Not a newbie but here we go again to lose the weight
Posted: January 9th, 2016, 3:43 pm
I would like to introduce myself as I may need a prod from time to time to get me back on track if I lose focus of my next goal whether it is just rowing a faster 2k or training for another half marathon which I must admit can happen a bit too often in the longer term as something always seems to get in the way whether it is work, life or the wrong gym.
I am 55 years old, 5`10", over 19st or 121kg for the younger vewers which is not a good place to be according to my gp but I seem to be getting back in that zone where you cannot wait to get back in the gym to get a better time.
In November 2015 I returned to the gym which I joined in the January of 2015 (see what I mean about track) and jumped straight into the 200k holiday challenge as I needed something to kickstart my rowing. I admit that it was not easy going to the gym usually before work at 5.30am or after work at gone 9pm but with my stubborn streak kicking in I was able to do the 200k within the time frame which did surprise me as I did have a few wobbly moments.
I do not particulaly like my times at the moment but I now from previous years where my first 2k was over 10 minutes it will not take too long to get to my best ever 2k time of 07:40 which is on the way to my dream of sub 7
I will need to find a virtual team to join as I previously set up a team comprising of my wife and I but it was a bit of a disaster since she completed about 10k which was about 210k less than me in one of the yearly challenges as she is not keen on rowing.
I have purchased the basic rowpro which will be good as long as my local gym has a good wifi signal & once Digital Rowing can sort out all the issues that they are having which does not include the server problems
I am 55 years old, 5`10", over 19st or 121kg for the younger vewers which is not a good place to be according to my gp but I seem to be getting back in that zone where you cannot wait to get back in the gym to get a better time.
In November 2015 I returned to the gym which I joined in the January of 2015 (see what I mean about track) and jumped straight into the 200k holiday challenge as I needed something to kickstart my rowing. I admit that it was not easy going to the gym usually before work at 5.30am or after work at gone 9pm but with my stubborn streak kicking in I was able to do the 200k within the time frame which did surprise me as I did have a few wobbly moments.
I do not particulaly like my times at the moment but I now from previous years where my first 2k was over 10 minutes it will not take too long to get to my best ever 2k time of 07:40 which is on the way to my dream of sub 7
I will need to find a virtual team to join as I previously set up a team comprising of my wife and I but it was a bit of a disaster since she completed about 10k which was about 210k less than me in one of the yearly challenges as she is not keen on rowing.
I have purchased the basic rowpro which will be good as long as my local gym has a good wifi signal & once Digital Rowing can sort out all the issues that they are having which does not include the server problems
but you never know what will happen and I might get close 
