Due to my lack of running last week I decided to repeat week four. I did do lots of gardening so lots of calories burnt and muscles used just no actually running!
So today I am running at lunch - unusal I know but the boss is away this week so the pixie will play!
The plan says 5R:2W for 30 mins which means I will do a brisk walking warm up then 4 sets of run walk.
After which time I will be a bad pixie and do a half mile time trial.
This is for 2 reasons.
A - because I am interested to see how I am feeling - my speedwork on the tready means I should do the half mile in about 5-5.55 mins and I want to see if that is purely the tready pulling me or if I can run that!
B - Also for my course I have to do a fitness test that I can repeat at the end of the course to see the improvement, half a mile seems a good distance as it isn't too far so I won't kill myself, I can also use the canal path (easy under foot) and I can also do a flat trail half mile at home in 15 (ish) weeks at the end of the course!
It will also let me see how much difference losing weight actually makes and encourage me to keep going!
Tonight I am going to Loughborough College for a talk/lecture on Exercise and Health. Again this relates to my course but it also includes as session about using a gym ball. I have had my gym ball sat, collecting dust, at the top of a wardrobe for about 12-18mths not really knowing what to do with it!! I used to use it as a seat whilst doing college work but that's it! So this will be useful and hoepfully encourage me to do some more home based exercises, strength and toning work!
Well that's the plan at least!
Later that Day (2PM)....
Well that's that done. Several things to note as a result.
GPS batteries died after 0.6m so no idea of distance or speed but Accuroute says a total distance of about 3m (or 4 bridges down the canal!). This is for 4sets of 5R:2W and 15mins walking. Why 15mins walking, well I forgot to turn round after 2 sets of runs still a good cool down!!
I think the runs were about 11-12mm from what I did see on the GPS but not sure, I have very little judgement on speed!
Also it was fairly hard and tiring; whilst walking I thought about this. Lately my runs have been at night after a day of food (about 1400-1500 cals) so plenty of fuel in me. Also when I was doing lunchtime runs before I was still being a snacking piglet and although I would not eat for 2hrs leading to my run I can't have been short of fuel or I would have been losing weight then not gaining!!
These last 3wks I have started to take the weight lose issue seriously and lost 4lb. I've got out of the snacking habit (good) and only eat when hungry (good!), so I was running today having been up for 5hrs on under 600cals. That would explain the tiredness in the legs, so I'm not concerned as it is time on feet and a way back to running and fitness and a new slimmer me!
So today I am running at lunch - unusal I know but the boss is away this week so the pixie will play!
The plan says 5R:2W for 30 mins which means I will do a brisk walking warm up then 4 sets of run walk.
After which time I will be a bad pixie and do a half mile time trial.
This is for 2 reasons.
A - because I am interested to see how I am feeling - my speedwork on the tready means I should do the half mile in about 5-5.55 mins and I want to see if that is purely the tready pulling me or if I can run that!
B - Also for my course I have to do a fitness test that I can repeat at the end of the course to see the improvement, half a mile seems a good distance as it isn't too far so I won't kill myself, I can also use the canal path (easy under foot) and I can also do a flat trail half mile at home in 15 (ish) weeks at the end of the course!
It will also let me see how much difference losing weight actually makes and encourage me to keep going!
Tonight I am going to Loughborough College for a talk/lecture on Exercise and Health. Again this relates to my course but it also includes as session about using a gym ball. I have had my gym ball sat, collecting dust, at the top of a wardrobe for about 12-18mths not really knowing what to do with it!! I used to use it as a seat whilst doing college work but that's it! So this will be useful and hoepfully encourage me to do some more home based exercises, strength and toning work!
Well that's the plan at least!
Later that Day (2PM)....
Well that's that done. Several things to note as a result.
GPS batteries died after 0.6m so no idea of distance or speed but Accuroute says a total distance of about 3m (or 4 bridges down the canal!). This is for 4sets of 5R:2W and 15mins walking. Why 15mins walking, well I forgot to turn round after 2 sets of runs still a good cool down!!
I think the runs were about 11-12mm from what I did see on the GPS but not sure, I have very little judgement on speed!
Also it was fairly hard and tiring; whilst walking I thought about this. Lately my runs have been at night after a day of food (about 1400-1500 cals) so plenty of fuel in me. Also when I was doing lunchtime runs before I was still being a snacking piglet and although I would not eat for 2hrs leading to my run I can't have been short of fuel or I would have been losing weight then not gaining!!
These last 3wks I have started to take the weight lose issue seriously and lost 4lb. I've got out of the snacking habit (good) and only eat when hungry (good!), so I was running today having been up for 5hrs on under 600cals. That would explain the tiredness in the legs, so I'm not concerned as it is time on feet and a way back to running and fitness and a new slimmer me!
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