Sorry for the mass of updates - this is the last one for tonight. I've been out on the bike the last two days, yesterday with a friend who's doing a monster cycle next week from Birmingham to Kilybegs over seven days - we just done a short session, twenty or so miles from Reading to Henley and back again. The terrain was relatively hilly and I definitely hope to get out there again over the coming weekends.
This evening I was also down to do a cycle as part of the marathon training. I was considering going out at lunch, but there's been some pretty heavy showers here all day, so just worked through. It'd all cleared up by the time I got home, so I hit the road.
The plan was to repeat a time trial that I done last year, which was two laps of a local circuit - I'm not sure of the official distance, but that doesn't really matter for comparison. I'd done the distance last year in 39m 03s and was hoping to beat that, despite this evening being windier and a "personal" time-trial.
I came in at 36m 19s, about 2m 40s faster than last years time which I was pretty happy with. My average pace (which I'm extremely happy with) was almost 31kmph for the 18.68km. Overall I covered just over 40km in 1hr 25m, an overall average of 28.4kmph.
Finally, I'd an absolutely shocking day diet-wise - a few bars of chocolate, some doughnuts, etc., etc. Must do better - be interesting to see what the scales say in the morning.
Showing posts with label weekly update. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weekly update. Show all posts
Monday, 27 July 2009
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Weekly Update:
A mixed week...got three runs in out of four due to a busy weekend. Weekend also meant I was very lax on the food front, which has sadly continued into this week.
Total running for the week was 16.6 + 6.87 + 10.39 = 33.86km which is down a bit from last week. I also got down to the pool for three sessions as well, so overall, not a bad week.
Weight wise, started off well, but as mentioned above, ended badly.
Monday, 13 October 2008
Weekly Update: Over 40km running in a week!!
Tuesday: 13.54km (1hr 34m 12s)
Wednesday: 6.90km (40m 11s)
Thursday: 10.97km (1hr 14m 30s)
Sunday: 10.03km (1hr 9m)
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Total: 41.44km (4hrs 33m 53s)
Average pace: 9.1kmph
Other thing to note from last week is that I spent 4/5 lunch times in the pool, doing 400m each time. Had a new PB (breaking this daily at the moment) on Friday, doing the 400m in 26m 40s (including around 1 min talking to a work colleague) . Hopefully will keep knocking some time of this in the next week or two.
Will be interesting to see what the scale says tomorrow. I'd a great week last week, until the weekend where I let loose. Today wasn't any better, but I guess tomorrow is another day. Suppose the hope is that the exercise from last week continued to burn some calories when I was lazying about the place, but we'll know more in the morning :)
Wednesday: 6.90km (40m 11s)
Thursday: 10.97km (1hr 14m 30s)
Sunday: 10.03km (1hr 9m)
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Total: 41.44km (4hrs 33m 53s)
Average pace: 9.1kmph
Other thing to note from last week is that I spent 4/5 lunch times in the pool, doing 400m each time. Had a new PB (breaking this daily at the moment) on Friday, doing the 400m in 26m 40s (including around 1 min talking to a work colleague) . Hopefully will keep knocking some time of this in the next week or two.
Will be interesting to see what the scale says tomorrow. I'd a great week last week, until the weekend where I let loose. Today wasn't any better, but I guess tomorrow is another day. Suppose the hope is that the exercise from last week continued to burn some calories when I was lazying about the place, but we'll know more in the morning :)
Sunday, 20 January 2008
A poor week for fitness...
Another week down. Pretty poor amount to show for it as well, mainly due to getting a cold towards the tail end of the week. Actually, looking back at what I done, the first half of the week was alright, consisting of:
- 2 weights sessions, only normal and one heavier one
- 1 run around the block followed by...
- a circuits session
- 1 cycle around the block (5.57km). Was supposed to be into work but forgot to bring my bike lock. Drove in instead.
- One swimming session.
Tuesday, 21 August 2007
Weekly update: 21/08/07
30/07/07: 118.11kg
06/08/07: 117.57kg
Difference: 0.54kg
Well, it was a bit of an indifferent week. First half of it started off well, I was pretty disciplined with what I was eating. Second half of the week, went to pot though. Seemed to have a massive sugar low towards the end of the week, resulting in some serious chocolate eating/biscuit eating/etc at work.
On the fitness side, a relatively poor week. Managed three runs, totalling 15.6km and went to both GAA training sessions. One positive was that I was able to practice the Swimshack drills every night of the week, apart from Sat and Sun.
I really need to up the running side of things over the next few weeks. I must also try to get out on the bike as well. Was thinking of entering the Newmarket Duathlon but left it way too late to enter :(
06/08/07: 117.57kg
Difference: 0.54kg
Well, it was a bit of an indifferent week. First half of it started off well, I was pretty disciplined with what I was eating. Second half of the week, went to pot though. Seemed to have a massive sugar low towards the end of the week, resulting in some serious chocolate eating/biscuit eating/etc at work.
On the fitness side, a relatively poor week. Managed three runs, totalling 15.6km and went to both GAA training sessions. One positive was that I was able to practice the Swimshack drills every night of the week, apart from Sat and Sun.
I really need to up the running side of things over the next few weeks. I must also try to get out on the bike as well. Was thinking of entering the Newmarket Duathlon but left it way too late to enter :(
Monday, 6 August 2007
Weekly update: 06/08/07
30/07/07: 118.88kg
06/08/07: 118.15kg
Difference: 0.73kg
A cracking week of weight loss this week, as I've actually managed to stick to a decent plan of eating little often and no crap (well, I lie...I was at a bbq on Sat).
General idea is to eat a portion or two of fruit first thing in the morning, followed by a bowl of cereal (museli) mid-morning. Sandwich or whatever for lunch and another portion of fruit mid-evening (maybe a water-biscuit or two at some point as well). I'll generally try and eat a (microwave) meal (about 500kcal) around 5.30pm, so I'm able to train or go to the gym later in the evening. Last meal at night is generally a fresh-fruit smoothie.
My approach to fruit above is that I can eat as much as I want of it, any time. I'm going to the shop every second day or so these days and stocking up on grapes, banana's, plums, peaches, pinapples, etc.
I've also invested in a protein supplement, which I throw into the smoothies. I'm dubious, but I'll see how it goes.
Training Info
06/08/07: 118.15kg
Difference: 0.73kg
A cracking week of weight loss this week, as I've actually managed to stick to a decent plan of eating little often and no crap (well, I lie...I was at a bbq on Sat).
General idea is to eat a portion or two of fruit first thing in the morning, followed by a bowl of cereal (museli) mid-morning. Sandwich or whatever for lunch and another portion of fruit mid-evening (maybe a water-biscuit or two at some point as well). I'll generally try and eat a (microwave) meal (about 500kcal) around 5.30pm, so I'm able to train or go to the gym later in the evening. Last meal at night is generally a fresh-fruit smoothie.
My approach to fruit above is that I can eat as much as I want of it, any time. I'm going to the shop every second day or so these days and stocking up on grapes, banana's, plums, peaches, pinapples, etc.
I've also invested in a protein supplement, which I throw into the smoothies. I'm dubious, but I'll see how it goes.
Training Info
| Running | |||||||||
| Date | Dist. (KM) | Time | Pace Min/KM | Speed (KMPH) | AHR | MHR | Cal. | Strides | |
| 2007-07-30 | 4.52 | 00:30:00 | 06:38 | 9.0 | 164 | 0 | 582 | 0 | |
| 2007-08-01 | 5.57 | 00:36:40 | 06:34 | 9.1 | 164 | 183 | 718 | 0 | |
| 2007-08-03 | 6.43 | 00:45:00 | 06:59 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 828 | 0 | |
| Swimming | ||||||||
| Date | Dist. (M) | Time | Pace Min/100 | Speed (M/hr) | AHR | MHR | Cal. | |
| 2007-07-31 | 300 | 00:25:00 | 08:20 | 720.0 | 0 | 0 | 143 | |
Monday, 30 July 2007
Weekly update: 23/07/07
Weight
23/07/07: 118.98kg
30/07/07: 118.88kg
Difference: 0.1kg
Well, as you can see, another disappointing week. Still, at least the figure is negative, which I suppose is a good thing.
Training
According to buckeye, this week I did the following running
plus two strength sessions and two GAA training sessions.
23/07/07: 118.98kg
30/07/07: 118.88kg
Difference: 0.1kg
Well, as you can see, another disappointing week. Still, at least the figure is negative, which I suppose is a good thing.
Training
According to buckeye, this week I did the following running
| Running | |||||||||
| Date | Dist. (Mi) | Time | Pace Min/Mi | Speed (MPH) | AHR | MHR | Cal. | Strides | |
| 2007-07-23 | 2.80 | 00:30:00 | 10:42 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 580 | 0 | |
| 2007-07-24 | 2.85 | 00:30:00 | 10:31 | 5.7 | 168 | 178 | 590 | 0 | |
| 2007-07-28 | 3.42 | 00:36:40 | 10:43 | 5.6 | 166 | 178 | 708 | 0 | |
| 2007-07-29 | 3.46 | 00:36:40 | 10:35 | 5.7 | 165 | 178 | 718 | 0 | |
| 2007-07-30 | 2.81 | 00:30:00 | 10:40 | 5.6 | 164 | 0 | 582 | 0 | |
plus two strength sessions and two GAA training sessions.
Monday, 16 July 2007
Weekly update: 16/07/07
STARTING WEIGHT: 119.14kg
ENDING WEIGHT: 119.32kg
WEEKLY GAIN: 0.18kg (198kcal excess per day)
In brief, its my first week in 15 weeks that I've actually put weight on! Bit disappointing, but allow give a few excuses:
As we can see in the last graph, there is a severe "flatting" of the graph, which will need sorting out ASAP.
ENDING WEIGHT: 119.32kg
WEEKLY GAIN: 0.18kg (198kcal excess per day)
In brief, its my first week in 15 weeks that I've actually put weight on! Bit disappointing, but allow give a few excuses:
- Previous weekend was on a stag in Warsaw
- This weekend I'd a wedding back in Ireland
- Been getting physio on ankle
As we can see in the last graph, there is a severe "flatting" of the graph, which will need sorting out ASAP.
Sunday, 24 June 2007
an easy week
haven't really updated this over the last week, mainly due to no internet connection at home. Only thing I've really done was GAA training on Tuesday, followed by a weights session in the gym afterwards and a quick 5.5km walk on Wednesday night.
Rest of the week was taken up by a club photograph (followed by bbq) on Thursday and the Darwin College May Ball on Friday night, which needless to say, meant I was out of action all day saturday. The rest of the cambridge lads were playing in a blitz in Luton, which I went along to (they came second) but there was a few dodgy heads there all the same.
Big game tomorrow in the Championship for the Anthony's. Got to win the game against the Emmetts or we're out...sad thing to think about in late June! Plan is to get up early in the morning, get a good breakfast (maybe a pasta brunch is more likely) and be up for this game from the off. Last game I played, I'd an absolute stinker due to lack of preperation, so hopefully won't suffer from that this time around.
Rest of the week was taken up by a club photograph (followed by bbq) on Thursday and the Darwin College May Ball on Friday night, which needless to say, meant I was out of action all day saturday. The rest of the cambridge lads were playing in a blitz in Luton, which I went along to (they came second) but there was a few dodgy heads there all the same.
Big game tomorrow in the Championship for the Anthony's. Got to win the game against the Emmetts or we're out...sad thing to think about in late June! Plan is to get up early in the morning, get a good breakfast (maybe a pasta brunch is more likely) and be up for this game from the off. Last game I played, I'd an absolute stinker due to lack of preperation, so hopefully won't suffer from that this time around.
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