POSSIBLE FUTURE RUNS

May 2013 Bristol 10k
October 2013 Great South Run 10mile
March 2014 Bath Half Marathon
May 2014 Bristol 10k
September 2014 Bristol Half 
April 2015 London Marathon

XMAS WEIGHT GAIN!

So 7days of no running and no calorie counting ect over Xmas how much weight did I put on? Just 1lb not bad and just shows that I have my head in gear...

BRISTOL 10K 2013

Registered for the Bristol 10k today it is on the 5th May 2013 and I will be trying to equal my efforts of 2008 where I ran it in 1:24.00

So training starts on the 1st of January and I will be looking for a good training plan.

In my previous posts I touched on my aim was to increase pace over the next 12mnths, I will be doing this as follows.

Monday - Distance
Wednesday - Recovery
Friday - Pace

Well thats the current plan, please chip in with any advise.

http://www.runnerslife.co.uk/videos/bristol-half-marathon-2012/488

Being feeling unwell so went to doctors who told me I have start of tonsillitis and or an ear infection. Either way I have been given Penicillin. This basically means that I won't be able to run for at lease the next week boooooo!!!!

GREAT RUNNING QUOTE

"If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run."

Sleep!

I have been having real trouble sleeping lately there is always something going on in my mind and can't switch off. So I'm going to try some meditation apps. Off to bed in moment so will give it a try. First one I'm going try is by Glen Harrold.

Me on my 33rd Birthday

Look at the state of me in Lycra,

Look at the state of me in Lycra, Nov 2012

Pictures of me November 2012

The Start!!

After a heart felt chat with Vicci last night about my weight I needed to hit my diet hard today so I really didn't eat much during the during the day;
3 Apples
1 crumpet
1 tesco meal (swim fast)
1 Biscuit (Tesco finest Chocolate)
1 sweet
3 Arero Bubble Sweets
For tea I had Gammon New Potatoes and Parley Sause.

At 5pm I did my first way in at 24st 0lb

End of the 2nd Week

So end of the 2nd Week into my new “diet”, when I say diet I really mean a new mind set and a new personal moto “Eat Less Move More”.  The results so far are that Ive lost just under 1/2stone in 2 weeks by doing nothing more drastic than eating a little less and taking the dogs for walks on mornings.  

The first Step was being honest with myself and making myself aware of exactly what I was doing.  There is no point trying to change anything that you can’t measure, so for the first week I took a photo of every piece of food I eat and Tweeted it ( see @HallDietTrain ).  This did two things, 

1.) gave me a rough Idea of what I had been eating 
2.) made me think about what I was eating because I didn’t want to have to take a photo of it.  

Diet 
I intend to do nothing more than just keep to eating sensible foods, trying to avoid bread and pasta on a regular basis, ohh and cut out silly snacks.

Main Rules are
1.) Go for the Small,
2.) For Christ sake chew it.
3.) Drink 1pnt Water at least 10min before.  (this is the hardest to remember)

Exercise 
I want to up the ante a little, now that I have got myself into a routine of getting up I plan to stick to a 2mile Route but introduce some running.  Now "Richard Running" is not so much running but is more like a  slow Jog but it makes me feel better saying that Im running.

That’s about it, thanks for reading it’s nice to have some accountability! TTFN Rich

Starting Photos Jan 2012