I ran a 5:08 mile in high school. I have gone downhill since then. Very little time with school, and now working 12 hours a day. I just have time for the eliptical machine 3 days a week or so. I'd love to break the 5 minute barrier one day though.
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I've just given up smokeing and haven't had a cigerette for two weeks. :woohoo:
I do lot of lifting at work and run up and down stairs for customers all day so I'm really quite active already. But I've run 2km's three times a week around the local nature reserve for several months, preping for my "Big change thing". I'll do that for a few more months then add to it. I've heard smokers can do more harm than good rushing it as they get a false sense of well being.
I do lot of lifting at work and run up and down stairs for customers all day so I'm really quite active already. But I've run 2km's three times a week around the local nature reserve for several months, preping for my "Big change thing". I'll do that for a few more months then add to it. I've heard smokers can do more harm than good rushing it as they get a false sense of well being.
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The health effect of whole grains is pretty overstated, it isn't really about the whole grains, but rather what kind of flour you get when you don't use whole grains in your food. The cheapest industrial produced flour has many flaws, but it isn't the only option.
You can also get healthy meals without the whole grain nonsense, if you simply put more emphasis on the quality. Most products advocated as "healthy" are actually opposite, they are harmful and just labeled healthy by cargo-cult scientists.
Also, I am pretty sick about which sow is driven next through the village, when it comes to the latest trend in diets. If you ask people who studied the stuff and really know about what your body needs, you will get more complex answers as you can find in a single book. It isn't just about "use this and all will be fine".
The main problem that you get in the modern world: Quality is underrated. Everything has to be cheap, and this goes on with food. Nobody really wants to learn making proper meals, so more prepared industrial ingredients appear. More chemistry. More fat. More sugar. (because both makes the homo erectus inside you cry for more).
That we for example eat much more meat as in the past, is not really a problem. Meat is good for our development. The problem is, that it is now too easy to get meat, and we thus eat more of it, together with more of other things.
If you would properly go stone age, you would need to walk a few dozen kilometers during the weekend, before having lots of meat on Monday. And then eat meat until Tuesday, then you survive on vegetarian backups. You won't have visible muscles on your belly, because you will have a significant fat reserve, so you can still run away from the evil cave bear once per week. And women would have (nice) wide hips and round asterns (not the kind of thing you would see in a magazine today), so she can be pregnant even when you have bad luck hunting game.
That is stone age. Not this healthy highly optimized (the right food delivered just in time) machine, that many of us are. Can somebody even imagine not having meat on the table for months because you simply can't, despite all efforts, get some? Not even when you are late for Superbowl shopping, you will get such problems.
Most of the bad consequences you get today from eating wrong, are because your body is still in the stone age. But that is no reason to return to the stone age. because this is not the stone age, and the big programmer in the sky game you a brain to overrule your stone age hardware program.
My own agenda: Eat good, not much. Enjoy what you eat. Good ingredients have a good price. Know that hunger is just a feeling, not a drive. Until you will so hungry that you would eat anything without thinking much, a long time will pass.
EDIT: And about my state here: I can still run 6 km without problems, but get terribly out of breath after playing football for 45 minutes. I need a lot of work here to get back to the state I had 3 years ago.
You can also get healthy meals without the whole grain nonsense, if you simply put more emphasis on the quality. Most products advocated as "healthy" are actually opposite, they are harmful and just labeled healthy by cargo-cult scientists.
Also, I am pretty sick about which sow is driven next through the village, when it comes to the latest trend in diets. If you ask people who studied the stuff and really know about what your body needs, you will get more complex answers as you can find in a single book. It isn't just about "use this and all will be fine".
The main problem that you get in the modern world: Quality is underrated. Everything has to be cheap, and this goes on with food. Nobody really wants to learn making proper meals, so more prepared industrial ingredients appear. More chemistry. More fat. More sugar. (because both makes the homo erectus inside you cry for more).
That we for example eat much more meat as in the past, is not really a problem. Meat is good for our development. The problem is, that it is now too easy to get meat, and we thus eat more of it, together with more of other things.
If you would properly go stone age, you would need to walk a few dozen kilometers during the weekend, before having lots of meat on Monday. And then eat meat until Tuesday, then you survive on vegetarian backups. You won't have visible muscles on your belly, because you will have a significant fat reserve, so you can still run away from the evil cave bear once per week. And women would have (nice) wide hips and round asterns (not the kind of thing you would see in a magazine today), so she can be pregnant even when you have bad luck hunting game.
That is stone age. Not this healthy highly optimized (the right food delivered just in time) machine, that many of us are. Can somebody even imagine not having meat on the table for months because you simply can't, despite all efforts, get some? Not even when you are late for Superbowl shopping, you will get such problems.
Most of the bad consequences you get today from eating wrong, are because your body is still in the stone age. But that is no reason to return to the stone age. because this is not the stone age, and the big programmer in the sky game you a brain to overrule your stone age hardware program.
My own agenda: Eat good, not much. Enjoy what you eat. Good ingredients have a good price. Know that hunger is just a feeling, not a drive. Until you will so hungry that you would eat anything without thinking much, a long time will pass.
EDIT: And about my state here: I can still run 6 km without problems, but get terribly out of breath after playing football for 45 minutes. I need a lot of work here to get back to the state I had 3 years ago.
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Again, you're mistaking the paleolithic diet for a statement of "I want to live like a caveman". It works, it prevents deposits of excess body fat (as long as you don't spent the day sitting down), it aims to avoid precisely the kind of industrially-grown cheap food you're talking about, and it keeps you full even at a moderate caloric restriction of 1500-1700 kcal per day.
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Doesn't look and sound like it. maybe I am wrong, but I lack the proof that this is either intelligent and different to classic nutrition science or just a hype that rewarms what people have already written decades ago or a stupid hype.
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Well I got up at 5am this morning and started getting ready for my ride. After checking the weather forecast I noticed the winds were higher than I expected (15-20mph), so I almost didn't go. However a cool front just passed through, so clear skies and comfy temps was too hard to resist.
I rode from League City near my home to Liverpool, Texas. It's a really small town sort of in the middle of no where. It's almost 30 miles down there, but I did a loop back home bringing today's total trip to 61 miles. It was mostly down wind on the way there, so I was flying through the first part of the ride, but on the way home I had to ride upwind. Even worse, this was out in the middle of no where, with open land and nothing to block the wind. Just maintaining 10mph against a 15-20mph head wind was hard! My average speed ended up suffering from both the wind and a bad run through red lights, but it was still a great ride. Average speed ended up at 14.1mph, max speed 24mph.
Little sore in the usual spots. I definitely have more time to get used to the saddle as my butt is plenty sore like my legs. Since I used my phone to track my ride and I didn't have separate camera, I was only able to snap 2 shots with my camera on the phone. Here is the sign for Liverpool, which is right in front of the only store in the area, just a little corner store / gas station:
And here is me on "Main St." in the center of Liverpool... not much around. :lol:
I noticed once you get out there, everyone waves and gives you loads of room when passing. People in the city and suburbs are too impatient many times and try to squeeze by you. I ride on the shoulder when practical, but many times there is no shoulder or it's in terrible condition, so you have to take the lane with traffic. Takes some getting used to for sure! :yes:
I rode from League City near my home to Liverpool, Texas. It's a really small town sort of in the middle of no where. It's almost 30 miles down there, but I did a loop back home bringing today's total trip to 61 miles. It was mostly down wind on the way there, so I was flying through the first part of the ride, but on the way home I had to ride upwind. Even worse, this was out in the middle of no where, with open land and nothing to block the wind. Just maintaining 10mph against a 15-20mph head wind was hard! My average speed ended up suffering from both the wind and a bad run through red lights, but it was still a great ride. Average speed ended up at 14.1mph, max speed 24mph.
Little sore in the usual spots. I definitely have more time to get used to the saddle as my butt is plenty sore like my legs. Since I used my phone to track my ride and I didn't have separate camera, I was only able to snap 2 shots with my camera on the phone. Here is the sign for Liverpool, which is right in front of the only store in the area, just a little corner store / gas station:
And here is me on "Main St." in the center of Liverpool... not much around. :lol:
I noticed once you get out there, everyone waves and gives you loads of room when passing. People in the city and suburbs are too impatient many times and try to squeeze by you. I ride on the shoulder when practical, but many times there is no shoulder or it's in terrible condition, so you have to take the lane with traffic. Takes some getting used to for sure! :yes:
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Well, I thought I might post my cycle route, It is done in 10 Mins and is about 2-3KM (2 Miles) long through forest and urban area. For safety I don't travel on any main roads, just streets.
So, this is my Bike, It's a Dawes Shimano worth £179. It's about a year old and has many failures, such as:
> Disabled Front Brake
> Buggy Gear System
> It also makes an annoying clicking noise!
First point on the journey, the entrance to Booker Wood:
Going through the Wood, It is mainly a flat way across the route:
End of the Wood, we're starting to enter into Urban areas:
Dismount bike and sprint for 100M:
This is an interesting part of the route, I call it "the bumps", It makes for a game where you have to steer to avoid the potholes, turning exercise into a bit of fun!
Booker Common:
Crossing a Housing Discrict:
Down the route to my house:
And we're back after 10 Mins and 2.5KM
That was a shortened version, the full route can be seen here.
So, this is my Bike, It's a Dawes Shimano worth £179. It's about a year old and has many failures, such as:
> Disabled Front Brake
> Buggy Gear System
> It also makes an annoying clicking noise!
First point on the journey, the entrance to Booker Wood:
Going through the Wood, It is mainly a flat way across the route:
End of the Wood, we're starting to enter into Urban areas:
Dismount bike and sprint for 100M:
This is an interesting part of the route, I call it "the bumps", It makes for a game where you have to steer to avoid the potholes, turning exercise into a bit of fun!
Booker Common:
Crossing a Housing Discrict:
Down the route to my house:
And we're back after 10 Mins and 2.5KM
That was a shortened version, the full route can be seen here.
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Nice pics Scruce, thanks for sharing! Give me an idea to mount a camera on my handle bars... or get some video from a helmet cam. 
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Ok, here is my small trip. ~10k's, maybe a bit less, on dirt and road.
So it begins, on dirt:
And the road part. Some tough climbs there...
Catching the view:
And the turn-around point.
Hadn't rided my bike in a while, and I surely paid for it with soar legs, but Probe, was it worth it!
So it begins, on dirt:
And the road part. Some tough climbs there...
Catching the view:
And the turn-around point.
Hadn't rided my bike in a while, and I surely paid for it with soar legs, but Probe, was it worth it!
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^ What a GREAT place to ride! Thanks for sharing!!
In other news, I went running today for the first time in over a week since I've been cycling so much. It was a new first for me as well breaking 6 miles in less than an hour, 58 min.
In other news, I went running today for the first time in over a week since I've been cycling so much. It was a new first for me as well breaking 6 miles in less than an hour, 58 min.
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Once round the block ay Unstung.
I stated I ran 2 km three times a week. But that was from the "Ministry of Mis-Information". I actualy measured the distance via Google Earth and it is only 635 meters
I'm going to have to do 3 laps from now on instead of 2. Goes to show how one can misjudge distance.
I stated I ran 2 km three times a week. But that was from the "Ministry of Mis-Information". I actualy measured the distance via Google Earth and it is only 635 meters
I'm going to have to do 3 laps from now on instead of 2. Goes to show how one can misjudge distance.
