The Barnya Half-Marathon Challenge (on again)
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Thursday 19 July 2006:<br />
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31min at a healthy pace on the treadmill (5km)<br />
30mins leg weights, not too strenuous, I don't want to embarrass myself in front of all the gym junkies.<br />
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Breakfast: two slices of wholemeal toast with marmite<br />
Lunch: Lentil stew with veges, a toffee pop, an apple and two wholegrain crackers<br />
Dinner: One-pot chicken and rice with veges, <br />
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Snacking: NONE<br />
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Total weight lost since log began (1 week): bupkis. Is this normal or should I be concerned? -
Nah it's normal Barn, the body doesn't always burn fat straight away. Give it some time.
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I suspect Barnya's body is going: "durr, dum, da, err anngonamo .... wassgoinon? What da fuck is .... I mean WHAT DA FUCK ARE YOU DOIN MAN?!!"<br />
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Just like mine. -
<img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' /> It's done exactly as it's been told so far. Was very sore the day after the 16km run but I woke up today feeling very refreshed.<br />
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You're right though, my body knows the only time I run is to get to the pub in time to see the haka. Poor thing must be very confused. -
[quote name='Bones']<br />
Also retains water due to the shock of dietary change, etc,so don't be surprised if you put on weight.<br />
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Oh fabulous. I take it this will be pissed out in short order? -
[quote name='Barnya']<br />
[quote name='Bones']<br />
Also retains water due to the shock of dietary change, etc,so don't be surprised if you put on weight.<br />
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Oh fabulous. I take it this will be pissed out in short order?<br />
[/quote]Body should adjust after a couple of weeks... -
Do not despair Barnya; it won't happen overnight but it will happen.
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Thankyou Rachel.<br />
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[quote name='Barnya']<br />
[quote name='Bones']<br />
Also retains water due to the shock of dietary change, etc,so don't be surprised if you put on weight.<br />
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Oh fabulous. I take it this will be pissed out in short order?<br />
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If you keep drinking heaps of water, yes. -
[quote name='BartMan']<br />
the clothers git test is the best one Barnya - fuck the weight - belt going in by nothces, shirts /n/ pants looser. [/quote]<br />
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It'll be a victory when I can wear my belt <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' /><br />
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Thursday 20/7: 8km run, 56mins. Pushed myself over the last 2km and found I had a bit in reserve which was good. Seemed twice as long as I had "You ain't going nowhere" by the Byrds stuck in my head. Being 2mins long, I sang it approx. 28 times. :tickedoff:<br />
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Breakfast: NONE (get up when your alarm tells you you lazy FluffyBunny)<br />
Lunch: Leftover lentil stew from yesterday. Joy!<br />
Dinner: Just about to make me a chicken salad roll for dinner then off to work<br />
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Snacking: Two wholegrain crackers, two toffee pops, one stick of celery.<br />
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It was 6 degrees during my run, this must make it fucking difficult. My lower legs felt like lead weights the whole way. My jatz crackers have gone into hiding, not even a gentle 10min massage in the shower could coax them out. Poor little battlers, hope they know their way home.<br />
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Buy me a flute and a gun that shoots, tailgates and substitutes, strap yourself to a tree with roots, you ain't going nowhere, oooo eee ride me high, tomorrow's the day my bride's gonna come, oh oh are we gonna fly down in the easy chair :whistle: -
Mate this is good stuff. Keep it up. Good to hear you had sometjing in reserve, thats the test of how much progress you have made as a runner. <br />
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Pain is weakness leaving the body - great mantra<br />
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Am apparently helping a chick train for a half marathon - but its next month and she seems very uncommitted. Oh well, its run to torture unfit people. -
Cheers Squirrel. I'm in a similar position to you, got two chicks as "training partners". However they are a lot fitter than me, in every sense of the word.<br />
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Still, if we cross the line together in September I look forward to a high five, possibly a hug and a bit of frotting.<br />
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Tomorrow is shaping as a potential killer. Free all-you-can-eat pizza lunch, then a wine and cheese function in the evening which will probably be the springboard for a massive piss up culminating in a pie and a kebab at 4am. It will be a stern test of my self-discipline, one I am fully expecting to fail. -
Good effort Barn, however:<br />
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[quote][b]Thursday 19 July 2006[/b]:<br />
<br />
31min at a healthy pace on the treadmill (5km)<br />
30mins leg weights, not too strenuous, I don't want to embarrass myself in front of all the gym junkies.<br />
<br />
Breakfast: two slices of wholemeal toast with marmite<br />
Lunch: Lentil stew with veges, a toffee pop, an apple and two wholegrain crackers<br />
Dinner: One-pot chicken and rice with veges, <br />
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[quote][b]Thursday 20/7[/b]: 8km run, 56mins. Pushed myself over the last 2km and found I had a bit in reserve which was good. Seemed twice as long as I had "You ain't going nowhere" by the Byrds stuck in my head. Being 2mins long, I sang it approx. 28 times. <br />
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Breakfast: NONE (get up when your alarm tells you you lazy FluffyBunny)<br />
Lunch: Leftover lentil stew from yesterday. Joy!<br />
Dinner: Just about to make me a chicken salad roll for dinner then off to work[/quote]<br />
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If you're just going to have more than one of each day then you've as much time as you like to prepare for this bloody run! <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' /> -
When you're running as fast as I am, one day blurs into another. <br />
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Or something like that. -
In French "frotter" means "to rub"...
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Sorry RB, it was an uncharacteristically crass and vulgar slip up on my part.<br />
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Someone just told me I look like I've lost weight. Wahey! -
[quote name='Barnya']<br />
a wine and cheese function in the evening [/quote]<br />
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<img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' /> Why don't you just send your serving boy out to do the marathon for you My Lord? You can then threaten him with a beating if he ever tells anyone you didn't run it<br />
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