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Tuesday - lunchtime trot

Well I decided yesterday's belly problems were caused by too much fruit! See you do your best to get the 5-a-day and it back fires so to speak! Belly was doing summersaults until 9 so tea was toast and marmite at 9:30!

Good news is I have now lost 3lb since Christmas, through a combination of maintaining my exercise and being more aware of my food intake. This has been mainly in a "will not stress and eat, will remain calm!" sense! If I can lose 1lb this week I will be at my lightest since moving (11st which I did for abut 1wk this time last year before I got injured!) and that would be fab! I want to be at 10st7lb for Reading which is less that 1lb a week so should be easy.

Anyway today I will be trotting at lunchtown round the lovely (coughs loudly) Loughborough! Will report back to teacher later!!

Sunday Legs
Well I've been for my run and my legs reminded me of my longer run on Sunday but somehow they worked! HR was up because of Sunday too.

Anyway good news .. used the same tactic as I plan to use Sunday and it seems fine. I did 4.2m today in 50:44 which is a smidge over 12mm pace. If I get near that Sunday I will be over the moon but that's not the idea! Sunday is a training run(said loudly so coach realises I am listening!) and is a training run for Reading!

Trotted down the canal and back and got covered in mud splashes from cyclist and small puddles! Still it gets me out of the office and in the fresh air and makes me nice and calm to face the afternoon ahead!

Comments

Dave said…
keep at it Pixie - it seems to be all coming together. Well done :)
2:48 PM, January 17, 2006
Evil Pixie said…
I'm sure it will all be fab for camp hey!
9:27 PM, January 17, 2006
b-z said…
Good girl
keep it up
7:54 AM, January 18, 2006
WildWill said…
LOL at the 5-a-day effect
11:43 AM, January 18, 2006
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