I’m sprinkling some protein powder on mine…
See the other thread…!?
Syrup is good with them!
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Nah, lime juice and a tiny sprinkle of sugar is all that is needed.
Lemon juice and sugar here
75.0kg last night, a drop of 700g on the week, in 6 weeks that’s the equivalent of 4 bags of sugar less to carry round which has to make things easier/quicker
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69.2kg and 14% BF according to the scales yesterday evening. Need to pick a time to do this routinely to maintain a bit of consistency but happy to be back in the 60s (get the psychedelic paisley out lads). With the right light and tensing you could even be fooled to think I have an abdominal muscle or two!
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Evening weigh in yesterday, before training and eating:
81.4kg…18.6%BF. 
My lowest BF since the weigh in after IM Lanzarote last year.
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Mid morning, light breakfast.
80.7kg 19.7%BF
Down to 71kg, been a bit static on 73 for a few weeks. Most significant is that my belt is now tightened to “Race Weight” position. I have 3 positions I use on my belt - “Post Christmas”, “In Training” and “Race Weight”… if things carry on, will need to create a new hole soon
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How tall are you???
Plug it into here:
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I need to dust off my 22cm stilettos, then I’ll be golden.
just another 7kg to drop by August then
Same. Phwoar. Race weight of 73kgs - work to do
Only 13kg to lose for me then good job I ain’t doing no ironman this year! 
Holding steady at 69.5kg.
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I’ll gladly take that as reassurance little for me to gain worrying about weight. Raced IMUK 2kg above “race-weight”, coming from swimmer background.
Still gladly maintaining ~75kg (181cm) winter weight. Will probably start thinking about weight in April and drop back to ~72kg for June races. See others racing in the 60 kgs and have always wondered if that would help me, but going to keep telling myself I’m more likely to risk weak/ill/injured, and even if was useful not serious enough to be strict and give up alcohol/sugars etc completely. It’s enough giving up the mid-ride cakes and hot chocolates without giving up the ones before and after!
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Exactly this. I am thinking about dropping alcohol for a month before my A race this year, but that’s it. It’s not going to make a big enough difference to do any more, and i enjoy it.
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79kgs. Nice to finally be out of the 80s
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Down to 71.2 with a 69 target. This chart however wants me down at 66…which might be right but I hit that weight four years ago at Vichy and felt weak as a kitten.
I’m hoping more strength based stuff along with eating well is the answer and helps me to find the right balance.
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Folks, you’ve read the whole article, right?
Where he explains the sample, problems with it, plus the 90/95% confidence intervals?
“ The take home being, if you have an average height & bone structure, your optimal Ironman race weight will likely fall within +/- 2.5kg(~5lbs) of the lines above. Those at more of the ‘super duty’ or ‘light compact’ ends of the spectrum, though, may find their best power/weight relationship for Ironman at as far as +/- 5kg from the regression lines above.”
It’s got me at 73kg for IM, my three ~10:20s at Outlaw we’re done at 69, 70 and 71.
I did a rough surface not flat (not undulating or hilly, just a few rises and drags) 25TT last year, after sub-18min PB parkrun, and ended up with a 1:00:41 (pretty pissed off I did the parkrun!)
I was 80.3kg for both of those, whereas Couzens has my cycling TT weight at 76kg.
I ran a half marathon at 79kg in 2019, coming in with a massive 2 minute PB at 1:20:41.
That was my first half marathon in over five years.
In the summer, I did the 113 half Ironman, again, my first one in over five years.
I lost my bottle on the bike course, had to retrieve it, my saddle bag worked loose and I had to stop to reattach it, I then slipped and fell onto my leg coming out of T2, meaning a first km hobble…
…I was 79kg for that, too. Maybe 80kg.
I had a massive PB at that race, finishing in 4:27 (15/883)
What I’m trying to say is…
…weight probably doesn’t matter as much as you think it does.
What matters more is NOT GETTING INJURED and consistent training, plus, I’d say, enjoying the training. Also TAKE A REST DAY (or three) to absorb the work.
Signing off,
Coach Peeps
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