Wednesday 12th August 2009

20:39 - 21:12 - 3 laps of Lanark Loch (0.96 miles/1.55 km each = 2.88 miles, 4.65 km)

Stuck pretty much solidly to the 300 walk/200 run routine for the whole trip, but for some reason didn't really feel completely up for it tonight - first 100 run fine, by 140 feeling it and by 160 wishing for the end of set - and had to pretty much force myself to do the third lap :( Still, averaging 11 minutes per lap given my general fitness is a crazy speed - just can't seem to shake my mental image that I'm going too slow so not really *running*... bah !

Monday 10th August 2009

20:51 - 21:31 - 3 laps of Lanark Loch (0.96 miles/1.55 km each = 2.88 miles/4.65 km)

(time is from leaving car to getting back to car, so includes stretches/warm up/cool down)

Managed to stick to the 300 walk/200 run for the whole of the three lap stint this time - but that's definitely my current limit, as I was really feeling it towards the end of the third lap. That said, breathing was back to normal within 4 minutes of being back in the car, so couldn't have been *that* bad. Legs aren't giving me too much hassle - wearing football socks seems to be a good halfway house between nothing and tubigrip, so I might save the tubigrip for days when I'm feeling a bit ache-y - there will be a few of those I'm sure :(

Saturday 8th August 2009

Ok, so I'm a bit dumb doing some exertions three days in a row ... guilty as charged :s Anyway :

19:53 - 20:28 - 3 laps of Lanark Loch (0.96 miles/1.55 km each = 2.88 miles/4.65 km).

Original idea was 250 run + 350 walk, but that fell by the wayside as I did the first lap in a frankly idiotic 10 minutes - no way am I fit enough to sustain that pace, especially doing the run paces as full length rather than controlled ! Settled down to 200 run + 400 walk, but still did the second lap in 11 minutes, then did the third lap in a far more realistic 14 minutes. The first lap meant that the whole exercise felt like much harder work than it should have been, but my recovery time was quite good in the second and third lap - practiced rhythmic breathing (taking deep breaths every third pace) and was back to normal breathing by about 220 paces of walking, even towards the end of the third lap.

Friday 7th August 2009

Lunchtime run in Glasgow city centre.

Warm up - Robertson St -> Broomielaw -> Jamaica St. Bridge

Run - Clyde St -> Stockwell St -> Glasgow Green (loop at needle) and reverse

Cool down - End of Clyde St -> Broomielaw -> Robertson St

Distance (run only) = 1.5 miles

Distance (including warm up & cool down) = 1.92 miles/3.08 km

Can't remember timings - will have to check with Cathy :)

Tried to do this as 2 mins run / 3 mins walk - changed down gradually to 2 mins run 4 mins walk, and eventually to 1.5 mins run (which I actually ran to 250 short run paces). Quite tough, but only as tough as 400 walk/150 run was a week or two ago, so some signs of progress.

Followed it up with a fairly gentle 1.4 mile/2.25 km walk across the city centre in the late afternoon :)

Thursday 6th August 2009

1 hour of five a side football at lunchtime - spent best part of 10 minutes in goal though, as our side won pretty comfortably. Still managed to score a goal, and keep up with play for most of the time - better than for quite a while !

Tuesday 4th August 2009

Only time for a quick lap of a slightly longer route around the loch - probably about a mile - between 21:37 and 21:48 on my mobile :) Did the lap as 200 run + 300 walk, but it was really too dark to go for a second lap which had been my original plan. Oh well...

Sunday 2nd August 2009

1.8 miles/2.9 km in 21 minutes,plus warm up and wind down walking on rural route around Duncrub - bit more hilly than the normal loch route, so slightly harder work, with a 211 pace run to finish off with !