From Roger Bannister to Long John Silver

The alarm on my cell phone rang out at 4am on Saturday. It was 3 hours to race time: The SunTrust National Marathon, running through the streets of Washington DC. I had decided that the Marathon was definitely out for me, so I’d signed up to run the 1/2. I had a goal for this race, I wanted this to be my first sub 2 hour race. My first 2 1/2 marathons had given me times of ~2h 3m, and my split time during the Marine Corps Marathon last year was 2h 1m, so I knew that I could do it.

Training had been a mixed bag, I had completed a 10 mile run 2 weeks earlier in a time of… ...Continue reading

Goals and Goals

As the contest draws to a close, I thought that I should really try and find my password so I could post over here again

What’s been going on with me for the last few weeks?  Firstly, just over 2 weeks ago, I managed to do a 10 mile run, in only 84:30, which is absolutely, fantastically well inside my goal time of 2 hours for the national 1/2 marathon tomorrow.   Slightly under 2 weeks ago my left calf went again while playing soccer.  Since then I’ve not run, or played soccer.  I can feel slight twinges every now and again, but the real acid test is going to be tomorrow.  Will it hold?

I hope that it will, also because I’ve now signed up… ...Continue reading

Ow, Ow, Ow

My recent zeal for stairclimbing has temporarily backfired.  My calves are on fire and I can hardly walk today! OW!

No pain no gain, I guess.  Hopefully I’ll be able to get back to it Monday- just going to keep stretching and relaxing those muscles this weekend.

I’ve also signed on for the 5-mile Heart Walk to be held here in May, so I need to start getting in shape for that.  Since I have no real clue what 5 miles feels like, I’m going to drive the neighborhood today and map out a 3-mile and a 5-mile route for training.… ...Continue reading

My Cat Loves Jennifer Galardi’s Ballet Strength Exercise Show!

The Good, The Bad, and the not so Ugly

The Good

After my calf strain on Sunday I decided to give exercise a rest for a few days, so on Tuesday I had decided that it was time. Then a co-worker, Nate, who’d injured his knee the weekend before went for a run and managed to get 1/4 mile out before his IT band started causing him pain… maybe I’d wait another couple of days, just to make sure that my calf was better.

So last night I climbed back on the treadmill and started running, again with no knee braces. After 7.6 miles in 68:45 I stopped. No real knee pain, and over 1400 calories burnt off. Nice, because that made up for

The Bad

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Pain, but thankfully no gain

Morning weight: 213lbs

On Saturday I decided that I’d try and see how well my knees would hold up if I didn’t wear braces for my soccer game.  Two hours later, they felt fine.  I had no soreness, no niggling pain, nothing.  I felt so good, that I decided to go to another game on Sunday.  Again, no knee braces (although they were in my bag).  I did my usual warm up exercises, and started the game.  After about 45 minutes I noticed some pain in my calf.  Unlike the last time I played when this happened, I decided to keep going.  Rather nicely I scored a hat-trick (3 goals), which was a first for me, given that I usually play back in defence, but we had a really good player… ...Continue reading

Exercise, Exercise, Exercise!

Food: OK.  Water: Very good. Exercise: Pitiful.

While I’ve dropped the ball on counting my calories, I’m in a routine now where I pretty much have a good idea of what I’m eating and I’m keeping it in line.  Adding fruits and veggies to my proteins and starting to balance it all out now that I’m past the induction phase of low carbing.

I drink my water faithfully, about  100oz a day and I’m really starting to see a difference in my skin.  I’ve always had bad skin and lately, age has started showing as well but after 7 weeks of daily water I’m really pleased with how it looks.  Smoother, less red, overall healthier! Yay, water!

When it comes to exercise, I stink.  I walk or do a flight of stairs at… ...Continue reading

Feb 28th wrap up

Starting weight: 214.2 lbs

Breakfast: Weetabix

Lunch: Bowl of Western Black Bean Soup and a little Aero choccy bar (full of bubbles, so I’m going to guess it was zero calories)

Dinner: 2 Chick’n pattie, with a side of potato salad

Snack: yogurt

Exercise: Ok, I’m back into it now, but it wasn’t easy… 20 minutes Bowflex, 30 minutes running, 20 minutes Bowflex.… ...Continue reading

Feb 27th Recap

Starting weight - 215 lbs

Breakfast - Weetabix

Lunch - Some lentil bean thingy

Dinner - Tuna, onion & cheese wrap

Snack - a few tortilla chips

Exercise: 20 minutes on the bowflex.  The running didn’t happen as my desktop passed away, so I instead spent most of the evening buying a new one and setting it up.

For those that didn’t believe me about the poached egg pizza in London, here’s the proof…

Losing Weight Over the Internet

I thought my fellow Fat Fighters would appreciate this cartoon, which can be found here:

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