Since I’ll be snowboarding today with my little brother Matti who loves Katie Perry, it’s only fitting that I show you this:
Katie Perry headed to the gym.
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Has anyone seen or read this book?
THIS ARTICLE gives a little excerpt of the book.
Your optimal racing weight isn’t some ideal number. “It’s determined functionally,” Fitzgerald said. “If you’re training appropriately and eating appropriately, then the day you have the race of your life, you’re probably at your optimal weight.” However, he does provide a method in the book to help people estimate what that weight should be, based on age and gender, but he emphasizes that his weight table is a guideline and a goal, but that the ultimate test comes in tracking your own performance and workouts along with weigh-ins.
Any thoughts on the idea of racing weight? Has it ever affected your racing? Are you at yours?
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The other day we had “fellowship” at our womens Bible study where we bring food, chat, and not do Bible study. I decided to make cinnamon rolls. This was my first time making them where the dough actually rose. My first time I had a bowling ball of yeastless mess.
They turned out ok. I got the recipe from allrecipes.com and it looked easy enough…
It said to let the dough rise for 1 hour but I did 3 in front of the fireplace and even still, I think the dough probably needed more time so it be’d be a little lighter and fluffier. Jaybob said they were a little “thick”.
Oh well, nothing a little butt ton of homemade cream cheese frosting can’t fix!
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I need to check out that book about race weight. I know I feel and run better when I’m around 120ish, but that could be because I’m always at that weight when I have been following my training program and eating appropriately. I have been looking for a diet/weight loss/eating guide for runners lately and this may be what I need!
I’ve been interested in that book too. I agree with what he says about body composition being a little more important than weight. But a lot of coaches also say that you should be slightly underweight to race your best–just less mass to carry across the finish line. In interviews I often hear the elite female distance runners say they gain about 10 pounds when they’re not hardcore training for a race and lose it when preparing for racing season.
That is a hard one. I am going to pick this up for my boyfriend! He trains for marathons non-stop and he seems to lose a lot of weight. He always struggles with what his weight should be for racing and how much muscle he needs to maintain. This sounds like an interesting read! Have fun snowboarding!!
That book sounds interesting..I think I’ll give it a whirl.
I love your kitchen! I’m so jealous of your 2010 appliances!
I just bought that book a couple of weeks ago, but have only glanced through it. I have actually put on 15 pounds this year somehow, even though I have not changed my eating habits and I am running even more than ever. I have actually increased my pace during this year, but do feel that losing some of this weight will help my times even more. Off to do 10 miles today for my first marathon (Seattle Rock n Roll).
YUM are those the clone of a cinnabon ones? I’ve been meaning to try them from allrecipes but haven’t yet…they look amazing though.
MMMmmmmm cream cheese frosting can fix anything!!!
Oh girl – I have a cinnamon roll recipe that works for me every time. I don’t know how different a recipe can be but I’ve never “broken” it and I make em once a year. It’s a copycat recipe for cinnabon.
i’ve been thinking a lot about racing weight lately actually. i definitely think there’s a weight where i can run fastest but i think it’s something that i need to find myself and i hate the fact that there are tables telling what ideal racing weights are. i think it adds a bunch of pressure/obsession that i just don’t want
I definitely have an “ideal racing weight” where things seems to fall together. Lower than or too much higher than that and my running suffers.
Well.. I wonder about the weight thing as well. I have been running a couple of years and I am soooo darn slooow! No matter who I run with, they are always faster than me! I wonder too how much does weigh affect your pace?? I could stand to loose 2oish pounds. And would it make a big difference in how fast I could run??
All I know about my own experience and “racing weight” is that when I was much faster five years ago, I happened to weigh about 5-8 pounds less than I do now. But back then I didn’t consider it my “racing weight”…it was just my weight.
I feel pretty strongly against attempting to lose weight while simultaneously attempting to run fast. I’ve seen it develop into an ugly obsession with too many people I care about. So while I am aware that the extra pounds I carry right now might indeed be slowing me down, I concentrate on that as little as possible.
Build strength, build endurance, and whatever I happen to weigh at my next race, that will be my racing weight that day.
I have the book and have finished it. It is definitely interesting but VERY scientific and sometimes hard to follow. I’ve tried looking at the chart to determine a racing weight and fat percentage but it is hard to do.
What is interesting is it has some elite athletes at the end give a sample day of their diets during hard core training. Some eat a “butt ton” and some do not. Either way, being leaner makes sense but too many people, women, go about it all wrong and this book really makes sense in that regard.
Interesting timing. I was just joking about racing weight the other day… I’m not a small girl (I can usually race in the Athena category, but I’m borderline, so it depends on the race)… and I was giggling at the prospect of “race” shoes that shed a few ounces off your racing weight, and laughing at how I think I’d probably rather shed a few ounces off my rear-end, and maybe that would improve my times. Maybe someday I’ll read this book, but for now, I’m more concerned about endurance and fitness than I am about times.
I need to check out that book. I’ve lost 48lbs since I started running in 2007, my husband has 63lbs. I’m at 121-123, but I think it would be interesting to see what my race weight should be.
CJ
That really is a BUTT TON of icing…nice!
I bought that book for my hubby for Christmas (he asked for it
. He loves this stuff and anything to help him get his sub 3 hour marathon he wants to read.
Right now his 80 plus miles a week has his weight stuck, and he is not happy. I think it will begin to change in March, but for now he is running so much I think his body is hanging onto what it can (which isn’t really a bad thing).
Holyyyyy yumm!!