Its Time to Set Some New Goals/Shake Up Your Life

My theme this week is twofold.  I received lots of emails mentioning that its" status quo", results seem to have to a standstill.  I am also aware that we are now 12 weeks out from one of the biggest community events - the City to Bay.

Progress towards goals, whether its weight loss/fat loss/performance will regularly come to a standstill.  Our bodies get so good at adapting to what we are doing that before long what we are doing is no longer a challenge, and no longer forcing our bodies to adapt.  So the key here is to do something different.  Eat some different foods, change your exercise routine.  Try a new form of exercise, swap mornings for evenings, split a long session into two smaller sessions in the morning/night, pick up the weight training, start running.  Shake SOMETHING up.

In line with this, if you have found sending your measurements in here helpful, because it keeps you accountable, then I'd like to introduce to the concept of a training plan for a particular event - eg the City to Bay Fun Run.  A training plan has sessions scheduled ahead of time for you, gradually increasing the demands on your body so that you are prepared to meet the challenge on race day. Without a doubt, goals and training plans like this keep you accountable.  You don't want to miss a session for fear that you wont be ready on race day.  And the skill/fitness progression is scheduled in for you.  You don't have to think about how much you should do each week to keep improving, you just look at your schedule and do it.  So maybe this is a good way to take yourself to the next level.  Races like the City to Bay have training schedules on their website.  But if you would like a personalised one to walk it, walk/run it, or run it - then book in for me to set one up for you.  ($50 - either a face to face consult or via email, and then I will write it for you).  But be quick because its time to start training.  And if you follow my training program, I'm offering spa/champagne at the end at Glenelg, and maybe we should also do a group trip to Lorna Jane!

One final word - The City to Bay is a 12km fun run.  Any one of you could walk this provided you train properly. Most of you could walk/run it with some guidance.  Many of you could run it.  This is an achievable goal for everyone, and if the date doesn't suit you (Sunday Sept 15) there are plenty of other runs around.  Just tell me what length you would like to do and I'll find the run for you.

Week 8 Results
(NB we missed congratulating Anisa last week - I erroneously missed her great loss of 1.08% which would have put her in third place. Watch out for this girl - she's training for a Tough Mudder!)

This week:
1st Place: 1.69% Kathryn H
2nd Place: 0.94% Deb S
3rd Place: 0.77%  Anisa A

Overall
1st Place:  8.49% Trudy B
2nd Place: 8.30 % Ali C
3rd Place: 6.81% Ingrid C

Ooooh its close!
Hopefully I haven't made any more mistakes... Have a good week