1 week off 6km run

Well I've been a bit slack, as I hadn't been for a run since Halloween, I kept meaning to go for a run but the week kind of got away from me. Anyway after sitting on my arse all weekend and after having a Banoffee pie for lunch today I knew I had to get out and go for a run, and I did.

I got caught at a traffic lights so instead of stopping for the cars to leave I decided to go a different way, fortunately this added an extra km to my distance and there was a steep hill. I got back after 49 minutes, which isn't particularly good I know but as I've been off for a week and this is the furthest I have run for sometime I didn't think it was too bad, if I'd run all the way back I might have cut it down by 5-10 minutes.

Week 2 - Monday

So I had a bit of a boozey weekend, it was a friends birthday in Cardiff which meant eating out and also drinking for two nights. It was great fun but it wasn't very productive, this meant that even though I was pretty tired when I got back this evening I still had to go out for a run.

I had a good run though, I ended up running most of the way to the Spectrum then had a short break before running most of the way back. I'm going to try and get 2 other runs in this weekend and I may even try and get a longer run in over the weekend.

I'm back in the game

Well not really, I've only just managed my 2nd jog of the week, I guess its better than nothing.

I had a pretty uptight day at work, so had quite a bit of energy, it was also a miserable night with quite a bit of rain, it wasn't pouring down but it wasn't the most enjoyable night for a run. But I went out anyway, did the same distance as Saturday and I stopped at the same spots on the way there, but on the way back I really got my rythym, I ran from the Spectrum all the way to Frankie and Bennys, now this isn't that far, but considering I did exactly the same distance on Saturday bit I had to stop part way I was quite proud, I just hope it wasn't a one off.

I was thinking about what to do regarding the Protein shakes, I could take them now but I'm not really doing weights so it could be fairly pointless, but then again if I do them now I'll be able to move onto some muscle gaining shakes in the new year, there isn't any rush so for the time being I think I'm just going to stick without them at least for a couple of weeks.

Back again

Well its been a few months since I was last here, I've been having lots of fun over the summer, lots of fun weekends, drinking and eating way too much. All of that fun without any exercise at all, not for any real reason I just lost the motivation, got bored with the gym and because everyone told me that I looked good I kind of felt like I didn't have to do anymore.

But I'm starting to get some motivation back, as I cancelled my gym membership I have been looking for a new gym to join, there aren't many really decent gyms in Guildford, they are either really good (and expensive) or they are cheap but have very little kit in them. But fortunately there is a new gym opening very soon, its just around the corner from my house, its cheap £15 a month, and its going to be open 24 hours, unfortunately it won't be open until January.

So I'm going to try and do some running between now and then hopefully it will get me in better shape than I am now, I went on a run this evening and its my first run that I've been on for a while, it was very difficult I only did 3 miles and I needed a few breaks to catch my breath, but if I'm as dedicated as I was when I did the Reading Half Marathon I should get back into pretty good shape in a few weeks.

Man Flu!

I had a pretty disastrous week last week, I went out for my friends birthday in London which was an all night binge fuelled by Mojitos, it was a great night though. Unfortunately On Monday night I started feeling a bit ropey but not too bad, then on Tuesday I woke up feeling rubbish sore throat, headache, shivers, aches & pains. I felt pretty rough up until Thursday, but I didn't go back to the gym until this evening, and even then I wasn't 100% I really struggled with some of the exercises and I didn't finish my complete set.

But saying that, I got on the scales this morning and I had dropped a lot of weight, all of which was fat. It may just be temporary, but its definitely good results for now.

Also I have posted some new photos, you can see a big change over the first month, my gut dramatically reduced. The results during the 2nd month weren't quite as significant, but you can see some subtle differences, I don't think the changes are going to become quite as obvious overtime.

Also hit some substantial goals with my weight loss, I dropped under the 20% fat mark this week, and I've dropped under the 13 stone mark as well, all very good and definitely an improvement, I'd like to get to 12 and a half stone, I know it will be a struggle but it would be interesting to see how much difference another half a stone loss will make. I may need some more trousers though as I need belts with most of them now.