July 27, 2009
Only 63 days till the big event and only 27 till my next half marathon.
I am so happy after last weeks training. I managed some base runs that were between 5 and 8 Km and on Saturday I had a 16 Km long run. I used 500 meters to warm up and 500 meters to cool down (light jogging), but ran the rest of the 15Km non stop. No breaks just a constant pace except for a final 200 meter sprint before my cool down. I took all my drinks while running because I am trying to control take them whilst running. This is mainly just down to my breathing.
The good thing is barring painful knees for a couple of hours after, I am pain free. I even went out with my wife, one of my son's and the dog for a nice walk on Sunday to a local lake.
I started reading a book called Chi running by Danny Dreyer. This has helped me a lot even though I am only a few chapters into the book. Just to prove a point, my previously longest run without stopping and walking was 9.5 Km which I completed on the 18th July 2009 which was just before I started reading the book. Now that is up to 15Km the following week. Also having said that I felt really good at the end of the run.
As for my overweight issue. I weighed in on Saturday at 106 Kg, to date I have lost 9Kg. I am hoping my increase in run distances will help me lose more weight (another 21Kg). It is hard to diet with the running because of amount of energy I am burning (around 2000 calories burnt on Saturdays run). I just have to make sure they are good food and not sweets or cakes.
Also I got to see two motivational films this week one by Dean Karnazes, have a look at his website http://www.ultramarathonman.com/flash/ very very very inspiring person. The second was called Running the Sahara, this was also very inspiring showing what humans are capable of, here is a link about this
http://www.runningthesahara.com/about.html
Lets see how well I can improve this week
Monday, July 27, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Back to normal training at last
July 21st 2009
A fairly good week last week. Training went well, I even managed to start running again and ran 9.5Km on Saturday morning (I only had an hour due o other commitments). My ankle feels fine, no pain though I still know to be careful for the next week. I decided not to do the planed 10 mile run last Sunday purely so as not to effect my ankle again.
I have decided to do my running away from the Gym from next week. I only really use the tread mill and I need to more to more road running now anyway.
I am also getting allot of support from Ford of Mexico. I have the charity now which is 'Ser Humano' http://www.serhumano.org.mx/english.html a very worth while charity offering support to children with HIV and also adopting them. Ford is also going to put an article about the fund raising in the internal Ford magazine which will get more people aware of what I am trying to do.
This also gives me some more motivation to do well in the training and event,…..you can never have to much motivation. I have now had a few sponsorships to my English charities which also helps.
A fairly good week last week. Training went well, I even managed to start running again and ran 9.5Km on Saturday morning (I only had an hour due o other commitments). My ankle feels fine, no pain though I still know to be careful for the next week. I decided not to do the planed 10 mile run last Sunday purely so as not to effect my ankle again.
I have decided to do my running away from the Gym from next week. I only really use the tread mill and I need to more to more road running now anyway.
I am also getting allot of support from Ford of Mexico. I have the charity now which is 'Ser Humano' http://www.serhumano.org.mx/english.html a very worth while charity offering support to children with HIV and also adopting them. Ford is also going to put an article about the fund raising in the internal Ford magazine which will get more people aware of what I am trying to do.
This also gives me some more motivation to do well in the training and event,…..you can never have to much motivation. I have now had a few sponsorships to my English charities which also helps.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Monday July 13th 2009
A happy week ahead, I will be able to start running this week in my training from Thursday and I might run a 10 mile (16Km) run at the weekend if I feel I am up to it.
Last week, though restrictive was a good week of cross training. It kept me in the swing of training and I am sure kept me losing weight (though the last few weeks have been slow). My target of losing another 21Kg over the next 11 weeks (god is that all) seams like a high target to set but even if I lose just 1Kg in that time I am sure it will help a lot.
I managed to find a new map of the course with altitudes' shown the good thing is that for the first 27 km it is pretty much up hill, having said that it is only a total increase of around 70 meters. The last 15 Km brings you back down the 70 meters. I am sure I will grateful for that on the day.
A happy week ahead, I will be able to start running this week in my training from Thursday and I might run a 10 mile (16Km) run at the weekend if I feel I am up to it.
Last week, though restrictive was a good week of cross training. It kept me in the swing of training and I am sure kept me losing weight (though the last few weeks have been slow). My target of losing another 21Kg over the next 11 weeks (god is that all) seams like a high target to set but even if I lose just 1Kg in that time I am sure it will help a lot.
I managed to find a new map of the course with altitudes' shown the good thing is that for the first 27 km it is pretty much up hill, having said that it is only a total increase of around 70 meters. The last 15 Km brings you back down the 70 meters. I am sure I will grateful for that on the day.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Monday July 6th 2009
not such good news this week. All my training runs have been affected be my niggling right ankle injury, and I have had to cut short allot of my runs.
On Saturday I saw a doctor and though he said there was some swelling around my tendons. The upshot is that he advised me to take two weeks off training. I am kind of stubborn so my initial reaction was to ignore this advice. I did have a long think about it and i will take these two weeks just to focus of my cardio and weight. Hopefully I will lose around 6.7 Kg these next couple of week which will leave me at the 100kg weight mark.
The thing I keep thinking about is will this affect me entering the marathon?????? At this point I don't think so. I am a firm believer that there is always things I can do. Posative, Posative, Posative.
not such good news this week. All my training runs have been affected be my niggling right ankle injury, and I have had to cut short allot of my runs.
On Saturday I saw a doctor and though he said there was some swelling around my tendons. The upshot is that he advised me to take two weeks off training. I am kind of stubborn so my initial reaction was to ignore this advice. I did have a long think about it and i will take these two weeks just to focus of my cardio and weight. Hopefully I will lose around 6.7 Kg these next couple of week which will leave me at the 100kg weight mark.
The thing I keep thinking about is will this affect me entering the marathon?????? At this point I don't think so. I am a firm believer that there is always things I can do. Posative, Posative, Posative.
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