Beefgut’s BodyBlog

Well, the time didn’s set a personal record (far from it, I was 10% above last years’ best) but I consider it pretty good because I hadn’t trained hard for it other than by doing yard work.  I am using the push mower for the lawn and indeed, had spent the full day doing yard work before I ran the 5k.  I don’t run many of them in the evening, and that day’s work took its toll.  Coupled with the fact that this course had a long hill for pretty much the entire second mile, and I consider my time a victory.

I was able to run back (run/walk, actually) about a mile along the course and meet my wife at about the 2.25 mile mark.  She was walking it, and making good time.  She cut 5 minutes from her previous best time.

All in all a very successful evening.

Not an improvement over August –  (in fact, 12 seconds slower) but that was on a dead-level course while this course had some minor hills.  Feeling good though.

Hello,

 Well today I hit the big milestone again — 213.5 pounds.  This was after I had a piece of toast, coffee and water for b’fast, and some canteloupe, so we’re not talking starvation weight either. 

 I say ‘milestone’ because it seems to be the floor for me.  I haven’t logged a weight lower than that in several years.  Time to bust through that floor and get to 205 in a month.

Beef

Not anthropophagai – no creature with his head down between his shoulders I, but rather a budding cardio addict with a lung in place of his head.   It was not a big deal, you’d be amazed how cheap you can buy lungs, especially when you have a fully-functioning capus to trade-in.  

 I’m running more (last Monday 6.2 miles on the fine hills of my hilly suburb) and want to work up to do 10ks and maybe a half-marathon.  To do that I will have to increase my work on my legs and also not neglect my upper body weights work - the arms and chest can do more than just go along for the ride — when you are my height, they can actually help propel you forward with each stride, if properly used.

 Enough babble.  I’m just gonna wallow in endorphines for a bit.

 Best regards,

Beefgut

OK, back in off the road for a bit (don’t know how long) so, I joined the local ironhead gym, 1.5 miles from my house.  Now I should get some real actual measurable current lifting stats and set some reasonable goals, too.

Being the ectomorph body type (believe it or not) I have always envied those who gained easily.  I liked the freedom of a ‘bulking diet.’

But then when I gain, because I don’t work out my legs and arms enough, I get that allover subcutaneous fat that makes me closely resemble a roll of carpeting after it’s been ripped out of a flood ravaged basement and flung on the curb.

This is not my goal, appealing as it sounds.  I shall, hereafter, attempt to alter that progression.