find it much easier. skinny blokes like me aren't buoyant!!
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This gets harder the more i read. You have to tow your running stuff while you swim? Jesus hooroo.
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Holy farkamole you guys are crazy doing this!
Hadnt heard of the event before but just had a look and wow. The BOI course looks tough with those long swims. Actually would have thought that they would go in the opposite direction to finish back at town, not out on the island
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@jk said in Bay Of Islands Breca swim run 2019:
Holy farkamole you guys are crazy doing this!
Hadnt heard of the event before but just had a look and wow. The BOI course looks tough with those long swims. Actually would have thought that they would go in the opposite direction to finish back at town, not out on the island
I do love how it is all split up though. That 3.1k swim... hmmmmm
Had first PT session today and she seems like a hard taskmaster which is what I need. It was a sorting out session rather than active. Tomorrow the active part starts and she has told me the first two weeks will be a it boring while she builds my fitness up.
I do love straight up PTers and not telling me rubbish. She has set small short terms acheiveable goals that I can be pushed to so long as I have mental strength around food.
Short term goal is 1kg per week and 5 chinups without help in 4 weeks!
Also told me not to give up beer or anything silly but when two months out from the race she reckons she will convince me to give up alcohol for that period as it is one of the biggest hindrances to effective training for endurance type races. I'm all good with that.
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dude I have failed (again and again) at keeping a food diary - but it does help to give you a real sense of how much you eat and when. Not sure whether it'd be demotivating or motivating when starting the kai journey, but I know a few people who swear by it. One mate in particular uses an app and while he doesn't eat super clean all the time, it just gives him that daily reminder he needs.
Good luck bro!
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@paekakboyz said in Bay Of Islands Breca swim run 2019:
dude I have failed (again and again) at keeping a food diary - but it does help to give you a real sense of how much you eat and when. Not sure whether it'd be demotivating or motivating when starting the kai journey, but I know a few people who swear by it. One mate in particular uses an app and while he doesn't eat super clean all the time, it just gives him that daily reminder he needs.
Good luck bro!
Cheers bud. The PT has a little note book that I must honestly fill out while warming up. She then will decide the punishment required to make up for the 'mistake' eating. I love how she does this type of punishment/reward system. Hopefully it will make me think twice before driving through KFC for lunch!
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@Hooroo you could just send her a link to the BBQ thread
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@paekakboyz said in Bay Of Islands Breca swim run 2019:
@Hooroo you could just send her a link to the BBQ thread
I swear if she saw my facebook page and the meat I run through that, she would give up!
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@hooroo said in Bay Of Islands Breca swim run 2019:
@jk said in Bay Of Islands Breca swim run 2019:
Holy farkamole you guys are crazy doing this!
Hadnt heard of the event before but just had a look and wow. The BOI course looks tough with those long swims. Actually would have thought that they would go in the opposite direction to finish back at town, not out on the island
I do love how it is all split up though. That 3.1k swim... hmmmmm
Yeah but imagine if it wasn't....8km swim......fark!!!
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Re food diary, if you kept it for a month you would have a good idea of the amounts of food you are eating (and should be eating) and the calories associated to it. I kept a food log for ages a few years back and found it just gave me a way better understanding about whats in stuff. Just means you sometimes hesitate slightly before grabbing that extra donut.
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@hooroo said in Bay Of Islands Breca swim run 2019:
@paekakboyz said in Bay Of Islands Breca swim run 2019:
@Hooroo you could just send her a link to the BBQ thread
I swear if she saw my facebook page and the meat I run through that, she would give up!
are you talking the meat hanging out the front of your singlet?
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@hooroo said in Bay Of Islands Breca swim run 2019:
@jk said in Bay Of Islands Breca swim run 2019:
Holy farkamole you guys are crazy doing this!
Hadnt heard of the event before but just had a look and wow. The BOI course looks tough with those long swims. Actually would have thought that they would go in the opposite direction to finish back at town, not out on the island
I do love how it is all split up though. That 3.1k swim... hmmmmm
Had first PT session today and she seems like a hard taskmaster which is what I need. It was a sorting out session rather than active. Tomorrow the active part starts and she has told me the first two weeks will be a it boring while she builds my fitness up.
I do love straight up PTers and not telling me rubbish. She has set small short terms acheiveable goals that I can be pushed to so long as I have mental strength around food.
Short term goal is 1kg per week and 5 chinups without help in 4 weeks!
Also told me not to give up beer or anything silly but when two months out from the race she reckons she will convince me to give up alcohol for that period as it is one of the biggest hindrances to effective training for endurance type races. I'm all good with that.
Sounds like one of the really good ones. That is awesome. No excuses now!
