Cupido Lanuched

Sorted out Cupido - my little Bradwell 18 yacht and got her in to the water. How ever it meant that the training stopped. The last run last Wednesday got me across the border and into Thetford.

Neither of the runs last week where particularly good and I'm going to have to start improving quickly to reach the first target of completing the Kirton Friday 5 and doing it in under an hour.

A change of training régime this week - I'm going to start doing some speed and strength work as well as gradually stepping up the mileage. First session in fartleks along the prom tonight, hopefully this will improve the lung capacity which seems to be the main restricting factor at the moment.

Last Week in Suffolk

The first run next week should see me cross in to foreign lands - (well Norfolk ;-) just north of Euston

Upped the mileage again to 3 miles and attempting Week 7 or the schedule: Run 15mins rest 1 Run 15 mins. First try at this wasn't great - ran the first 15 minutes OK but then only intermittently form there home. Second try better - 2 minutes quicker but still 3 more stops than there should be

Gym got cancelled this week (and probably next week) as I need to get the boat ready for launch, still sanding and polishing is pretty good exercise too.

I committed to raising money for the British Heart Foundation this week, and a widget on the right hand side shows will show things are going. I don't plan looking for sponsors until after the Kirton Friday five on June 5th, gradually widening the circle of friends and colleagues.

Finally I discovered the Fetch Everyone running site - great for keeping the log and planning routes, doing it all on there now is much easier than manipulating spreadsheets etc. (I'm 'mas' on there)

Less than 30% fat!

Two small milestones - according to my measurements I've 'only' got 29.67% body fat (down from 33.75% at the start of the training) Still a way to go though - I need to be below 20% to be healthy. I also weigh less than 200 pounds I've also lost half a stone in weight but still 2 stone to loose.

Lots of changes this week in the training this week
- Stopped the swimming and replaced it with another run,
- upped the distance for each run too to 2.5miles,
- changed the route so no steps but run up hill instead
- got the legs out! Running in shorts from now on
The running itself was OK but I'll need to repeat the week as I can't complete the second or third of the sessions at the moment, but am improving each time I go out. Also had the best gym session so far too.

Home of the Outlaws

This weeks distance takes me to Stowemarket, where Angela's family were born and raised. We took them on a drive out to see where their grandparents lived and came across the Joe Cox Half marathon, it did set me wondering as to where I would be in the field - then I saw a round red fellow, stripped to the waist and carrying his vest and though mmm that's probably close. As it turned out there were a good many runners behind him so it would have been a good run I suspect. Next morning at work there was a young lad rattling a tin raising money for MS, he's running the the London Marathon and he was in the Joe Cox as well.

As to my running it seems to have been a good week - in the end I went for Week 5 and nearly did it - had to stop in the last session as the lungs haven't caught up with the legs. Week 6 in the plan seems a big jump and not consistent with the following weeks so I'm amending it to something more sensible: Run 10min Rest 1 min repeat 3 times. I'll also have to up the distance a bit to fit it in add another 0.3 of a mile might do it, may be a little more.