Exercise - Week 10

Aha, now we are on to the good stuff, in answer to what you are all probably thinking 'no' i have not given up, in fact i have progressed...

I am now sort of in a fashion doing something that loosely resembles running, i am in no way claiming to be the new Mo Farah and Usain Bolt your 9.58 second 100m is safe.  But never the less i am beginning to self propel my immense body along the road at snail worrying speeds of up to 8km/h.

I am mixing up running with the walking so at first i set myself goals of running between lamposts or running from one block junction to another and so on, i started this exactly 2 months after i started the 10k steps per day goal, 4 reasons why, well number 1 is i need to start adding cardio training to my day, 2 is finding the time every day to walk 3-4km in one session is proving difficult so by adding the running i can half the time it takes to cover the distance i need to add to my daily routine, the 3rd reason is i am worried about saggy skin developing while my weight decreases so i need to do something to build or tone muscle and finally the 4th reason is i dream of the day i can go out and run a full 5km at a decent pace and not require the services of either a coroner or an ambulance and as with all things we have to start somewhere, some is better than none and to all the people i see sniggering at me as i wobble by at least i am trying.

So i have figured out a routine, i run for 100 paces then walk for 200 then run for a 100 paces and so on over approximately 2km, as the weeks go by i will increase the 100 paces ran by 10 at a time and similarly decrease the paces walked and see what happens.

Also following up on my last exercise post i had a word with myself and completed the 10k steps for the day and have done every day since.  10k steps even as a smoking unfit 150kg+ male is a doddle i promise you.