I didn’t realize the NYC time qualifying standards were tougher than Boston. I guess they do that because a lot of the field are non-time qualifiers.
I was going to suggest trying the lottery, but then I saw this article that said acceptance rates for non-guaranteed entrants is only 5%.
After spending some time looking at my splits, I have a better understanding of how the race went.
First 5k: 10:15 pace - right where I wanted to be
5k-10k: 10:05 pace - feeling good
10k-15k: 10:03 pace - ditto
15k-20k: 10:06 pace - let’s see if I can keep it up!
20k-25k: 10:31 pace - wtf I have to climb a big bridge?
25k-30k: 11:04 pace - let’s walk through the water stations (and maybe a little longer)
30k-35k: 13:xx pace - lol
35k-40k: 13:xx pace again
40k-finish: pull it together for 11:01 pace
So this seems to be pretty classic case of hitting the wall around 30k. I never felt like I couldn’t go on, but suddenly walking more didn’t seem like a bad idea.
This suggests that if I had started out around 10:25 and eased into 10:15, maybe the wheels wouldn’t have fallen off even if I gradually got slower. But hard to know that ahead of time.
In an actual race it’s really hard to go slow at the beginning. That part of the race is exciting and you see the crowds and you see all the other runners pulling away from you, its almost impossible to stick you your slow and steady plan. I had splits like yours in every marathon I ran.
Im not a runner but this is exactly what I thought. There has to be immense psychological pressure to try to keep up with the large pack in front of you even if their pace is 10-15 seconds faster than you want to be
Timely update from NY!
Important Note: 2024 will be the last year NYRR will accept both half marathon and full marathon Non-NYRR qualifying times for the TCS New York City Marathon. Starting in 2025, the TCS New York City Marathon will only accept qualifying Non-NYRR full marathon times.
A new version of the popular diabetes treatment Mounjaro can be sold as a weight-loss drug, U.S. regulators announced Wednesday.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly’s Zepbound, or tirzepatide. The drug helped dieters lose about a quarter of their body weight, or 60 pounds (27 kilograms), in a recent study.
Mounjaro got approved for weight loss
Sounds fun:
Side effects of the new weight-loss drug include vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, constipation and other gastrointestinal problems. In the most recent published trial, about 10% of people taking tirzepatide dropped out of the study because of such problems, compared to about 2% of people taking dummy shots.
6 months ago I got a Dexa scan with the intention of lifting weights a few days a week and seeing if it made a difference. I didn’t end up lifting weights all that much, figured I’d gain a pound or two of muscle, was pretty shocked to find out I lost muscle mass. I apparently have no fucking clue what I’m doing. First thing I need to do is fix my diet, that is for sure.
I think the key is how much “all that much” is.
When you are just starting you will find that the amount of weight you can lift goes up very quickly. It’s normally not because you are gaining muscle mass. It’s just things like form and just adapting to the movement. If you really want to make mass gains you’ve gotta do some work.
I was just using dumbbells to do upper body workouts maybe 1-2x a week averaged out, but sometimes I would work out for 3 weeks in a
row consistently, then put it off for weeks.
I’m not gonna post all the info but I lost a few pounds in my legs and broke even in my arms, but lost more weight on my left side,
I knew I didn’t do enough to make gains, and went ahead with the scan anyways, so I could know exactly what happened, but yeah I feel pretty stupid going backwards but at least I know what I was doing definitely wasn’t working at all.
I really struggle with eating enough and making food for myself, and I will definitely do stupid shit like surf every day for a week straight and barely eat or drink anything and just be wrecked at the end. So yeah first step is going to be chugging protein shakes 4x a day lol
If you want to gain mass, dumbbells (probably*) are not going to do much. You need big compound lifts: squat, bench, press, deadlift.
Also it is incredibly hard to lose weight and gain muscle mass. At least without pharmacologic assistance and even then it’s not exactly easy. The reason to lift a lot when you are losing weight is to reduce the rate at which you lose muscle mass. What you should focus on is your overall weight and body fat%. Those will head in the direction you want. But if you are looking for your muscle mass to go up AND total body weight to go down, that’s a recipe for disappointment.
If you’re not trying to lose weight, you can disregard above.
*I assume it’s possible to come up with a dumbbell program that would increase muscle mass, but I think that’s rare.
Yeah that’s probably a good idea. I think I can do all of those workouts at my work. I have tried to go to 24 hour fitness and I hate it. I have adjustable dumbbells at home that could get pretty heavy, but like you said I was probably just getting better form and getting used to lifting heavier weights, and wasn’t actually doing anything.
One of my goals was to actually develop some sort of lifting plan that I could stick to and do without having to constantly look up the lifts I had to do that day, and while I was only able to do it a few weeks at a time, I’m pretty happy that I was able to start lifting weights, even though I went nowhere.
About 15 years ago I had a personal trainer for 50 sessions but that just ended up being a huge waste of money because it didn’t lead to any real life changes, I just went back to doing nothing after.
I’m not trying to lose weight, but I didn’t really try to gain any either. I didn’t think I could actually eat enough to gain weight anyways, now I know I have to.
If you’re trying to gain weight, then things become a whole lot easier. Just do Starting Strength (you can skip the powercleans) or some other novice linear progression program (e.g. GSLP). Throw in some pullups and/or rows for the guns and you’re all set. Of course, make sure you’re on a caloric surplus. Don’t need to GOMAD, but 500-700 kcal/day should be fine.
Alright I’m gonna work on this. See what I come up with after few weeks.
I’ve been joking that I’ve been doing a 1/4th GOCHAD, which for me is twice a day drinking 16ozs of 2% milk and 2 20oz chocolate protein scoops, so I could just do that more consistently, and actually eat and drink enough water every day besides that.
Just got myself a subscription for Ozempic and picked up the first pen. Was pretty hard to get, tried 3 pharmacies. The third looked on some kind of system and reserved it for me in a place 30 minutes drive away.
Will try the first dose tomorrow morning and keep the thread updated.
A teammate of mine at work lost 77lbs on Wegovy. So good to know work covers it, but what happens when you stop taking?
The studies show that you gain most of it back, but apparently not all, at least for the time frame of the study.
On New Year’s Day, I started the “drink more water, eat less food” diet. Good results so far. Remains to be seen if I can stick with it though.
Welcome to the club, day 4 for me, down 4.8 pounds. Keep it up!
Eating less food. It’s really the only Way.
Over the past few years, I’ve eliminated dinner; most days I don’t eat breakfast. Starchy carbs are off the plate, as are fried foods, and sugar (most of the time). Alcohol? Gone.
It’s a sad, joyless existence, but at least I’m fit and trim!
