Running to Fitness

Today I did this same warmup and stretches as yesterday and again no shin trouble at all, I had quite a bit of sciatic pain though and had to have 4 1minute walks bent over to get rid of it. I did 10.03km in 1hour 2minutes 22 seconds - a bit slower than usual because [...]

Nothing special today really :

34 mins Cross Trainer
10 mins Exercise Bike
20 mins Running @ 9.3 km

Weigh in was 16stone exactly - 3 pound loss from last friday, I dont think monday’s was really accurate as I hadnt eaten hardly the day before. Last night I had a good meal and some beers so I think [...]

Did my usual weight session today, I’m loving doing the weights now - I used to do a circuit of the various machines and leave it at that. These days I use a couple of machines and then concentrate the rest of the session on dumbells doing various exercise. Unfortunately we don’t have bar bells [...]

Had a better workout today - sciattica pain wasn’t as bad. Managed a more comfortable 1/2 hour run on the treadmill doing 4.62 km in that time. I then did a 40 mins weight session focusing on my arms, chest and back. After some stretches and ab crunches I did 30mins on the cross trainer [...]

Despite what my Nike+ says, today I ran the fastest over for 50mins non-stop. My Nike+ says I was slower than the other day when I ran 50mins at 10km/h with a 3 minute walk break - I did the same today but without the walk break. Was really hard and I had to force [...]

Did a quick 40minute run yesterday covering 6km and today I did a 40 minute HIIT session on the cross trainer - its definately more fun than doing slow cardio, the time seems to go a lot quicker. I cant seem to get below 15stone 1pound, I’ve been stuck at this weight for 3weeks or [...]

Today was a great run - I normally run at 8 on the treadmill but today I ran 30 mins at 8.5 and 15 mins at 9 - I was really pushing myself and felt exhausted when I finished which is good - means I’m pushing my fitness level up. To complete my 10k in [...]

Did a 35 minute run today and did a sneaky weigh-in and I have reached 16 stone which was my target for friday so I’m ahead of schedule. That makes a 1/2 stone loss in exactly 7 days which I’m pleased with. My next target is 15 1/2 stone - I’m going to say for [...]

Did a 30 minute run in the gym - shin pain in my right leg came on after about 1km so I switched to doing hill reps which eased it. I did 1 and 1/2 minutes on incline 8 and then 1 1/2 minutes walking and repeated this about 5 times - my heart rate [...]