Friday, August 25, 2006

Delving Deeper into the Stats

Here are some rough calculations for various fitness attributes using weight, height, and heart rate:

Max Heart Rate: 182
Training Heart Rate (Karvonen Method)-
50%: 112
80%: 154

Body Mass Index: 16.3

Body Fat Percentage: 11.74%

I think i'm in pretty good shape.

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Current Basic Stats

Weight: 149

Resting Heart Rate: 42

Mileage: 15 miles per week average

It Has Begun...

Well, I recently signed up for the London Triathlon 2007.

The Olympic distance: 1500m swim, 40km bike, and 10km run.

And I thought blogging about my training and the experience may be a way to provide some understanding to myself of the whys behind the effort.

So here goes...