Top Tweets for #ProjectUnreasonable

28 days ago

Heat map of activity and effort for #ProjectUnreasonable you too can be unreasonable, it just takes this:

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28 days ago

Fascinating chart here. Every easy run of #ProjectUnreasonable. The trend line more of a weather line than anything. Look at how it started declining as temps went up, and has since recovered as things cool (and dry). I expect a nice steep upturn here once we get to Oct/Nov!

JohnGoldman's tweet photo. Fascinating chart here. Every easy run of #ProjectUnreasonable. The trend line more of a weather line than anything. Look at how it started declining as temps went up, and has since recovered as things cool (and dry). I expect a nice steep upturn here once we get to Oct/Nov! https://t.co/4bMki6BHle

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about 2 months ago

#ProjectUnreasonable UPDATE - and this is a major one We are punting on Indy in November. I am not ready to run the race I want to run. I have been battling an adductor injury and the humidity and have not been able to train according to plan. Yes my aerobic base has been growing big time. I've dropped three full minutes off my easy pace since November of last year. I can run 45 miles a week with no problem. But I have not been able to do any of the work necessary to move that pesky lt2 to the right and give me headroom under threshold to run at marathon pace. Humidity ruined my paces. Injury kept me from even doing the work. and the result is that I'm just not going to be ready. So we've decided that the new target date for the BQ attempt is late winter / early spring. Looking at Jersey City or Shamrock in VA beach. Until then we're dropping any hills and speed work. I'm doing concentrated rehab on the adductor. and I'm continuing with easy mileage to build the base. Lots and ltos of easy running, indoor cycling, and swimming from now until mid Dec. That's four more months of build. This week I'll be at around 48-50 miles and we'll be building from there. a couple of hours of cross training thrown in on top of it. And the aerobic base will be bigger and stronger for the 4 months of marathon block that will start in the winter. I've taken a week or so to come to this conclusion so the emotion of it all has already passed. I was really super bummed. But in the end its about the journey, the process, and who I'm becoming. and none of that has changed. Onwards, forwards, bigger miles, more mileage, stronger base, faster and faster easy paces...all good things! Thank you for following along. Hope you can stick it out an extra 6 months with me on this UNREASONABLE journey.

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@Vapaaherra_ #projectunreasonable

3 months ago

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@reallyoptimized #projectunreasonable

4 months ago

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5 months ago

New #ProjectUnreasonable diet is working. Saw 202 this week. Started at 244. 189 here we come. Yes. I’m hungry. White knuckle raw dogging with no Reta. I came off Reta and didn’t rebound because I track and am meticulous. It can be done.

JohnGoldman's tweet photo. New #ProjectUnreasonable diet is working. Saw 202 this week. Started at 244. 189 here we come.

Yes. I’m hungry. White knuckle raw dogging with no Reta.

I came off Reta and didn’t rebound because I track and am meticulous.

It can be done. https://t.co/EL4fcyUfCH

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5 months ago

New diet update for #projectunreasonable While my weight continues to go down, the rate of decline is not happening as quickly as we would like. The goal is to be in the 190’s when my marathon block starts in July. I’m 209/210. Need to drop 15 lbs over next 7 or 8 weeks. So we are lowering calories across the board to 1800/2300/2700. I’m already pretty hungry so this only going to make that worse but the value return on being lighter will be a of deal and then being able to eat at maintenance during the most intense training period will be huge I don’t wanna be in a deficit during 60 miles week race pace work outs and 18 mile long runs. Here’s the new diet plan and a picture of my leg which shows just how lean I already am and how challenging this entire thing is. 15 more lbs from here even. Without a doubt the dieting has been the hardest part of this entire project so far. I suspect I’ll change my tune on that when we get to 20 mile long runs with 8 miles race pace lol

JohnGoldman's tweet photo. New diet update for #projectunreasonable

While my weight continues to go down, the rate of decline is not happening as quickly as we would like. The goal is to be in the 190’s when my marathon block starts in July.

I’m 209/210. Need to drop 15 lbs over next 7 or 8 weeks.

So we are lowering calories across the board to 1800/2300/2700.

I’m already pretty hungry so this only going to make that worse but the value return on being lighter will be a of deal and then being able to eat at maintenance during the most intense training period will be huge

I don’t wanna be in a deficit during 60 miles week race pace work outs and 18 mile long runs.

Here’s the new diet plan and a picture of my leg which shows just how lean I already am and how challenging this entire thing is. 15 more lbs from here even.

Without a doubt the dieting has been the hardest part of this entire project so far. I suspect I’ll change my tune on that when we get to 20 mile long runs with 8 miles race pace lol

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5 months ago

An update on my weight cut for #ProjectUnreasonable

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5 months ago

#ProjectUnreasonable update Weight is down to 208 244>208 18 lbs to go, 6 months out. Goal is to get to 190 - 192 over the next 8-10 weeks and go to maintenance for my 4 month marathon specific block. It’ll be a trip to from 2200 calories a day to 4000 as mileage ramps.

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5 months ago

A fun case study from #ProjectUnreasonable to illustrate how we build the engine... Same pace. Same athlete. Very different engine. Just like the Grinch, @JohnGoldman 's heart has grown .07 extra sizes 🫀 🧵👇

5 months ago

And how do we "build the engine"? #Base of course! Something I outline in detail in Ch. 4 of my book... https://t.co/RnocViocPZ

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6 months ago

Great question! For those looking to undertake their own #ProjectUnreasonable - these are the core principles of @JohnGoldman 's mission to take 2hrs of his marathon time and qualify for Boston... 👇🧵

Wade Wegner

@WadeWegner

6 months ago

@Alan_Couzens I've been following along since the beginning and this is exciting to see! For those of us interested in taking the core principles and applying them to our training, do you have anything written up?

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6 months ago

Crazy to think back on the level of transformation that has already occurred... And how much is still ahead. #ProjectUnreasonable rolls on.

6 months ago

Monday: row 9k meters easy Tuesday: easy run 54 min, elliptical 30 min, strength workout Wednesday: run 7.5 miles with strides, row 9k easy Thursday: easy run 54 min, easy row 6.3k meters Friday: 7 miles with hill circuit, easy row 9k meters Saturday: run 3 miles with race pace intervals Sunday: 13 mile long run LIGHTWORK 41 miles 196 days to go

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6 months ago

@BocaDuk3 age 50 - 3:20 but prob more like 3:15 #projectunreasonable details all of it!

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6 months ago

So last week I had the worst moment of #projectunreasonable so far. I stood up, everything went grey, my legs started to shake, and then I passed out cold face first on the coffee table in the living room in front of my daughter and wife. I'm ok, but my family was pretty shook. I texted my doctor at rebel health - and he called me right away for a quick assessment at 830pm. I showed no other symptoms prior or after the incident. my hydration, diet, salt, etc are all on point. he concluded that it was partly a consequence of endurance training - where my heart is beating slower and blood pressure is lower and so when I stand up quickly, there's not enough blood flow to the head brain didn't like that so it cut out the lights pretty quickly I had a swollen lips from landing face first and some bruised shins from the coffee table but other than that I'm a-ok I took last week "easy" - only doing the cherry blossom ten miler (at comfortable pace) and running 40 miles - no cross training, strength training, or speed/hill work. just a lot of easy running, steady diet, good sleep. when I looked back at my RHR and HRV data, I could see that was approaching a state of parasympathetic over reach. my HRV had sky rocketed, and my RHR had plummeted well below trend (high 30's). some of my runs leading up to that event were kinda shitty. since I took it easy, my HRV has declined back to trend and RHR has increased back to trend (mid 40's). and I feel a lot better now when I stand up I do it in phases, sit up straight, flex, stand slowly. no more jumping up quickly anymore. a weird, yet relative known, issue this week we're back at it in full swing. 40 miles lots of rowing and elliptical strength training calorie deficit motivated by all the Boston marathon coverage this week - just six months out from my BQ attempt. the grind grinds on!

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6 months ago

60 minute easy run 30 minutes elliptical 45 min strength work out still considered "easy day" by my dietitian this weight cut getting serious 100% the most difficult part of #projectunreasonable

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6 months ago

Next diet phase: destroy muscle. First time in 15 years I won’t be aiming for 1 G protein per lb of body weight. 219 today. 189 race day. 6 months. 30 lbs. almost 60 lbs total from when we started. #projectunreasonable

JohnGoldman's tweet photo. Next diet phase: destroy muscle.

First time in 15 years I won’t be aiming for 1 G protein per lb of body weight.

219 today.
189 race day.
6 months. 30 lbs.

almost 60 lbs total from when we started.

#projectunreasonable https://t.co/dgCC3cKneo

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6 months ago

When @JohnGoldman approached me to work with him on #ProjectUnreasonable , he said... "Just tell me what to do and I'll do it." A lot of people say that, but I could tell he really meant it. A very rare quality these days.

6 months ago

#ProjectUnreasonable is lead by the team at Rebel Health Alliance and Alan Couzens. They do all the thinking. I am an empty vessel. I just run. And because I respect the hell out of the team, I do everything they say. I don't want to let them down. That's accountability.

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6 months ago

#ProjectUnreasonable is lead by the team at Rebel Health Alliance and Alan Couzens. They do all the thinking. I am an empty vessel. I just run. And because I respect the hell out of the team, I do everything they say. I don't want to let them down. That's accountability.

Brad Culp

@bbculp

6 months ago

@JohnGoldman Perfect plan perfectly executed so far. Nice work athlete and coach.

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