LimeyRunner’s BodyBlog

So I was at a neighbors 30th birthday party last night, not only feeling a tad guilty for ‘cheating’ I met some more runners.  So I woke up super early and needed to go running.  Well, 7.45am I left the house and realised after a couple of miles that it was going to be a tough run.  I had water and my blackberry,  I know you think I am addicted but I need it for work.  Anyway I have no idea how far I ran, but I know I stopped like 6-8 times to recover and to drink.  I am mapping out how far it was and how hot.  I needed to do cardio but that was a little too much. 

 So I found out it was 9.5 miles…. a little longer than planned especially in this heat oh well its done now.

So I decided to take the motocycle out for a few days and head west and do some riding.  Well after 800 miles and a particularly windy ride from Portland to Leavenworth I question how my workouts made that ride so much more bearable.  The wind was particularly bad out of the north I was was indeed heading north.  I was constantly laid down on the tank and my wirst and back did start to hurt only after about 2 hours.  Now reflecting on the ride i wonder how much my back and ab exercises kept me from really hurting.  I did package up a few protein powder mixes, I didnt want to find myself in a situation where I set myself up for failure, even though I was away form home I still could manage my food.  I just stopped at a gas statioon and picked up some milk. 

Regardless I feel lucky enough to have returned in 1 piece and that I was able to sleep well enough to get up and hit the legs this morning. 

Woo hoo can’t to get away again, but have a few things to do to the bike, clean it and fix the minor oil leak.

S

So I have been in a rut about when to do cardio.  With my recent change in schedule its getting so much harder to run at work and I am regrettably not including it in my early morning workout.  However saying that I ran the Mount Si relay this weekend and it was awesome.  Weather was fantastic and as a team we laughed and had fun, usually at each others expense but hell thats what its all about.

The cardio element must return to my workout, I am sore and hurting today.  One day a week will be a mix of cardio and the weights can well .. wait.

Well things have changed for the worse; I am now officially on call 1 week in 6 being woken between 11 and 6 am.  The problem is that whatever I plan to do might be interrrupted, which I think is more of the issue.  Its not the fact that I am being awoken its the fact that I keep waking myself thinking I had missed a page.  So for a whole week my sleep schedule is totally updside down. 

The good part is I get to over plan my workouts, I plan to have 2 a day so if the morning one fails I can always try a second one later.  The other thing that might actually be a good thing is I am now taking rest days more often because I am tired and less motivated.  This might help my ‘I want to go to the gym everyday’ approach.

So I am happy that things are kinda working out.

So after a long day working on the yard I got home and wighed myself.  Well the good news is I hit below 17% bodyfat, however my weight was down by a few pounds.  I dont want to lose too much weight in fact I would like to put a few pounds back on.  So life becomes a balancing act once again.

S 

I got on the sclaes this morning before my planned 7 mile run.  I saw it… 17.8% body fat I was so happy.  I did 4 miles instead I was beat.  I will take a photo and post I want to see the visual differences…

 I wish everyone success.

 Simon

I was talking to my dentist about the whole New Years resolution and how few people hold up.  I advised her to pick a different time to get started.  Like now, in amongst all this holiday stress go work out, releive the anxiety and relax a little.  Also while everyone is shopping you can get better access to the machines.  The best thing to is if you can make the new workout regime a habit before january first then surely you will be a head of the curves.  No punn intended but you are only putting off the inevitable, so get a few extra work outs in and feel less guiilty about those Xmas treats. 

Personally I will do my best to keep my routine and get up super early to hit the gym when its open, or go running.  I think the New Year will not necessarily be a time for resolutions but a time to up the ante. 

Happy Holidays folks.

Ahh the time to be grateful, be grateful for the chance to sabotage my efforts.  After a couple of weeks of illness and now the season of ‘celebration’ now starts.  I did pretty good when it came to the food, I ate as much meat as possible stayed away from the candy and dessert.  Luckily being at work on Friday really helped the cafeteria was closed so I couldnt indulge in the non descript food they had there. 

So I was back at the gym this morning doing my best to work out.  Worked my back and chest, still hoping the photo will show changes come december 22nd ish.

After the recent bout of crud thats been sweeping the Northwest it was a matter of time that I was going ot get it.  So almost 3 weeks of coughing headaches and lack of sleep was just a set back I had to deal with.  Subsequently people around me started coughing and losing their voices, so I consider myself lucky. 

Training started a little slower this time.  I was asked to test some running shoes so I have make sure I put in enough miles to give the appropriate feedback.  So the gym will be everyother day I think, my first schedule was everyday through the week and taking the weekends off.  It was too intense at that time of day.  I will be better off and get better results if I don’t workout that often.  My ideal will be 3 times a week with my running twice a week.  Everything is balance.

With my recent downtime logging my weight and body changes can certainly wait another month.

So I invested in a set of bathroom scales with all the readings, Fat percentage, Muscle Mass, Water percentage and of course Bone mass.  So I have decided to add these to the multitude of numbers that we try and retain while pushing the lbs/kgs of metal.

This days readings began with a surprise, the surprise was I put it on the wrong setting.  I have found out I am in no way an athlete and thus do not have a body fat content of 8%.  On my second attempt the figure turned out to be more realistic.  Please see below for this months figures;

1. Fat percentage is 20.0%
2. Muscle Mass is 39.8%
3. Water percentage is 54.2
4. Bone mass is 4.1

This is as always a guideline and not something to watch from day to day.