I didn't bother too much with pre-season training last year and across the course of the season my weight shot up. Combined with the inactivity brought on by a period out of work, I touched just over 18St (115kg).
I decided to start training on June 3 and while I found it tough, I persevered ... until August 12 that is ... just 3 days before my 50th birthday when I picked up a calf injury. It's responding well to rest and I managed a few minutes jogging on Friday without too much of a reaction.
I used to spend time publishing the records of my training from screen prints of my heart rate monitor records. I can now link straight to them and this was one of my more recent sessions.
My weight is down now and yesterday I tipped the scales at 16st5lbs (104kg) but I want to get to 15st (95kg) by Christmas. I am on course, but I have to wait for this injury to clear up before I can start work again.
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Sunday, 25 August 2013
Thursday, 4 August 2011
Training 4.22
Happy feet ...
My new trainers seem a lot bigger than their predecessors even though they're the same brand. My wife says they make my feet look smaller. Either way I got through training tonight with the minimum of fuss, apart from feeling heavy legged and it being a little too warm for comfort.
After the warm up we kept it simple by running for 2 minutes and walking for 1 minute, repeated 4 times (total running time 8 minutes), then took a 2 minute rest before repeating the same exercise but running anti clockwise instead of clockwise. A rest of 2 1/2 minutes this time and then we repeated the same 4 runs again.
With the season starting on Saturday and a few other things lined up, it's going to be difficult to train regularly over the next 5 weeks. On Monday we have our local equivalent of the Community Shield where the winners of our District FA Cup play the winners of the adjacent District FA. With David away I'm looking after collecting the gate money, keeping the car park tidy, presenting the trophies and other bits and pieces. Fortunately I have an experienced team of colleagues who will be alongside me helping to do the same.
Before then I have my first assessment of the season in the Doncaster area. The game is between a team relegated from the Premier Division at the end of last season and a team who challenged for one of the promotion places into the Premier Division until the latter stages of the season. My second assessment is on Tuesday, so the current plan is to train on Sunday and Wednesday next week.
I'm off work on Thursday and then have a busy weekend planned, but more of that later.
Calories 989, average heart rate 78%, time in hard intensity 37%, time in maximum intensity 1%
My new trainers seem a lot bigger than their predecessors even though they're the same brand. My wife says they make my feet look smaller. Either way I got through training tonight with the minimum of fuss, apart from feeling heavy legged and it being a little too warm for comfort.
After the warm up we kept it simple by running for 2 minutes and walking for 1 minute, repeated 4 times (total running time 8 minutes), then took a 2 minute rest before repeating the same exercise but running anti clockwise instead of clockwise. A rest of 2 1/2 minutes this time and then we repeated the same 4 runs again.
With the season starting on Saturday and a few other things lined up, it's going to be difficult to train regularly over the next 5 weeks. On Monday we have our local equivalent of the Community Shield where the winners of our District FA Cup play the winners of the adjacent District FA. With David away I'm looking after collecting the gate money, keeping the car park tidy, presenting the trophies and other bits and pieces. Fortunately I have an experienced team of colleagues who will be alongside me helping to do the same.
Before then I have my first assessment of the season in the Doncaster area. The game is between a team relegated from the Premier Division at the end of last season and a team who challenged for one of the promotion places into the Premier Division until the latter stages of the season. My second assessment is on Tuesday, so the current plan is to train on Sunday and Wednesday next week.
I'm off work on Thursday and then have a busy weekend planned, but more of that later.
Calories 989, average heart rate 78%, time in hard intensity 37%, time in maximum intensity 1%
Wednesday, 3 August 2011
Mission Completed
Having thrown away my trainers last night because of the smell, I set off shopping and found these little beauties (Nike T-Lite IX) in the Direct Sports sale.
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