The reluctant runner!

[Hazel at the Hill]

42 minutes for roughly 3.3 miles tonight. Off road around fields. Realized that if you run through sticky mole hills you finish up running on platform soles.Probably need to spend half an hour cleaning my sodden shoes now!

If you leave them in the porch, when they are dry you take one in each hand and clatter them together repeatedly like a loony, and all the mud will explode off. Best stand in the garden when you do this!

Get some trailshoes to run xc if you haven't already got some - makes a terrific difference.

[mothhawk]

42 minutes for roughly 3.3 miles tonight. Off road around fields. Realized that if you run through sticky mole hills you finish up running on platform soles.Probably need to spend half an hour cleaning my sodden shoes now!

But on the plus side, by the end of the year you'll probably have raised the height of your beds an inch. Not to be sneezed at, free top soil

[Snadger]

If you leave them in the porch, when they are dry you take one in each hand and clatter them together repeatedly like a loony, and all the mud will explode off. Best stand in the garden when you do this!

Get some trailshoes to run xc if you haven't already got some - makes a terrific difference.

Got trail shoes Hazel. The problem is that their aggressive tread pattern, as well as giving you extra grip, picks up all the carp imaginable!

[Snadger]

75 minutes for 10K today. Knees weren't appreciative so tried to run on the side of the track to save them a bit. Nowt a couple of Ibruproven couldn't sort anyway!Still struggling with the weight though, I may need to go on a rapid diet plan to kickstart some weighty loss!

[Snadger]

Time for radical action!

The Military Diet

I've used this before and its fantastic for kick starting prolonged weight loss!

Got my shopping list ready so i'm off to the shops to stock up.

[Snadger]

Another 47 minutes road running under the belt.The problem with dieting and running is that without food you can't take Ibruproven. Without food, I can't have my jam sarnie before a run. Without food my tummy rumbles and I feel weak whilst running.
You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs though (Oooh Fooood!) so I'll stick with it and see how it goes!

[Snadger]

Made a boo boo today. Sez to mesell " That looks about a 10k run over yon moors there." One hour and 35 minutes later I was still running!

Most boxers train for a lot longer periods than they expect to be fighting so running longer distances than the 10k No Ego Trail run I entered this morning should stand me in good stead.

I have been warned that because of the nature of these Forest events to expect to take twice as long as a normal run. Up hill down dale, jumping over logs and up to the neck in muddy water, suddenly isn't quite so appealing, especially in March!

PS Couldn't have done it without VC cheering me on from the couch!

[veggiechicken]

I enjoyed being out on the moors today, Snadger, and I didn't need a jam doughnut either.
How far do you think we ran?

[Snadger]

I enjoyed being out on the moors today, Snadger, and I didn't need a jam doughnut either.
How far do you think we ran?

Dunno, I was running to music for the first time so was going a fair auld lash! Techno,Hendix,Queen,Pink Floyd & kids from Fame all helped me.

Probably 12 or 13 K?

[veggiechicken]

That's how far I thought it was too. Thought I'd ache after it, but I'm OK. Are you alright too?

[Snadger]

That's how far I thought it was too. Thought I'd ache after it, but I'm OK. Are you alright too?

Yeh, I'm not too bad, nowt a soothing Radox bath won't sort out. Glad you're OK though!

[Snadger]

Did a bit of hill running after work today for a change. Ran up hill on the path, dodging traffic as I crossed roads and finished up running downhill through some woods as it was getting dark! Ran for an hour, but no idea of how far.
I noticed some of the 10K adventure run events are through forests with miners lamps on your head at night. I'll see how | get on with a daylight forest 10K before contemplating a torch lit night run!

[JanieB]

Time for radical action!

The Military Diet

I've used this before and its fantastic for kick starting prolonged weight loss!

Got my shopping list ready so i'm off to the shops to stock up.

Realising that I've put on far too much weight over the winter, I thought I'd have a look at this diet. Is there any way of adapting it as the first two meals were a complete no no. I can't stand peanut butter or tuna at any price.

[Kristen]

I may have mentioned this before, but have you considered Lean Gains / Intermittent Fasting? Also called 16/8 or 5/2.

16/8 is to only eat calories between, say, 1pm and 9pm. Eat anything you like in that time, zero calories outside that time. For me its ideal as does not intrude on anything social I found I was getting peckish on Lunch and Supper, so I had "breakfast" at 4pm so basically pretty much the same 3 meals I used to, just all within 8 hours (any 8 hours will do, doesn't have to be 1pm-9pm,e.g. if working on shifts). Some days I don't have my first meal until 2pm or 3pm, which obviously accelerates the weight loss.

5/2 is 5 days normal and 2 days fasting (I've forgotten exactly what, but its something like 400 calories per day for those two days. Definitely wouldn't suit me as bound to coincide with some social activity).

If you combine the fasting period with exercise (not a requirement) then the muscular gain is all "lean gain".

I find I manage through the morning with a cup of black coffee (green / herbal tea would be fine, but not tea with milk / sugar). Not sure that would suit everyone, I certainly thought I would be mentally impaired and lethargic in the mornings, but that's definitely not been the case for me.

Really straightforward for maintenance, once desired weight is reached - just revert to 16/8 whenever the scales tell you to! whereas with a regular diet the danger is yo-yo because there is no maintenance plan, only a weight-loss plan, and yo-yo, as I understand it, goes back on in a way much more difficult to then shift.

[Bren In Pots]

Realising that I've put on far too much weight over the winter, I thought I'd have a look at this diet. Is there any way of adapting it as the first two meals were a complete no no. I can't stand peanut butter or tuna at any price.

Some info on substitutions here :-

Military Diet Food Substitutions | The Military Diet