February Fitness Challenge

[Veronica]

You've got time to think about your goals, since I won't have a spreadsheet up for a bit.

Veronica

[Bike Writer]

Count me in please and thank you for helping all of us stay on track this winter!

[katluvr]

I actually made this goal while running in January and never put it in writing. Right now I am not mileage or total hour oriented...if I just "do" these activities at this frequency I'll get the time/hours in. Here it goes (pretty lofty goals for me):

Run 4 days a week: 1 easy, 1 speed (maybe on TM), 1 hill or tempo, 1 LR. I would like to get my avg weekly mileage closer to 20 miles/week and build over the next months as I once again train for PPA. I also allow myself one week a month to run only 3 days.
Bike 2 days a week: 1 trainer, 1 outside
Yoga 1-2 days a week (probably just getting there once a week is enough for now)
Strength train--just get something started, even if just once a week!

As for bike/trainer time (previous spreadsheet--I'll keep the 16 hr/month goal when next posted)

So it is Feb. 1st...let's see what I can do about meeting these goals!

K

[Blueberry]

With Veronica's permission, I have created a February spreadsheet.

PM me for the link.

I've borrowed liberally from hers, but any errors or omissions are mine:p

[five one]

With Veronica's permission, I have created a February spreadsheet.

PM me for the link.

I've borrowed liberally from hers, but any errors or omissions are mine:p

PM sent. Thanks to both Veronica and Blueberry.

[Catrin]

PM sent as well, and now I need to think about the new month's goals. Thanks to both of you!

[Bike Writer]

Thanks to both of you - Bluberry and Veronica! Got the link.

[Miranda]

I'm in again this month... PM link, please. Thanks:).

[GLC1968]

I think I'd like to join this month now that I have an actual training plan and goals in mind.

PM sent. Thanks to both of you for doing this again!

[Blueberry]

OK - think I'm caught up on PM's. It's never too late to join, though - I'm happy to send the link at any time. Just wanted those who have messaged me to know that they should have received a reply.

I actually added another goal to the spreadsheet for those who want to use it (if you don't, just leave it blank). It's a number of activity goal (e.g., 27 activities for the month).

Remember it's a 29 day month:p:p

[Owlie]

PM sent. Thank you both for doing this!

[Red Rock]

Thanks for V and Blueberry for doing this. Can you count me in too, please.

Thanks,
Red Rock

[Blueberry]

Thanks for V and Blueberry for doing this. Can you count me in too, please.

Thanks,
Red Rock

PM'd you the link.

[Catrin]

Thank you for the link! I am starting with the same goal as last month, I may need to adjust that. Quite often I do two activities in a single workout session so I just estimated a number for the activities goal - I like that as it makes me to think about it. It may be edited as well ;)

[tealtreak]

With Veronica's permission, I have created a February spreadsheet.

PM me for the link.

I've borrowed liberally from hers, but any errors or omissions are mine:p
sweet !Thanks (:

[Norse]

Thank you indeed Veronica and Blueberry! With the earlier, and much better, start I have gotten with off-season training, I feel that this may be my best/strongest year on the bike ever! Setting - very public - goals like this and committing to it has been very motivating. Even though I have another weekend away from the bike this month, I am upping my goal by one hour from January.

[jyyanks]

PM sent. Thank you both!

[Owlie]

I got in half an hour. I was going for an hour, but my body decided to make it known to me that yogurt prior to exercise really is not a good idea.

[Catrin]

I got in an hour on the bike yesterday, outside again!

This evening I've planned a fitness walk at the gym prior to an hour+ spinning class. I've learned the hard way that until my neck heals completely I cannot lift weights prior to spinning class - I wind up in agony half-way through class if I do :o

[Norse]

I was hoping to get outside yesterday with a forecast of sunny and 40, but it never got out of the 20's and looked gloomy all day. :( So, 1 hour and 45 minutes of Endurance Booster yesterday (kind of boring) preceded by the Uphill Grind on Saturday.

[Owlie]

I'm starting to realize that if I want to keep doing things the way that I do, the brunch thing doesn't work. 2 days of calorie deficit have caught up with me. I wanted an hour of trainer time and a 25 minutes of yoga. I revised that to half an hour of trainer time. I didn't even make that. On top of that, my right hamstring is whining about something. So it'll be an hour of beginner yoga tonight and 15 minutes on the trainer. If I can find time, I might add some trainer time tomorrow morning, or perhaps just a walk around campus between classes.

[tealtreak]

Thank you indeed Veronica and Blueberry! With the earlier, and much better, start I have gotten with off-season training, I feel that this may be my best/strongest year on the bike ever! Setting - very public - goals like this and committing to it has been very motivating. Even though I have another weekend away from the bike this month, I am upping my goal by one hour from January.
Echo the thank you! I did an extra half an hour because I wanted to put it on the spreadsheet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(:

[Norse]

This was a great idea to get the off-season bike fitness going - thanks again! For years I have kept a hand-written, old-fashioned bike log during the season. Time to get with the times. There are lots of options out there but for anyone else who might be interested, I am using this free training log from Bicycling mag (you can record all sorts of non-bike activities too): http://traininglog.bicycling.com/landingpage.aspx.

Happy Riding! :)