So, I have been running 3 times a week and having PT once a week since the beginning of January. I have also logged all of my food on Myfitnesspal. My current bodyweight is now 19st 13lb. We went on holiday last 2 weeks ago to Cape Verde all inclusive and I ate quite well, sticking mainly to meat and salads. However I did not log any food on Myfitnesspal. I also had a few puddings and ice creams.
A lot of alcohol was consumed which added to my calorie intake. However, for the week of the holiday I took my running shoes and went running 3 times, twice out on the roads and once on a treadmill in the gym. I discovered that running on the treadmill was tough, it is boring as hell and you have to stick to the exact rhythm which I seem to fluctuate.
The couch to 5k programme is brilliant, you have a choice of presenters that you can listen to. I chose Sarah Millican as she reminds me of Linda. I have a running joke with Linda that she looks like her and it makes me smile thinking about it while I’m out running.
The C25K programme started me off in the beginning of January in the rain and even snow! You start running for a minute and walking for a minute alternatively over 30 minutes. Eventually you build up to a 30 min run. I have progressed straight through this, even getting through the dreaded week 5 run 3 session which is the first time you run for more than 10 minutes continuously. 3 times previously in 2019 I had attempted the programme, but failed on this run. It was a huge mental achievement getting through this.
Back to now, I returned from holiday and couldn’t sleep – I went for 3 nights with rubbish sleep. By the Friday I was absolutely exhausted. However, Friday was my ‘run day’. I got home and really did not want to go for a run [see selfie] I was fed up and tired. It was the first time I really felt like that. Even on the rainy cold nights I managed to drag my ass round. Somehow the end of the run I felt great and Strava (the GPS logging system I use) confirmed it as on of my fastest ever runs.
I’m also starting to think of my physical disability. I glossed over it in a previous post, but I had Perthes Disease as a kid and have had a lot of different surgeries. Culminating in a total hip replacement in 2015. I have had to jump through a few hoops to be allowed to start running. I will focus on that journey in a few posts…
Thanks
Carl
Bipolar Ironman 