So 90 days left but just 14 more miles to complete my first target: to complete more than 1095miles in the year. At this rate, it looks like I could complete the year with a total of around 1,400 miles, which would be a pretty good effort I reckon.
I’ve been going through one of those stages again where I’m a little bored of just running the three miles plus I want to go on a bit of a fitness kick before my Personal Trainer course really starts to kick in early next month, so I found myself awake at around 5.30am this morning, scouring the latest edition of Mens’ Health for some more tips and things to try.
I’ve found a couple of new workouts I’m going to have a bash at in the gym and I’m also going to try and cut back on the booze and eat better (not that I eat badly but just cut some of the snacks out and try some food that can actively aid weight loss) but I’m also going to introduce some more interval training back into my runs.
By varying your running speeds at interval training, pushing hard for a while and then slowing to recover, one should, theoretically, burn more fat as it should, to use wanky health-journalese “torch your metabolism”.
So this morning I went out, ran for five minutes to warm up, then alternated between 30 second sprints and two minute recovery jogs for the rest of the run. It must have done the trick as when I got back I was covered in sweat and it took me ages to cool down properly.
Of course, the opposite side of the coin is that it has also made me feel as though I am starving all morning. What’s the point of burning more calories if it just makes you want to eat more?
Click here for a link to Garmin Connect for full details of the run
Miles today: 3
Target: 825
Miles to date: 1,081.04
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