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This week with DST starting, I've set the alarm for 0600 to get out and rack up some km.
Is it dark at 6am there mate? Is still for us so DST has meant a later start for any outdoor activity. And a much later start for any night time trail rides too
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Figure if I average 8.2km for 6 days a week in these 6am timeslots, I can get to 200km in October.
For the first Saturday with eased restrictions I'll be doing a whole day (20km+) as the guest part of The Great North Walk which will hopefully be before the end of the month.
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Weigh in Thursday morning - last week versus this week:
Week 0: Weight 107.80kg, Chest 117cm, Waist 115cm, Hips 116cm
Week 1: Weight 107.05kg, Chest 117cm, Waist 115cm, Hips 115cm
Week 2: Weight 106.60kg, Chest 117cm, Waist 115cm, Hips 115cm
Week 3: Weight 106.70kg
, Chest 117cm, Waist 114cm, Hips 115cmWeek 4: Weight 105.70kg
, Chest 117cm, Waist 114cm, Hips 115cmKind of cheating as I weighed in immediately after the 9km I posted above, BUT on the other hand I did drink 400mL of water before going for the run, so that probably makes it even.
As suspected: last week's weigh in was a bit of bloat and perhaps over-indulging for dinner the night before. The main thing is I'm holding about half a kilo loss per week (2.10kg down since Week 0). If I maintain that through to end of November as planned, I'll be around 102kg which will be decent going. If I can accelerate that without causing any harm I'll do it - calorific deficit isn't a huge problem when your body fat is north of 25%.
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I'm really enjoying the daily morning walk, where I'm tending to jog about half of it - hence the ~8:00/km rate. This morning was 7:51'km because at km 2 a couple of lovely young ladies overtook me on their morning run while I was in a walking section, so I upped the pace just enough
I only use the HR function on the Garmin and try to keep BPM around 150. Walk until it drops to 130-140, then jog again. Seems to be the best way to burn calories without giving myself a migraine.
Get home, do a quick stretch, and hit some hydration followed by coffee and eggs. Think I'm sleeping better as a result, and feeling much sharper at work as well, despite just coming back from a week off where I'd usually have the shits.
I was even up until 10PM last night working on a particular issue, but I usually do that when I am looking for an interesting solution to a fairly stupid problem
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And yeah I'm a fucking data nerd, but tracking how far you've gone in a certain pair of shoes or on a certain bike etc is rad:
I have had this in Strava for a while, but the other shoes I had (Trail Glove 4 & 5 respectively) were also used casually as well. Both recorded about 400km.
The Trail Glove 6 is a weird fit - very tight to get on even taking into account they're new. But I wouldn't wear them out anywhere - keeping them purely for walking, running, and probably hiking where I don't really need the boots.
Hoping to get them to 500km. The hiking boots shit me because most of the time I'm wearing zero-drop shoes. The boots have an elevated heel by comparison and it stuffs up my knees and hips.
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Walk yesterday afternoon as I slept in too late to go in the morning - I've been reacquainting myself with the Dune trilogy in preparation for Villeneuve fucking it up, so get to sleep after 2300. Bad NTA. BAD.
This morning was weigh in so thought i'd better go sweat off a bit of fluid before that:
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Weigh in Thursday morning - last week versus this week:
Week 0: Weight 107.80kg, Chest 117cm, Waist 115cm, Hips 116cm
Week 1: Weight 107.05kg, Chest 117cm, Waist 115cm, Hips 115cm
Week 2: Weight 106.60kg, Chest 117cm, Waist 115cm, Hips 115cm
Week 3: Weight 106.70kg
, Chest 117cm, Waist 114cm, Hips 115cmWeek 4: Weight 105.70kg
, Chest 117cm, Waist 114cm, Hips 115cmWeek 5: Weight 105.45kg, Chest 116cm, Waist 114cm, Hips 115cm
Another 250g and another cm somewhere. Good thing I went for that walk.
Admittedly this week's result could have been a lot better, because my eating regime was kind of shit. Onward and upward.
Next week looking to be sub-105kg.
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@nta said in Back for more!:
Short walk home from the pub.
Yes, the fucking PUB. Caught up with a few of the rugby club committee after 4 months. Had about 4-5 beers including White Rabbit (basically the only dark beer I'll drink).
Upvote more for the pub visit not the walk!
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@nta said in Back for more!:
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@nta said in Back for more!:
Weigh in Thursday morning - last week versus this week:
Week 0: Weight 107.80kg, Chest 117cm, Waist 115cm, Hips 116cm
Week 1: Weight 107.05kg, Chest 117cm, Waist 115cm, Hips 115cm
Week 2: Weight 106.60kg, Chest 117cm, Waist 115cm, Hips 115cm
Week 3: Weight 106.70kg
, Chest 117cm, Waist 114cm, Hips 115cmWeek 4: Weight 105.70kg
, Chest 117cm, Waist 114cm, Hips 115cmWeek 5: Weight 105.45kg, Chest 116cm, Waist 114cm, Hips 115cm
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Next week looking to be sub-105kg.Week 6: Weight 104.60kg, Chest 116cm, Waist 113cm, Hips 114cm
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TBH I'm pretty chuffed with that result, given the shitty eating I've done in the last week.
With 6 weeks left in this sprint, an average 500g loss per week gets me to 101.60kg with total loss of 6.20kg over the sprint.
I'd need to go at 780g to get under the ton, which is probably not too healthy
As a last point: have scheduled in for the first part of The Greath North Walk on 31/10 - a bit over 30km from the Sydney CBD to northern suburbs.
Sydney to Thornleigh via Lane Cove Tourist Park walking track
Want to go for a walk? Free download maps and tracknotes for the Sydney to Thornleigh via Lane Cove Tourist Park walk. The walk takes about 2 Days (33 km One way), and heads though the delightful Lane Cove National Park. This overnight walk starts from the Obelisk in Macquarie Park, Sydney, at the...
Public transport at both ends, and despite a bit of elevation here and there I reckon I can daypack that in about 6 hours walking time, 7 hours total. Add an hour or so at each end for the train and we're good.
Hopefully the DJI gimbals I ordered shows up before then and I can take some nice video.
