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Start weight 6 Jan 14st, current weight 12st 1lb. RHR 48, BP 114/69.
Happy Good Friday everyone.
50th birthday tomorrow so not to be 'fat and 50' will be a good feeling. I've got some nice new clobber but nowhere to go to put it on! Plans all obviously cancelled.
Have a great weekend club (wherever you've all got to)
Through the lockdown so far, I've been continuing my usual routine of 3-4 runs (totalling around 28km) per week. My target at the start of 2020 was 1,000km in the year; to date I've done 417km so well ahead.
My pace over the last three weeks has been around 10-15 sec/km slower than in normal times, which I put down to being generally less active (no longer cycling to the office, and even though I have an office job, a typical day at work would involve a fair bit of walking between meeting rooms etc.). Still, I'm not stressing at all about that - I've found getting regular exercise really helpful during these weird times, in terms of physical and mental wellbeing, so I'm just happy to be still able to get out and about.
Looking ahead, I'm hoping to do another half marathon later this year, assuming we're allowed out by then ...
JM build | Pedalboard plans
Our local running club is doing virtual park-runs, recording times, leaderboards and race reports on facebook etc. Really good to keep motivation up.
Same as usual for me this week. 6x5km runs. And no injuries to date (thankfully). I might need some new trainers soon though. My Sauconys are looking shot. Ironically I was looking at the Asics @joneve. ;;;;
@steven70 skipping....that's something I need to try. Off to check some ropes out now.
For anyone looking at jumping rope this is a
comprehensive tutorial.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r-RGCNQG9qc
Cheers for the skipping link Steve.
The difference is obvious. The Saucony’s are lighter and feel like a better quality shoe all round (so far)
It feels effortless to run now and definitely less achy on my back etc after running than I was with the previous shoes. Glad I changed my mind and took a gamble with the Sauconys (having previously ordered a replacement pair of Asics GTs which I subsequently cancelled after sleeping on it and re-ordered the correct pair)
*the app is not to be believed; the run was flat with 25m or so of climbing. Still pleased with the time.
Best I've been able to run for prob a decade so although it might not seem like much I'm pretty pleased with it.
My problem has been 5k in 30 minutes is feeling too easy now so I was upping it to 10k in faster times. I'm now back to 5k in 30 mins and will ease myself into greater speed/distance.
In other news, I've got some new Under Armours (slung my Saucony), doing 100 press ups daily with planks thrown in and down to 11st 6lbs (from 14st on 6 Jan). I'm the lightest I've been in around 25 years. Even 32 waist jeans are starting to feel loose. As good as it feels it's a little inconvenient as my new wardrobe is all getting too big for me.
Rain and cooler weather on the horizon; runner's heaven (or should that read haven?)