As the title suggests, things have gone a little better this week, but only on the weight loss front. I have been unable to run again this week due to family illness, but I have lost some weight and now weigh in at 93.3kg. So in three weeks I have lost 3.1kg which is 31% of the goal amount of weight loss. Not bad considering I have done little or no exercise in the three weeks in question.
I really need to kick on with training this week as the Bradford 10k is only four weeks away now. The pack containing my race number and timing chip arrived the other day, which served as a good reminder that the big day is looming.
I hope when I finally do get out there my calf holds up. On my last run it got a bit tight and I really struggled to get all the way around. That said I compared that run with some other runs on Mapmyrun.com and that night was a relatively quick pace, so maybe I'm not in too bad shape.
Interval Training
Earlier this week, I was up really early one morning (18 month old daughter since you ask) and as I sat there trying to make my head work what was on TV finally came into focus. What I saw was an 'informercial' for something called the Insanity workout.
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Interesting, I'm sure you'll agree. Anyway, this got me thinking about my training for the Bradford 10k.
I know the benefits of interval training and have done many variations such as fartlek sessions, pyramids and even hill intervals on a treadmill, but I have never done the type described in that infomercial. So, I might try to build my own workout on this principle - long bouts of high intensity exercise separated by short rest spells. Obviously I will warm up before hand but then I will do about 3 minutes of maybe 80% maximum then back to a recovery pace for 30 seconds, then repeat for the rest of the run. I think I could do this in my usual 5 mile run which is quite flat then see how I get on. Hopefully this will help with weight loss and in turn, being lighter will help me run faster, which will help with weight loss and so on and so on...
New Running Shoes
This weeks just happens to be when I get paid and this means I should be able to buy some new running shoes. I say 'should' because being in full time employment, being married and being a dad to a young daughter means that getting the opportunity to go to a shop and get fitted for some shoes is not as easy as it could be. So I will let you know how that goes.
