[Closed] iDave diet - a £ for a pound? (AKA payback)

Done.

I'll donate all of last week's lottery winnings if dd does it with you.

¡Suerte!

If you mean the €107m, I'll give him a piggy back!

If it gets the €107m I'm coming with you...

Done.
Had to weigh myself to find out the price of success 🙂

Hi,

Fate has brought you here....

No it didn't. The link in the OP did.

Despite this, I still donated.

Wow, I'm dead choked by the response so far! Thanks people. It's almost like you're real people not just from the interweb!!

Dave,

I'm starting the iDave [s]diet[/s] eating plan a week on Monday, after I run the Edinburgh marathon (a trifling 42Km). I've marvelled at your self-control in some of the idiet threads.

Was 100Km not a huge enough challenge, that you decided to do it at altitude aswell? Any-which-way, chapeau!

I'll assume a decent loss for the future and pitch in!

Matt

Jamie!

How's the road riding going?

Donated... are you using the little bike ride as a bit of training then?

Never mind 'how's the road riding going', where the **** have you been Jamie!!!

If I get a new bike built in time I'm [i]considering[/i] 10 under the Ben followed by the half marathon the next day....

And the 'other' wee ride will be handy training too....

Why do I have to live so far flipping south!

get to Staffordshire for Friday morning and we can share the driving/fuel?

I didnt do your diet and I didnt lose weight. Though I do save money by not eating very much. I've sent you a five quid!

100k fueled on beans, veg and meat, good luck - you'll need it! (unless the 22nd is your "off day")

Cheers DTF, much appreciated - fuel will be whatever is available in East Africa plus a load of Haribo I'm bringing with me

Jamie!

How's the road riding going?

He's just got back from his first ride. It was an epic.

Donated.

I think Dave has to let Molgrips bum him, or something, given the amount he just donated.

...or maybe just a nice souvenir.

I suggested a £1 per pound not per kg MG 😉

Thanks for the unwarranted generosity

Molly surely you've not lost that much?! Chapeau though

So Jamie. We need explanations.

Dave chances of me getting the day off are slim to none. Quite fancy a half marathon off the back of almost no running though and a 10 hr bike marathon.

that's a shame, never mind eh, there must be no way round that dilemma

Yes indeed.

*thinks*

not on the diet and no need to lose weight but beanz are now a part of my diet which they weren't before.

donated.

Kev

6-7kg thanks to iDave, 3kg before that thanks to inactivity.

think Dave has to let Molgrips bum him, or something, given the amount he just donated.

Does it say who I am on the donation? I clicked anonymous 😳

it shows as anonymous, I think they looked at the timing of a donation and a post?

I can't get it to work? I'm trying VISA as ny paypal is broke.

Dunno catflees - should be fine with VISA?

For the record, I also had it crap out on me when trying to use Visa Debit card. Got all the way through, including the verified by visa bit, but the website threw up an error saying they had a prob on their side. Had to use Paypal.

Should have paypal working again on Tuesday, will try again then. It was just freezing when I tried Visa, I was on stage3.

there you go, good cause and a real challenge, best of luck

my missus and running buddy are both enjoying the diet but i have no idea of the combined weight loss to date
im waiting for the put on weight version, so i can again go out when its windy

Anyone want to sponsor me for how much tequila I can drink at SITS?

It's not about how much you can drink MG.

You [b]will[/b] drink a shot before and after each stint.

Thanks to everyone who has donated, £203.75 after just 24 hours!

Found out yesterday the cut off time for the run is 12 hours. I 'should' be ok, that's [i]only[/i] 11.5 minute miles, but for 62.5 miles.... 😯

Who's gonna clean up the puke?

Maybe I should just do all my laps in one go.

PS should we actually put in an entry or what?

Found out yesterday the cut off time for the run is 12 hours. I 'should' be ok, that's only 11.5 minute miles, but for 62.5 miles...

Holy cow. You are SO doing the run at SITS.

Found out yesterday the cut off time for the run is 12 hours. I 'should' be ok, that's only 11.5 minute miles, but for 62.5 miles....

Eat right and don't do nothing stupid and you'll piss it.

Saying that, the furthest I have run is 30miles.

And not in Kenya.

I'll shut up now.

I should add that I am not in any way a 'runner'. I did Olympic distance triathlons in the late 80's. Two years ago I did a 100km in Mongolian mountains in 18 hours. I've never ran a half marathon or marathon. Just info for those who may think I'm doing something easy that I love for charidee.... I hate running.

Bumped up for the day shift - thanks

Honestly though, how tf can you run 100km? How is that even possible?

If war broke out, your car was blown up, public transport destroyed and the last flight was in 13 hours time, from a secure airport 100km away, I expect you could run 100km. You lie to your legs, you tell your brain to shut up, you hum songs, count steps, change your running style, stride length, all sorts.

Personally, I'm treating at as ten 10k runs, with nano-recovery between each one.

🙂

something would snap in my legs I reckon.

What's the equivalent in biking terms? Some kind of ultra sportive I suppose. 24hr solo isn't that hard, all you have to do is stay awake...

5.2mph for 12hrs.
Good luck!!!

5.2mph for 12hrs.

Less of that kind of thing please.

Best of luck achieving your time

I don't really weight myself but have probably lost a few lbs, so donated. Been doing a bit of the iDave thing for a bit now a like it.
really don't miss the bread and potatoes etc at all, just desserts!

have you run at altitude before Dave?
I just about doubled my Marathon PB (road) in the Himalayas a few years ago, off road and up to about 12000ft but still. Really changes things, inclines you'd not really worry about normally become impossible to run.

Thanks Keith

I haven't found altitude to be an issue before, except after a beer at 13,000ft

If I have the energy a few days after I may have a pop at Mt Kenya.

*waits for ianpinder to arrive on the thread 😉 *

[b][u]I'm running 100km at altitude, [/u][/b] in heat, around the foothills of Mt Kenya on 23rd June to raise money for Leukaemia research. Lost good friends to it. I hate running - aiming for a [b][u]finish time of 11 hours.[/u][/b]

No chance you are living in a dream world and I am ignoring

in heat, around the foothills of Mt Kenya

and

I hate running

. I have done a 100k and nobody runs all the way. The rules are run on the flat and downhill and walk uphill. My last one (and only 100k the rest were 50 milers) was near Ramsbottom mainly on the moors where I quickly dropped the run down hill, well at least on the moors, as you ended up flat on your back (to slippy). Now as you are clearly not a runner judging by

I hate running

Then assuming you finish? I do not believe you will finish before the cutoff time when taking into account all the extras IE Big hills and the heat (although it might be very cold at night). The speed you are suggesting with no water stops is 5.68 miles an hour????????? You have to be kidding. Stopping other than for having your "card marked" and for water is a requirement. Stopping for any period of time will mean your muscles will lock up. Also changes of socks will be necessary due to the sand/gravel which will get into your shoes and make your blisters worse note worse not create them. With out a change of attitude I do not believe you will make it…………………in 24 hours
You need to train by reducing your cycling significantly and doing lots of slow but long runs, working up to a 50 miler even every other week. Cycling will have a negative effect as it increases/enlarges your hamstring and decrease your lower back, stomach muscles, Gluteus Maximus (Bum muscle) and most importantly quadriceps, relative to the muscles that are created/increased when running.
An option I use is a cross trainer type machine a sort of skiing machine?? I started using this when A/ Arthritis in one knees got the better of me B/ and I noticed a big drop off in fitness when playing Rugby when I had to do a lot more cycling. The latter took the form of my quadriceps feeling burnt out all the time. The advantage of the machine is it works your Quads and Hamstring etc similar to running. There is no impact which means no effect on arthritis but also no pain the next day caused by impact which allows you to get a better feel on how tired you are i.e. the tiredness is not hidden behind the pain?
Most importantally of all is to remember that this is not just about being fit physically but also mentally. The latter is I think the more important.

Two years ago I did a 100km in Mongolian mountains in 18 hours

And now you are going to knock 7 hours of your time??????

Last time I had 5 weeks to go from two 20 minute jogs per week to the 100km and I did it.

Training wise, I'm OK for advice, and I certainly don't need to do any 50 milers - thanks anyway.