The Barnya Half-Marathon Challenge (on again)
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[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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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. -
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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 />
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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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[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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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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Someone just told me I look like I've lost weight. Wahey! <br />
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I must say, and this may be the Emma coming out in me, but isn't that the best bit of fat busting? Makes you feel like a prince(ss). -
A weekend to forget.<br />
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one pizza<br />
two whoppers and a BK chicken<br />
two pies<br />
bacon and egg quiche<br />
nachos<br />
chocolate croissant<br />
half a stick of celery<br />
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And that's only the stuff I remember eating.<br />
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4 glasses of wine<br />
half a bottle of Glenlivet<br />
8 pints of medium strength beer<br />
half a bottle of Finlandia<br />
3 whiskey sours<br />
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I'm reminded of a quote from the dean in Animal House: "fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son"<br />
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[quote name='Barnya']<br />
chocolate croissant<br />
half a stick of celery<br />
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:2funny: Juxtaposition of food is particularly amusing today Barn <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' /> -
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two whoppers and a BK chicken<br />
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In one sitting? That's sick. -
Nah I had it twice over the course of the weekend. They tasted like shit.
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Monday 24/7: back on track.<br />
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8km run in 55mins, could've gone quicker but hampered by terrible stitch and searing pain in my calves. Quite depressing really and honestly I'd be lying if I said I felt any fitter or lighter now than I did two weeks ago.<br />
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Wednesday 26/7: Pain. Searing, crippling pain.<br />
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I turned around halfway into my run yesterday because my groin was feeling tight. It was freezing cold and I didn't want to risk anything going snap so I called it a day.<br />
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Today I had to stop after 20mins on the treadmill (albeit at high intensity) because the dull ache in my shins had gradually grown into wave after wave of unbearable pain up to my knees. Even 40mins later as I type this the pain is ongoing. I hope this isn't what I think it is...<br />
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It's obvious I'm going to have to try something low-impact for a while. How long would I have to go on a bike or a cross trainer to achieve the same conditioning as a 50-min run? Days I suppose. <br />
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I've improved my dietary habits this week. After the binge eating on the weekend I can't even look at unhealthy food and I want this to continue. My biggest challenge now is going to be getting rid of the bottle, and getting back on the open road knowing that it's going to hurt like fuck.