TR vs the future

Wairau

Awesome post, sorry I can't like it twice.
BTW, cramp: I have often experienced bad cramp like that on long runs, to the point where both straightening or bending the leg hurts. It usually goes away after a short rest.

JK

Mean as mate!
 
 How long did it take start to finish?

taniwharugby

2.35 if we take out the 10 mins we stopped for injuries.
 
But there is no official timing of the event, they promote it more as a team event about camaraderie as opposed to a race.
 
They had a dude off Shortland Street doing the pre-race warm up and then Brooke Howard-Smith at the start, thought both fellas did a great job geeing the crowd up! 
 
Think there was 6000 people through yesterday and supposed to be another 3,000 today

JK

Was wondering if it actually feels like 18km given so many obstacles to break things up?
 
Had a mate do it by himself and was around 2hrs40. Did it dressed as ultimate warrior and said that Brooke Howard-Smith had him crowd surfing pre event as part of some team building malarkey.

taniwharugby

It is the longest I have ever run, but yeah it is broken up with the obstacles, and TBH, the ice bath (Arctic Enaema) a few of the hills and the walls were the only ones that were physically demanding, everything else was pretty simple, except the electrical ones... We obviously were slowed by my mate with his arm in a sling, so coulda skimmed some time off and we did stop at most of the hydration stations for a couple of minutes too. 
 
So you could really push yourself if you wanted too, we did the first km in just over 5mins, but it was probably the flattest part of the course. 
 
Leaving early was an advantage (had rained about an hour prior) that added to the challenge so that helped with the mud, cooler air at 0820, the 1st picture with the trenches, I saw another pic of that and the clay had basically been moulded/worn so you didnt need to climb. We were slipping alot as we ran in the mud, later start would have meant it woulda dried a bit, and then trying to run up that wall with an inch of clay on your shoes...heard there were plenty of injured ankles due to slippery surfaces and some holes in the swamp land.
 
TBH, I doubt I'd enjoy it anywhere near as much by myself, IMO doing it with mates is what makes it.

taniwharugby

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<div> Was maybe 60ft of very muddy-clay to commando crawl along, got a few tingles when I first got in there, then a decent one a few more feet in, then a huge one in the middle. I blacked out for a very brief moment, with my face in the mud, 2 of my team mates had the same experience. Another mate, as he went in was in an awkward posiiton, got hit and collapsed on his shoulder and dislocated it...as we were all through, some other dude has a seizure...the 3 St Johns people didnt seem too phased once my team mates were able to get him clear (while his team mates stood and watched) and got him sorted.
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Was a bit on Campbell Live last night...never let actual facts get in the way of a story though! I had to sign up to add a comment!
 
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Mr Haden was knocked unconscious, nobody noticed, nobody turned off the electrical current, and nobody was there to pull him to safety. 
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taniwharugby

Haha, I had to make a comment on it, and someone even questioned if it was the same dude my friends helped as my version differs from the article....haha, you don't forget something like that!

taniwharugby

Time to ressurect this...
 
OK, had a pretty sucky last 8 or so months, was told in Feb I was going to be made redundant, which didnt happen until June...picked up some short term work in mid-July and then found a permanent job at the end of August.
 
During the course of my redundancy I also applied for the NZ Police, and did the physical and mental testing in early July, which I passed with ease...the timing of the police process coupled with taking longer to find work than I anticipated, has meant the police is on the back-burner, possibly permanently...however a by-product of the whole situation and added stress in the last 8 months is my weight has slowly crept back out and last night I weighed in at 97kg...
 
I have been running at least 1 time a week, and working out at least twice a week, but my eating has gone to the pack, and I can see it all on my waist, which is a shame cos I reckon my shoulders, arms etc are probably in as good a shape as they have been for many years.
 
The extra weight has affected my running times too, my ave mins/km is almost 1 minute slower than what it was 4 or 5 months back
 
So as of tomorrow, gonna get my eating back on track, which by and large is portion size and to cut out the sugary shit! 
 
Goal to get back to 90kg by the years end!

taniwharugby

94.9kg this morning....good workout yesterday: legs, arms
 
Day before thrashed out 300+ med-ball squat thrusts, just for a bit of cardio.

taniwharugby

Only 1 run this week, had a short and sweet workout yesterday before I went to the league and then TR Jnr & I went for a 21km bike ride today, very low intensity with TR Jnr walking up some hills and wanting drinks breaks, but still 21km and I did a few short sprints to give a bit of extra to it.
 
Initial burst of weight loss all but disintergrated now at 94.7, so need to pull finger!

taniwharugby

Single run, couple of good workouts in the heat plus a bit of touch a few times this week with TR Jnr...94.4kg, slow going after a good start.
 
Will run twice this week.

taniwharugby

Played my first game of netbal today in a work thing against our 'big brother' and given I barely watched any netball, it was interesting...good fun, good hard 45 mins in the heat, only problem is I have a slight strain in my left calf/achilles, hopefully it'll settle in the next day or so.

Kirwan

I used to play indoor netball for work many moons ago. Quite a fun game to play, I remember being surprised how dirty the girls were - standing on feet, pulling shirts, tripping you etc.

taniwharugby

The calf/achilles was ok, did upper body workout Saturday, then another on Sunday (legs & core) only 1 run last week after the slight strain playing netball.
 
Went running today, tried a new track I havent been on for many years (20+) and couldnt find the entrance, so I went in the other end and while I didnt get lost, I took a wrong turn and instead of doing a loop ended up back where I started, so next time I know where to go left instead of right and I should be fine (although if I take another wrong turn my 4-5km run will end up about 9-10km, which is only a bad thing given I am running in my lunch hour at work! 
 
I like this run though as it is track running and alot of steps! 
 
Think it will be tougher to get to 90 before Christmas than I had hoped...94.2kg

taniwharugby

2 good workouts, a run today, which was about 1.5km and then did some stair, er, sprints* :mocking: and then ran back...bloody hot today too, apparently 30 deg in the city today and high humidity, took an age to cool down after!! Wasnt feeling the best today and almost didnt run, had a shitty sleep last night, legs were still sore from workout on Saturday.
 
Weight stopped coming off, which is a bit odd TBH, I have cut out about 75% of the shitty food I eat (which is mainyl snacks) which is better than I did when I lost weight 2 years back, and I am also consuming probably 75% less sugar a day too, the one thing I havent cut back on (but not consuming greatly is breads - which I know is a big no no, but it was alright last time) ...so monitoring it, tweaking a few things now and then.
 
*The GPS watch tells me the change in height from bottom of steps to top was about 5-6m, which is 3 sets of steps with about 25 or so each set

taniwharugby

2 good workouts, and a run, did an extra stair climb on the run this week and still beat my time by about 2 mins and knocked 30sec off my ave km/min, although with the hill part of the run this is about 2min/km slower than flat running. GPS told me it was about 10m change in height this week....go figure.
 
Gotta keep the run about 30mins or less to allow me plenty of time for the cold shower to cool me off when I get back so I dont sweat for the rest of the day!
 
Love working out in the heat though! 
 
Fighting to get under 94kg, so looking highly unlikely me hitting 90kg by the end of the year (bar starving myself) but I know I am eating better, so gotta be in better shape than I was!!

taniwharugby

This thread hasn't been culled... 
I still workout at least twice a week but in recent months my diet (although I feel like I am eating ok) seems to have issues with me hitting 98.8kg 2 weeks back. 
95.6kg today and also just finished making a 3 level box for me, quads still screaming after first use of it...I am aiming to be able to do 60+ push ups by Xmas, can do 30+ easily but am doing 2 extra each day and am upto 28. 
Am getting out on the bike and for 2-3km runs with tr jnr, who is keen to get fitter and stronger but doesn't like the hard work to get there...he can do 35 push ups now as I used it as a way to 'punish' him for negativity (when he would say the word 'cant' all the time) :)
 
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MN5

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="taniwharugby" data-cid="543520" data-time="1448079931">This thread hasn't been culled... 
I still workout at least twice a week but in recent months my diet (although I feel like I am eating ok) seems to have issues with me hitting 98.8kg 2 weeks back. 
95.6kg today and also just finished making a 3 level box for me, quads still screaming after first use of it...I am aiming to be able to do 60+ push ups by Xmas, can do 30+ easily but am doing 2 extra each day and am upto 28. 
Am getting out on the bike and for 2-3km runs with tr jnr, who is keen to get fitter and stronger but doesn't like the hard work to get there...he can do 35 push ups now as I used it as a way to 'punish' him for negativity (when he would say the word 'cant' all the time) :) 
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Was he saying 'can't' or another word that sounds like can't ?

taniwharugby

can't, as in I cannot do this >insert whatever homework or anything else< 
 
Just being a bit of a negative nelly, so I thought it was a good way to try and encourage him to be more positive.

MN5

My boys are getting into the plastic weights in the garage, that and a few sprints at the park are turning them into the finely tuned units their old man never was....

The Silver Fern

TR vs the future