Exercise Summary: 6.62 km in 40m 57s
This last week has been weird. It started a cold/flu which resulted in me taking drugs and going to bed early. The rest of the week was “okay” but I couldn’t shake the cold, something I ate didn’t agree with me and that made things worse but tolerable. I [...]
Day 91 - Tired of Being Sick
July 6th, 2008 No Comments
Tags: Challenges · Exercise · fitness · goal setting · Goals · run · runner · running
Day 83b - Attitude Readjustment (aka GMST)
June 29th, 2008 4 Comments
I know this morning’s post was a bit of a whinge. I think I had one of those moments where I saw myself slipping back into old habits and to be honest it scared me. I’ve lost 75% of what I plan to lose and I felt that, for no reason, I was slipping back [...]
Tags: attitude · Exercise · Goals · run · running · swim · swimming
Day 83 - The Dark Side Revisits
June 29th, 2008 1 Comment
Exercise Summary: 4.6km Run/Walk; no time recorded
The above summary says it all. Yesterday was not a good day on the road to health and fitness (pardon that godawful pun!). Sure, I went for the 4km run/walk and while that sounds good, I did it as an afterthought rather than as a planned activity.
You see, the [...]
Tags: discipline · Exercise · focus · Goals · planning · running
Day 73 - Plans for the Weekend
June 19th, 2008 5 Comments
Firstly, I think I may need to apologise for yesterday’s post on Rest. I re-read it last night and thought it turned out to be a bit preachy when all I wanted to post was that it was interesting that we need instructions on napping and that the world has a way of invading our [...]
Tags: 100 pushups · Exercise · jacobs ladder · planning · running
Day 70b - Another 5km and New PB
June 16th, 2008 2 Comments
Summary: 5km run in 23:56; MTD 48:49km (Target: 100km)
Life has definitely changed. There was a time, just a couple of months ago when I would crawl out of work, jump in the car and get home as fast as I could and have a nap. Yes, a nap. Sad but true. I didn’t sleep at [...]
Tags: 5k run · 5km run · attitude · Exercise · fun · running
Day 56 - A Good Run = A Good Day
June 2nd, 2008 1 Comment
Thanks to Joe Thorne over at Learning to Run I was “up and at ‘em” yesterday. I wanted to find some magic in my runs, rather than just complete the distance. So I grabbed the FBH and we headed for the coast. We’re about 17km inland in suburbia.
The run starts around 3km from Hillarys Boat [...]
Tags: Exercise · health · running
Day 48 (c) - First 10km Run, Looking for a Race
May 25th, 2008 3 Comments
It was partly due to not sticking to my diet.
It was partly due to looking for a prettier route.
It was partly to do with extending myself and building my stamina.
So I completed a 10km run around the bridges in Perth. It was a glorious day too. As the picture attests to. (though I take frickin’ [...]
Tags: 10km · Exercise · race · running
Day 48 (b) - Memo to Self: Find Nicer Routes
May 25th, 2008 No Comments
This week has been a little weird. With the FBH going off for her 3 day break I thought I would be able to get into the running and swimming better if only because there was one less person to worry about.
WRONG!
I’ve only exercised 3 times this week and only twice after the last weigh [...]
Tags: race · routes · running · stamina
Day 28 - When You Don’t feel Like Running
May 5th, 2008 2 Comments
I only slept okay last night. I went to bed at 10:00pm to start a routine about going to bed at the same time. I think I woke up around 3:30am and then 4:53am with an alarm time of 5:30am.
When the alarm finally did go off, I really didn’t feel like getting up. [...]
Tags: Exercise · Goals · mornings · running
Day 27 (c) - 6km Run Along the Highway
May 4th, 2008 No Comments
Perth-fect weather for a run!
Just back from a new run along West Coast Highway and it was great!
Run Distance: 6.02km
Run time: 31:34
Max Heart Rate: 164
Avg Heart Rate: 143
The benefit of this run is that it has quite a few more inclines than my regular run. The aim being that I need to be [...]

