One down, eleven to go!

Just completed my first of twelve monthly 5km runs. I'm aching all over right now. It was a little disappointing but I'm going to focus on the positives. I had to walk a couple of bits of it which slowed me down and I clocked in at 34 mins 02 secs. I'm a bit disappointed because I've notched an even 30 mins in training before. Oh well, I've started now and the only way is up. I'll do much better in the August race.

So here's how it stands:

July 5km - 34.02

I'll post my monthly race times rather than the training times so you can compare the progress on a monthly basis. The next run is just under four weeks away.

Time for a munch now! Healthy of course ; )

Triple whammy!!!

What a mad day. I did my bicep/back workout in the morning, press up challenge in the afternoon and just come back from an hour of footy. I feel shattered, but I still feel like I'm up for more. I think I did a better job on the press ups in the afternoon than before going to bed so I'll stick with that now.

Anyway, off to bed now, got 7km of intervals to do in the morning.

PS, we drew 2-2.

5km Latest

Ok bad news. Unfortunately I'm not going to be able take part in my first monthly 5km run tomorrow. Something's come up. But to show it's not a cop out, I've already booked myself in to take part next week. I'm nit giving up, I promise. Eating and dieting going brilliantly this week.

Survival Of The Fittest

Things have been pretty mixed since my last post. I've got the exercise routines down to a T. Since I've been back from holiday I've been doing my three runs a week and three weights sessions with a bit of swimming whenever I can.

As you can see from my July weigh in, food seems to be more the issue at the moment. People say when it comes to losing weight, if you could only choose between a good diet and an exercise routine, it would be the good diet that would give you better results. What good's all the working out I'm doing if I'm eating lots of crap?

Looking at the positives though, I'm hopefully getting back on track. Over the weekend, I planned out and wrote down what I was going to eat this week and so far it's doing the trick. I've spaced the meals/snacks out every threeish hours and am just going to my notes to see what I can eat rather than eating any old rubbish. I've managed to put a good mix of homemade Indian, Italian, Chinese and other foods in too. It's been a good few days, lets hope I can carry it on.

I'm feeling pretty mixed right now though. I'm positive because of the food, but I'm getting headaches too, which I put down to the lack of junk food I'm having. My body's probably used to so much sugar and rubbish, but I need to push through it.

Onto some other news then, the first of my monthly 5k runs for a year starts this weekend. I'm looking forward to it. Been doing some running in preparation so I'll let you know how it goes over the weekend. In fact, every month when I do an official run, I'll give you my timings. That way we can compare the timings each month, and hopefully they'll improve!

I've already booked my runs for July, August and September, but I won't be doing a 5k run in October. Before you laugh, I'm not skipping the month! You will not believe what I've booked myself in for... the MEN'S HEALTH SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST CHALLENGE!!!

Now if you're not sure what this is, let me tell you it's a 10km run with a 'twist'. I've been involved with two 10k runs in the past, but this is something different.

Basically, every km of this run has an obstacle. I'm not talking about some little hurdle you jump over. I saw the video from last year's challenge and each obstacle is BIG! I'm taking about a 3 meter high pile of hay that you need to climb up and come back down from, a Free Running/Parkour zone and an 8 foot high wall that needs to be scaled to name a few of the ten challenges.

How am I supposed to climb an 8 foot wall? There's no ladder, no grips, nothing. Just a straightforward 8 foot wall.

It's mad isn't it? I'm looking forward to it though. You're taking about an intense physical experience that'll probably put you out of action for about three days, even more! It's a scary though, but I'll be ready for it. This is just what I needed to keep me motivated. My running will help me with the general parts of this challenge and my weight sessions will help me with pretty much trying to lift my own body weight with the obstacles, like that bloody 8 foot wall.

I'm excited, bring it on!!!!!

Will let you know how my first 5k run goes this weekend too.

July Weigh In

You will be disgusted with my weigh in this morning. ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED!!! I know I am.

This is a culmination of two weeks in America and excessive drinking and eating during the World Cup.

Here's comes the embarrassing bit...

1st June - 79.5kg (12 stone 7.3lbs)
1st July - 85kg (13 stone 5.4lbs)

How bad is that??? Awful isn't it!

Thing is, exercise wise I've been keeping up with everything. I've been doing my weights, running, press up challenge and I'll be starting football once a week in about two weeks time. It's all down to pathetic food habits and the fact that I can't control myself. It's only something I can sort out. Just need to say no!

Got the July 5km run coming soon, will let you know how I get on.