2025 Fitness Goals Accountability Thread

[mtwarden]

Good looking crew!

 

[Ross]

Another November down, now the grind of winter nothing worth packing off the mountain, just an ancient deadhead and little muleys.

 

[mtbraun]

Progress through September (including a small projection). 2,142 miles with 204k of vert through 9 months. The last three-month training block featured a lot of heat and altitude work in preparation for the Mogollon Monster. I went into the race feeling very good. The race itself, eh not so much. I struggled from the start getting into any kind of rhythm. It ended up turning into a death march, but hey I finished. That course is amazing, but very technical and the rim climbs/descents are steep!

My focus for the next training block is adding in more ME and strength work. I'm planning to lift large muscle groups 2x per week and body weight strength 2x per week. Mileage should be consistent with the first 9 months as I prepare for the Hitchcock Experience in December.

Progress through December. I'll rest a couple weeks so numbers won't change much for the year. Completed the Hitchcock Experience this weekend. Course had received about 6" of snow the week prior, so shoe screws were the answer. Tough, relentless course. If you want 20k of vert in a midwest hundo, this is a great race. Very well done race. I DNF'd this race a couple years ago, so it felt good to get a little redemption.

2,886 miles and 295k of vert.

 

[mtwarden]

^ Congrats!

 

[mtwarden]

I'll post up a little early as I did meet my 2025 mile goal a week or so ago

https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/2025-miles-in-2025-check.432313/

I also went in to our fitness clinic for a post hunting season (he's trying to gather data pre and post hunting season from a few hunters, including himself) body composition and VO2 max retests. Interestingly my VO2 did increase slightly and along with it my Zone 2 training upper end. I did lose 3-4 lbs of muscle mass (few lbs of fat too), which I attribute mostly to not hitting the gym for the entire month of November. The doctor suggested even lighter lifting when you get a chance throughout hunting season vs not going at all and I agree, will make that change next season.

It looked like I wasn't going to get any elk meat in the freezer, but my buddy connected with his cow tag on the last day of the season and I helped pack it (actually sled it) out, so the freezer won't be empty.

Anyways a great 2025 and hope to repeat in 2026!