Running from Zombies

Exams are done and I’m now free from university (assuming I’ve passed) forever. I’ve spent a good portion of the last two weeks looking for a post-grad job but to no avail. I now have two months before graduation, in which to find suitable employment. Any ideas? :-)

Anyway, I’m blogging (and running) again! I shall be getting back into my Monday-Wednesday-Friday routine as of today.

Wednesday: Attempted a 9km run on the treadmill but it was absoloutely terrible. I think the lack of a proper meal the night before and only getting 4 hours of sleep really hindered my progress. My shoes were off again so when they said I had run 9km I had actually done 9.45. Total time was 1 hour, not including the 2 minute break I took at the 4km mark. Congrats to Baines though, who managed 4km of intervals. We then did some stretching and a short weights workout.

Thursday: No workout today, but Ally (my official sports massage therapist) gave my legs a massage. Should mean that they’re a lot better for stepping up the training later this week.

Sunday: Wary because of my dodgy attempt at 9km on Wednesday I decided to just do whatever I felt like when I got to the gym. Firstly attempted to recalibrate my nike+ sensor, then did 3km on the bike, 6km on the treadmill (though shoes were still off), some stretching, and then another attempt at recalibration. Running felt good so I’ll crank it up a bit in the coming week.

Total Run: 17km

Because I haven’t really had much of a chance to do as many long runs as I would have liked I’m going to restart my fortnight of 9km runs from today. I might even stretch it out to 3 weeks, depending on what I feel like and how many long runs I get in. I should still have plenty of time to work on my 10k before the big day. Need to get some kms under my belt though, I challenged Ally to a weekly distance battle :-) A new Nike+ challenge with Matt starts today as well…

What with my lack of exercise and eating waaaay too much whilst writing my dissertation and exam revision I now weigh 154lbs (70kg). I’m not normally concerned much with my weight but I could stand to lose a bit before July. This time last year, I was around the 158lb mark and decided much the same – to lose a few lbs before race day. I found that by keeping up the training and cutting down on the crappy food I had lost 10lbs by the 7th September (race day). So for the next few months I’m going to cut down on the rubbish and I’ll add a sentence on the end of my regular Monday posts to let you know how it’s going.