Back In The Running Game

Getting back on the road / park was tricky though one reminder of how much things have been let slide since August (and admittedly over the course of the summer) was enough to put me back running yesterday.

I’m easing back into things, no marathon stretches here. If I can go 2.5K average a day this week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday), I’ll be happy. Just something small to start out with. Ideally I’d like to be able to knock out a 5k run in 30 minutes though I’m a while off that yet while I let the levels of fitness build back up.

Hence, starting another blog. I figure the older one, Weight Nation, can serve me as a reminder to the work that was done between January and April. Given the changes over the summer, in one sense it feels like I’m starting all over again. So new blog, new habits, new beginnings and new targets.

At the start of the year I managed to get from 220lbs to a more respectible 185.2lbs, a loss of almost 30lbs. My original target was 170lbs, that target doesn’t change.

What changes is that now I’m starting from 200.8lbs having gained 15lbs over the summer / early Autumn. Realising first hand that it (the weight) goes on a lot easier than it comes off, I’m intending on hitting the 170lbs mark. If I can do it at a rate of 2lbs per week, it would take me a total of 15 weeks, give or take.

Included in that time is a 10-day foreign holiday and quite possibly Christmas. That time-line would take me up to the end of January, something that ties in with my usual no-drinking regime.

I’m starting this blog to get myself moving, get myself interested, and hopefully catch up with others in the same boat. If you’ve any comments or questions, just give me a shout.