RANT thread is over there …?!
Seriously that was a good post…
It’s simple
Your best weight is your best time.
4:27 says more than any scales…
Assuming you can stay healthy and train near it.
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Wise words! Wise words!
Yes, getting the balance right is the hard bit for me. I’ve always felt myself getting to a really good place, almost peak, and then not knowing when to back off and getting injured.
I am yet to start an Ironman feeling great…but I guess I’m not alone in that.
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I’ve undertaken a series of treadmill runs that I HOPE has reduced the heart rate required for a decent IM marathon …
Time will tell…
Virtually all my injuries have come running at 15 kph +
It’s natural to want more but I’ve lost the whole show on sessions that wouldn’t have improved me anyway…
My really hard intervals will be done on the bike this year…
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we’re basically the same height and weight.
I think as long as I’m in the 75-80 kg window I’m happy. I can see a few ribs and my tits and belly don’t jiggle when I trot down the stairs.
Getting under 75kg would take proper work and a serious diet and to be honest I like eating a bit of crap and drinking beer to get there!
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It does.
Having been there.
No booze or crap for two years.
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Bit like that myself, well a lot actually. If I’m eating what I want generally I’ll be in a better mood and probably train harder, when restricting in the past I’ve generally ended up getting injured.
Also, if I’m having a lot of general life stress I eat even more junk which is a downward spiral, mood food but doesn’t really support hard training.
I set quite a few PB’s last year, not all because of the fly’s, and probably at the heaviest I’ve ever been. Mostly through consistent training, and not overtraining.
Jeff
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I think a lot of it is self-inflicted “stress” on a result which nobody really cares about.
Apart from you.
Now I’ve let that go, I’m enjoying myself way more
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I’d agree with that to a point, and it’s about managing your spare time & priorities, but sometimes other things in life generate a lot of emotional stress that is hard to avoid but still impacts you.
Jeff
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Got back into some gentle exercise this week but carried on eating crap. My club’s first race of the season yesterday so didn’t do much at the weekend.
Result, up again to 97.4kg, nearly back to where I started the year. Need to get my ar5e back into gear now.
Ps. Only about 20kg over what Alan Couzins recommends 
I’ve not be as active on this thread this year as I was last year. I decided to focus on training, and really not put any emphasis on weight. Last year I focused on weight a lot in Jan and Feb, and went down from 78kg to 70kg by the end Feb. This year I started to at 75kg and am now at 71.5kg, however, this is due to training, and cutting out alcohol, rather than any specific focus on weight.
Despite being a little heavier, I am pretty sure that I am significantly faster in all 3 disciplines currently than I was 12 months ago
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I’ve just eaten a 491kcal flapjack 
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I had a bacon ciabatta for my 2nd breakfast. That should tie me over for my runch and then i’ll go find more food at the cafe!
Working hard(ly working)?
I’m on the other campus to where my office/desk is today.
So naturally I pitch up with my laptop in the cafe in the absence of a desk, corner myself in (before the students start arriving in numbers) and i’m sorted! Though it’s not great for the bank balance or the waist!! 
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Evening, pre meal, pre weight lifting
79.6kg! 
20%BF
Finally dipped below 80kg, and I had alcohol, chocs and biscuits at the weekend.
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Flatlined at 75.0kg this week, better than expected after a bit of ‘treat eating’ over the weekend
As an example of how much weighing at different times of the day can matter, last night immediately before bed I weighed myself (without saving it to my account) … 71.7kg.
I then weighed myself first thing this morning, simply after having a #1. 70.7kg. An entire kg, simply from having a pee, and sleeping.
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Always weigh-in around 10.30pm on a Monday, it’s usually a low or no exercise evening so less chance of any dehydration affecting the numbers. No mid-week checks either.