Marathon training day 1
( hoping i get better with my writing, but bear in mind am dyileck so spelling and punctuation will be off at times )
I will also be doing 5k event to half marathon events while training for my first full Marathon.
Don't even know what date it will happening but know it will be around 7th October 2013 it not a normal flat marathon no flat parts expect across the dam wall.
You thinking as a serious athlete and club runners, what she playing at. In my defence am a ex couch potato trying to get fit and healthy, and plus i done the course, i be running for the Marathon, during 26 miles dualathlon, and wanted to quit from before mile 10 as was ill on the day, but i didn't, and did cross the finish line, but i done 15 event since June 2011. I run around anywhere between 9-11 minute miles now, (so you read this and thinking i could go faster) and i say this to you, good on you, good luck, and am happy for you but. i run 9-11 minute miles, yes I am slow but i get from a to b, not all runner are blessed with speed, and my speed my speed , yes heard all the bad comments and the funny comments before, all i can say is i have developed a thick skin now. When i started running last year, think i averaged around 15-17 minute per miles, so am happy with my current pace per mile now, but i am still aiming for 8-9 minute miles,
25/10/2012 Thursday week 1
The blog part 1 day one properly
got up which is a start had 1 cup of coffee 2 bits of toast and 3 strawberries cream biscuits, yes my diet a disgrace, you don't know the half of it, but you will over the next 11 months, i will get better but been back on the junk food for 12 days, and been feeling like crap, put a few kilos back on. The winter blues hit me big time, so i have had to slap myself and refocus. I have found my mojo again so weaning myself of the junk food again.
Need to do a run, and study am 20 hours behind in my course work, drawback of study at home, and at my age with the distractions of real life, my age is somewhere between no spring chicken but not ready for the carpet slippers and pipe just yet, plenty of life in the old dog still, (lets just say between 1965 and 1985). Today have veggie grill broccoli, carrots and peas and brown rice for tea, then did a four mile run in the dark, rain, wind , wind was pretty bad in exposed area and went right through my winter running clothes, the run nearly killed me since i put the extra kilos on the run was slower than normal, and got cold quicker apart from head, which was sweating with my hat on, and running up the bank killed my fat arse, but need to get back up to 6 miles and lose 6 kilos in next 8 weeks as got a 10km run i entered, in the hope it keeps me focus during the cold winter days and nights, and keep my mood under control, while am getting my body back up to half marathon distance. Hoping by April will be back to half Marathon distance, then I will still have 6 months plus, to be up to full marathon distance, that my plan.just add distance each run, as well as different type of terrain.
Okay did have a sneaky treat but the chocolate bar i got off my mum said please eat me and last bit of junk food left in my home, i think, so just had to eat it, I be back fully on the healthy eating waggon soon and back to 3 meals a day have also had my fruit today, bananas and a pear today so not totally bad, and did say am not some super fit athlete, still a bit of a couch potato, but without a TV as ban from my home, that how i got fat in the first place, watching a box in the corner of a room a slave to it , no longer, radio keeps me up to date with the world, and that's easy to multi-task with radio on in background,
that's day one over. night .
Friday day 26/11/2012
Up not feeling the best, but going kayaking later, breakfast was toast on wholemeal bread coffee and one banana , addicted to them, time to get my spare bedroom emptied all my furniture's from it going to a lockup my dad got, been using my living room as a gym, but is no longer acceptable as got too much gym stuff now. So come tonight, i will have a gym room, time to go .... back got my things in lock up even had lunch out, cheese salad sandwiches on wholemeal bread, and i hate cheese, but i need to eat and am try and get back to set meal times, or bad habits creep in and get junk food.
Went to go kayaking but waves too big so had to call it off, but had one of my camera with me so got a few shots off and had a good 2 hours walk, clear my head.
I admit i found more chocolate in back of fridge, it all gone now, and was lovely i must say and last of junk food gone apart from 1 can of soda. I just it drink when i feel like it, I didn't buy it, my mum gave it too me around 2 weeks ago, and took it didn't want to hurt her feelings, as she doesn't understand about the diet and exercise plan, but she improved lots, baby steps for her, on the dieting, I never eating meat or fish for over 10 years and when to lunch last year and she made mince dumplings and veg, and she passed my plate over and said, hear your dinner, it only mince, not meat you can eat that. Bless she had gone out of her way to make it as well. You have no idea how hard I worked to spare her feeling, and not laugh but the rest of the family weren't so nice and were peeing them selves laughing. I just continued with a straight face, and said thank you but mince is meat mum, she then say well just push it to the side of your plate well , that was it rest of the family were in hysterics, so looking at rest of family with daggers, and discreetly trying to not touch the meat on the plate, was so happy when she left the room, had to pile the food on their plates lets just say i was starving by the time i got home. My mum still can't understand the veggie diet and why i do it , family's anyway getting side track, doesn't take much. for tea on today i had wholegrain brown rice veggies and homemade veggie burgers. Finlay put all my get fit toys in spare room all set out. Which means, i got a living room again, as well as a gym room. living room now /office/ photography studio,and living room.
All done looked at clock and day had gone just about time for bath and bed, and no training done, but did get a long walk and some weight lifting done by moving furniture, to the lock up, and doing bedroom.
27/10/2012 Saturdays
Well up, bad head stomach cramps and really bad mood, some don't think a meditation session going to work on my pmt this month. So avoid me at all cost to day or walk on eggshells super bitch mode for next 24 hours at least then normal bitch mode return. Breakfast coffee toast painkiller and never talk them but in agony today, .........
In middle of setting up own business, waiting for meeting and for official go ahead. Which is Monday, My bad mood needed a trip to the beach, with all my camera, so i can taking some pictures for my portfolio, just relaxes me, and i needed some new shots, and i get some exercise in with all the climbing and walking involved. Home still the bitch from hell mood, but my love of photography took my mind off my pmt , be pleased next couple of months, when and if my work starts to sell, (hoping) be totally set up by then, anyway. Skipped lunch, did have a couple of bananas and coffee, and water while out, but need a shower freezing cold, and wet threw, but worth it for one of the picture i took today, just knew, I had taking a really good shot, while pressing the button on camera, did take loads of pictures. about 2 to keep 40 to sell and rest play with, and delete but all photography will tell you you just know when you seen something, it just there, back again loved my shower then a soak in the tub, to help with the cramp, and feeling better no running today, or gym work, just not fit enough and tired of climbing and walking, did around seven miles walk today. Tea had a veggie quoin ocean pie am was feeling too lazy cook, (and burn everything) so had left over veg from yesterday with it and coffee, okay i admit coffee keep my blood flowing . I don't drink don't smoke, i have the odd can of soda and bar of chocolate, and sometimes eat a bag of chip from fish shop, or a ( maccas ) after i complete a event over 10k as my treat.Soon as i go into training properly no junk food in sight, which will be some point next week, as i enter a 10k in December to keep my mind on my marathon training,We had first snow falls on Friday went as quick as it came but temperatures still cold, anyway another day gone and bed.
28/10/2012 Sunday
3 o'clock banging headache done bugger all, apart from sort photos out, and had my normal breakfast toast and coffee, then more work on photo's, had guest come did the whole hostess thing guest went lunch ocean pie again with broccoli and mix veg coffee, no water to day yet, but soon going to hit the home gym soon, the treadmills need a run out, but mine too small and can only walk on it, still can't run outside lady will understand this more if there get bad cramps in legs as well as stomach's that time of the month. Men just don't understand full stop, and avoid contact for a few days , wonder why there do this , and men there cry over a cut finger or a cold better know as dose of man flu which is what us ladies call a head cold , saying that man flu is a very serious condition, so am led to believe, from a couple of man flu survivors.
Time for sports gear on and work out, back did 1k walk on treadmill in 8.46. last year it would of took me 14.minutes, at least, went on rowing machine 300 pull in a time of 10:03 a distance of 7.10 km went on the stepper for 5 minutes did my hand and ankle weight for 5 minutes and 5 sit up so a nice easy start back in training, and have the cruse of ladies at same time, so not too bad after my slacking off.
I have decided to post my statistics from head to toe, so i got a new online record of how my body will changes, some more i hope, But i remember, I have allready lost way over 3 stones but my original weight between me and the scales, here we go.
28/10/2012
my statistics
back to 67 kilos (10 1/2 stones) put 4 kilos on from a over a week of no training and junk food, but at five three in height it shows,
21 inches round my head
13 1/2 inches round my neck
39 inches round shoulder to shoulder
12 inches top of arm
9 inches elbow
6 inch wrists
37 inch bust
34 waist
38 1/2 hips
391/2 bum
22 1/2 round each thigh
16 inches round knee
14 1/2 calve
9 inch ankle
all measurement are from left side of my body for arms and legs. Shoe size left foot size 3, right foot 4 1/2, to size five, wonky body. Once every month i will take measurement again and post so will be a monthly record, of how good and bad i been.
29/10/2012 Monday
Woke up went to make my coffee, and realised no sugar left , then i worked out i had gone threw a 1 kilo bag in about 16 day. I decided no more sugar in my coffee, and gone cold turkey, so sugar free coffee not nice, toast and two bit of watermelon, only because i ran out of bananas , time to get some study done be back later.
Sorted went to a appointment in 9 weeks time i be south employed. Just got a few bit and pieces to do but scared and excited all at the time. I noticed when am out every chance i get, i find myself having a little jog, even to and from the local shop, On the coffee front still sugar free, and every one still breathing just, harder than i thought it would be. Giving up sugar in my drinks, is one of only 3 food addictions i have left which is sugar in hot drinks, coffee and bananas, but all so treat myself to chip after my running events, so have to put 4 addiction down now and 5 oven chip i love them, other than that my diet can be really good when training, and really bad if i have few days off, but am also a vegetarian, and would be vegan but i can't give up fresh cows milk, did try lasted 4 weeks, about 6 years ago, and veggie chocolate, anyway time to get ready and go or a run.
Okay that 4 mile run wasn't too bad, my first day back running properly, did all up and down session only flat stretch was about 400 meters but needs to be done, as Marathon course is all hill no flat bit except the dam wall, and i know this, as i done the exact same course, during my first dualathlon , 26 miles of hell it was (due to car sickness on drive up yes i should have pulled out) but i work out if i could just get the first run 11k done, work at one mile at a time and see how i go, over 4 hour 36 later and i crossed the finish line. Smiling even though i felt like death , and yes going to be running the same course, and see if i can get close to my dualathon time, and hoping am smiling at the end. Food i eating to day still sugar free but been snacking on Mellon and bananas had cottage pie with veggies for lunch, toast for tea which bananas , wasn't hungry, but i know it important to get my body eating, at set times, and drank plenty of water, and coffee of coarse did have a sneaky biscuit while out, at my meeting, Time for a bath and bed and yes still sugar free
29/10/2012 Tuesdays
well up, craving sugar bad, had my first coffee and toast and a piece of watermelon, keeping my last banana for later, now time for some work work , be back later. The still craving sugar but the Watermelon helping. I had cottage pie again with broccoli and spouts, another cup of coffee, must admit only had 4 cup of coffee to day, it losing its appeal without the sugar, which is a good thing i suppose. Anyway for tea had 1 banana more 2 more bits of toast and a massive pear and another piece of watermelon, waited an hour did a workout in my little home gym, walked another 1k on treadmill in a time of 9:03,did 500 pulls on rowing machine in a time 15:59, and distance of 12:02 km, 15 minutes on my Carl Lewis surf machine, it helps me with my balance, did 5 minutes on the stepper and five minutes on the weights and did the Swiss gym ball for around five minutes. Over did It, as i was doing swats fell backwards getting up and fell on bum, just as well it was my bum had a cushioned fall, does come in handy having a fat bum sometime. Am the most clumsy person i know. Then i jumped in shower, got out, had a coffee number 5, and some more watermelon, be time for bed soon as tomorrow in between my normal day to day things. I got a session in the sea on my kayak waveski and another run planed, don't know how far, i see how i feel tomorrow, but it will be flat run , finally week one over.
