Ralph's Health

That was a weigh in after big dinner and tea so see what I'm at over the next few days.

It is a while since I last posted. I've done a few runs since I last posted, but nothing mega: 9 miles with Dave on a Thursday Week of rest Kinder downfall race on Sunday just gone. I did it in 1:43:09 which is about 10 minutes faster than when I first did it in 2010. I didn;t make my target though which was to get at least half way up the field. I was 169/269. Ran out tonight. Originally intended to do 8 miles but instead did a fast 4 mile along Middlewood way, in 31:27, which is a little faster than my last go along there but still alonst 45 seconds off personal best. Anyway, also not been doing too well dietwise. Too much chocolate creeping back in, and I feel like I'm generally eating too much saturated fat. I thikn I need to start weighing myself again every day, as things seem to have strated to tail off since I stopped. I'll go weigh myself now, after changing batteries... Back in a min...

Ran the Middlewood tonight in 31:45, which is one minute off my personal best. The weight I posted is the post run, post tea one.

Very pleased with my time today. I was racing all the way round and very tired, but managed to take 13 seconds off my previous best to get 49:34. I'm definately a bit fatter than before by about 1-2 kg. This morning I weighed 83.3kg, the posted weight above is after breakfast and a run. For the rest of the week I think I'll run my other standard runs to see how I do against those. I'll do my 4.2 mile Middlewood way run tomorrow evening.

A bit slower than previous best on this run, ran in 51:31, nearly two minutes slower than end of January when I set my PB for this run. Feeling heavier too, after two week complete break from exercise after Skyline, and not eating well. Also been drinking too much, so need to readjust my diet and running again now.

After just over a week off running following the Edale Skyline (my knees are still sore from kneeling down over the weekend) I'm planning to run again this week, to bring up my weekly mileage back to what it was before I starting preparing for Skyline. I want to bring it back to up at least 25 miles this week. I'll start with a short flat run tonight I think, as I have karate later. Sue looked at my knees over the weekend and she reckons there is nothing wrong with them, my ankle was twisted though so I need to keep icing it.