{"id":44,"date":"2021-12-31T16:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/?p=44"},"modified":"2023-01-07T17:41:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T17:41:55","slug":"december-and-holiday-challenge-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/2021\/12\/31\/december-and-holiday-challenge-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2021 &#8211; Holiday Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most of this month was dedicated to racking up metres for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.concept2.com\/\">Concept 2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/log.concept2.com\/challenges\/holiday\">Holiday Challenge<\/a>, which involved rowing 100,000m or 200,000m between 24 November and 24 December.<\/p>\n<p>I managed a new PB for 2K on the 6th December of 7:45.0 which now placed me in the 62nd percentile.<\/p>\n<p>I passed 100,000m and claimed the certificate on the 7th December.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-03-at-15.23.53.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-03-at-15.23.53-300x232.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-03-at-15.23.53-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-03-at-15.23.53-768x593.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-03-at-15.23.53.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I set a second PB for 2k on the 14th December of 7:33.8 which moved me up to the 73rd percentile.<\/p>\n<p>I passed 200,000m and claimed the second certificate on the 18th December.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-03-at-15.26.12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-03-at-15.26.12-300x232.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-03-at-15.26.12-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-03-at-15.26.12-768x594.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-03-at-15.26.12.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I set a new 5K PB on 21st December of 19:18.0, my first sub 20 minute 5K, which placed me in the 84th percentile.<\/p>\n<p>Just before the end of the month, on 31st December, I set yet another 2K PB of 7:20.9 which set me in the 83rd percentile.<\/p>\n<p>During the month of December I managed a total of 94 hours of exercise, walked 413km climbed 228 flights of stairs, cycled 0km and rowed 296km.<\/p>\n<p>By Christmas my weight was 14 Stone 10lb, (206lb\/93.6kg) however by the end of the month my weight was back up to 15 Stone 1lb (211lb\/96kg), so looks like I over indulged a bit over the festive period, an overall gain of 4lb (1.8kg).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of this month was dedicated to racking up metres for the Concept 2 Holiday Challenge, which involved rowing 100,000m or 200,000m between 24 November and 24 December. I managed a new PB for 2K on the 6th December of 7:45.0 which now placed me in the 62nd percentile. 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