3rd and 1st fartlek - 30/10/13

So, today, the first road based run, and my training guide said fartlek, so fartlek I did do. Now I got a proper love for Hackney Downs, mainly as it's always nicer than you expect, and not full of trendies (although that is starting to change what with the Russet appearing near the once shady entrance  -gentrification continues unbounded, but that for someone else to pontificate on). 

So I ran out the estate, past our old house and down to Hackney Downs - the AdinaSoros says that's 1.5 miles, but I'm inclined to think it's less. Got there in 11 minutes. one lap I am pretty certain is 1 mile, maybe just shy, and I fartlek'ed two light posts at a time, jogged (almost crawled) 2 then ran two. Now I don't think I was particularly quick over the 2 I ran and I was certainly very slow over the two I jogged, I even had to walk the occasional one, and free styled a bit when knackered... but I did two laps this way (although thought about dropping out after one) - this took me to 28 minutes, then jogged home and stopped at Chickpizz at 39 minutes... Felt pretty pretty terrible coming back, really hurt, stitch in my back, legs tight, got to push through that. I look forward to being a crisp packet on the air like Adina and managing 3 hours easily!

so adding that up, and taking a bit off, we get 1.5 + 1 + 1 + 1.5 = 5 miles, rounded down a bit - 4.5miles and I wasn't running that quick - surely no more than 10min miles, so I'll say 4 miles... which is around 6.5km... so seeing as I've rounded down...

7km(ish)! 

40 minutes! 

unknown calories, as not in the machine, but probably same if not more than machine

Weight - still 92kg, and that was starkers after a shower, so that hasn't changed at all (which isn't surprising the amount I'm eating - but then it is that time of the year, dark early where one's mind turns to food and my appetite, as in all previous years has skyrocketed... I know it's come down in spring, and I'll eat less and lose slightly less weight over the summer than I put on over the winter, as has always been the case...)

Belly size - to be honest, I look down at my kentch and it's a fooking huge lump that NEEDS TO FOOK OFF!

Smoked a fag with Stefan when I knocked in there briefly on the way home. Was well good! Need to stop that shit!

2nd - 27/10/13

After a stinking hangover yesterday (after cheese's party and me red carding myself for being a fule) yet for another gym based run. Decided, quite rightly, that i should run further than last time, so aimed for 40 minutes. As I got near the end though instead of speeding up increased length of time slightly. Bit bored, but felt pretty good most the time except about 20 minutes in when i looked at the clock, thought I've still got half to do and felt bloody awful for a little bit! Weirdly this was pretty much the same time into the run as the the point of euphoria on the last run... 10 minutes from the end last time, half way this time... but the euphoria this time came at about 32 minutes... so ten from the end... Perhaps it's the finish that excites...

Cant imagine being able to run at that pace for 4hrs 15minutes, which is the goal...

Meant to swim, but didn't. It was only really half an intention.

so anyway - 

Route - at the gym on the outside runner again. Quite like it there on the sly
Time - 43 minutes (originally 40 but i plused it up by 3)
Distance - 7.06km
Calories - 660 or thereabouts.
Speed - mainly 10km/h - in fact all the time except the first two minutes which means that my average is 9.86...
Weight - haven't weighed myself, the same, if not more considering drinking, smoking and eating since.
Belly size - had the biggest fooking curry of all time yesterday, couldn't stop eating the bugger, so still bulbous!

Speaking of smoking - smoked liek the old days on Friday night, then had two (one split into two halves) yesterday... today... thus far, zero cigs. 

1st run - The Beginning

First run on the train for the marathon on the 13th today... didn't particularly like it, didn't particularly want to do it, but its for the best... went the gym intending to swim after but ended up not swimming and coming home.


Route - at the gym, standing there, on a machine
Time - 30 mins - started around 4.
Distance - 4.7km or there abouts
Calories - 447 (i think)
always flat.
Speed - a bit slow at the beginning and then mainly 10 km/h but at 25 pushed it up to 12 for a minute and then for the last minute down to 8.
Weight - 92kg
Belly size - realistically pretty bulbous, although when I don't look at it my mind says "washboard".

Feeling - pretty okay. Bit bored but for a moment got that good endorphins feeling that you get when you do exercise... wasn't the worst? Could be better? We'll get there!

Anyway - sure this blog will either evolve of get dropped... mainly as a diary to self.