Running mid week shocker

I decided to give the mid week at lunch time run a go. And it was fine. So I've now exercised once more than I committed to in January. I think I will be able to do this twice a week thing during February. Or I hope I will be able to.

So the plan for February;

Sun 3rd & Wed 6th
Sun 10th & Wed 13th
Sun 17th & Wed 20th
Sun 24th & Wed 27th

So that is 8 exercise activities in one month. I think I can do that. It will probably be mainly running and gym, but I may try a cycle or swim in there too.

New weight End Jan

So weigh-in 1 I was 90.5 kg (14 stone 3.5 lb) on December 30th 2012, and with a waist of 95 cm (37.4 inches).

The aim was 0.83 kg per month.

My average weight is now approx. 89 kg, which is a loss of 1.5 kg since December, which is above target, which is fantastic! My waist is 98cm which has gone up by 3 cm, which doesn't seem right if I have lost weight, I am assuming that I didn't measure correctly in Dec, so I'll assume no change for now.

If I lose 0.83kg in February, I am aiming to have an average weight of 88.2 kg by the end of February.

Exercise for the 27th January

Went for a run! Yes, managed to get myself to go, without a running partner this week, and no motivation - I put it off until today as I didn't feel like going yesterday.

I drove to the seafront and run along the seafront. My the wind was strong! Ran quite quickly - not as long only over 20 minutes rather than 25 minutes, but did 2 miles, which its somewhat quicker than I have run the last two weeks, which I'm pleased with.

So I committed to doing exercise every weekend in January, and I've run twice, been to the gym and then run again.

I'm even of thinking of stretching the boat out and doing some more exercise at lunchtime on Wednesday to give me something to do on Wednesday (I'll probably run), we'll see...

Then next month, for February, I will be doing exercise twice a week, so that's something mid-week and at the weekend. I feel like although I'm doubling up the amount of exercise I do, I think it's achievable.

Gym again

I did my exercise for this week, this time I went to the gym for an hour as my running partner couldn't come running. I woke up early and decided to go to the gym in order to get it out the way, which I'm glad I did.

That's exercise 3 out of 4 times, one more to go! The plan is to go running next week.

Todo:
- Get a waterproof armband holder for iPhone
- Create a new exercise schedule for the gym



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Second run

So I went for a run again, so last week I did one lot of exercise, so I'm still sticking to my commitment of running once a week in January.

It was a slow run, but 0.2 miles longer than last week and a minute quicker.

First run of 2013

So Sunday I did my exercise for week 1 in January, and yes I went for my first run in 2013, yes! It was hard work, and I wanted to stop after 5 minutes, but I kept going and managed to do just over 2 miles in 25 minutes. I went running with my brother-in-law - neither of us really wanted to go running, and neither of us would have gone running if we'd been on our own, but together we motivated each other.

A nice slow and steady run, and after doing it I felt fantastic. 

Having my kit all prepared was good, that helped.

My brother-in-law is using Runkeeper, and it is much improved especially now you can run apps in the background, so instead of buying a Garmin Forerunner I'm going to experiment with using my iPhone with Runkeeper. I need something to hold the iPhone first…

So exercise 1 out of 4 complete, that's 25% of my objective met.

Swimming checklist

Here is a checklist for the swimming

Pack as soon as used

1. Large towel
2. Swimming trunks / shorts
3. Toiletries bag (moisturiser & hair putty/wax/gel)
4. Deodorant
5. Goggles

And pack before going

1. Plan for swimming route
2. Money to pay for swimming pool and locker

Running checklist

Here is a checklist for the running

Pack as soon as used

1. Large towel
2. Underwear
3. Running socks
4. Running shorts
5. Running T-shirt
6. Running jumper
7. Toiletries bag (shower gel, shampoo, moisturiser, hair putty/wax/gel)
8. Deodorant
9. Earphones & iPod Nano & iPod holder
10. Watch / Stopwatch / GPS device
11. Running shoes
12. Blister gel

And pack before going

1. Water bottle
2. Banana / snack bar / etc
3. Plan for running route

Exercising schedule 2013

So, aware that if I try and start with 3 exercise sessions a week it will only last a short time... I've got a plan;

• January - Exercise once per week (x1)
• February - Exercise twice per week (x2)
• March - Exercise three times per week (x3)
• April - Exercise three to four times per week (x4)

I feel that exercising once per week in January is achievable. I am trying to work out what exercise I am going to do on Saturday. At the moment I am trying to arrange going running with friends, failing that I will go for a swim, or go to the gym again. I'd rather do something other than the gym as I went last Saturday. If I go swimming I still need to work out an exercise plan for doing swimming for an hour as I haven't been able to swim a whole hour before.