Last week then. Not run for a few days, accidently had too much beers, so decided to get out there again today. Was speaking with the wife yesterday, as I slobbed on the sofa with yet another big glass of red, looking like a baby jabba the hut, that I am probably the “fittest” I have ever been. Not too sure what that means, but I am pretty sure this is the first time in my live I could run 19 miles…
Left foot has been pretty painful over the last few days, it feels like the right side of it and under the arch is bruised, not mark, put very tender. I am sure this is because my new running shoes have too much of arch support in, so it looks at the moment like I will have to wear one old and one new shoe for the proper run.
Did around 8 miles this morning, in 1hr 20, and wore my heartbeat monitor which I had bought a year or so ago, just to check the reading. Started out and was between 160 and 170 beats per minute, which seemed quite high – this stabilised to around 155 – 160, but by the time I was on the final approach I was down to 145. The machine also says that it can show how many calories you burn, for this eight miles it was around 900 calories – bargain!!!
Still not really loving running, but I must admit that I do like it more than I did. Seems a silly way to keep fit, but pretty intense. Will be starting to cycle now in May ready for the yearly cycle expedition, so will be interested to see how tiring cycling seems in comparison…
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Days left: 7
Confidence: 91%
Ability: 88.21%