Sunday 31 August 2014

Sunday Running

Today I ran calmly 60 minutes. Even if my pace was down my heart rate was still a bit higher level than usual, due to the flu. I have also been very tired due to the new teeth of the baby and all the other goths that have bothered lately the kids nighttimes. I think I will recover totally before Saturday if I sleep few naps during the next week.

There is only couple of 20-30 minutes running exercises left before the half marathon.
Sportterfly

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Friday 29 August 2014

99 High Knees and 13.5 Kilos Weight Loss

Fitness Test

Damn, I realised too late that I could have reached 100 steps in high knee running during the fitness test today. 99 steps in high knee running in 30 seconds is not a bad result and I'm so proud of it, even if affected to other drills of it, and I got worse result in endurance than four weeks ago. And it is my new record of the high knee running. The old record was 96, but still, 100 was so close.

This time and after 32 weeks I did already my ninth fitness test. It was easy to do with well rested muscles and in the end the result was surprisingly good, even if the exercising haven't been possible due the flu. My Fitness Score was 58 this time, which was 4 units better than previously but my Athleticism Score was 48, which was 5 units better. Again my athleticism score increased greatly. The more detailed results look like this now:

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Endurance 72 (earlier 79, 68, 77, 68, 53, 52, 42, 01)
Flexibility 55 (earlier 55, 55, 55, 36, 55, 55, 55, 27)
Strength 65 (earlier 49, 60, 38, 51, 51, 34, 21, 09)
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Speed/Reaction/Agility 78 (earlier 76, 50, 69, 59, 50, 45, 36, 58)
Balance 66 (earlier 75, 53, 63, 51, 54, 53, 24, 01)
Power 46 (earlier 12, 11, 05, 10, 9, 10, 37, 12)
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Weigh-in

This morning it was turn to weigh-in. This was 16. weigh-in after the initial one. Now my weight is going smoothly down and again the pace of 1 kilogramme in two weeks is found. After today's weigh-in my BMI is 25.4 and I have 1.5kgs left to my normal weight.


Gifts

I have totally forgotten to reward myself after all the goals I have reached. I feel I haven't done that good because I haven't been able to keep my schedule even if I have burn 13.5 kilogrammes fat in about half year! But today I finally found new swimming suite (which looks like this) which I thought to buy as a birthday present to myself in July.

Sportterfly

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Wednesday 27 August 2014

Three Exercises After the Flu

I have now exercised three times after the flu. On Sunday I tried long run. I planned beforehand that I'all try 90 minutes running but because it didn't feel that good I stopped after 70 minutes. On Tuesday it would have been time to do the last fast running exercise but I did the 30 minutes basic exercise instead. Today it was time to try Nike+ Kinect Training after three weeks break and it felt easier with the well rested muscles than the running exercises. Afterwards my knee hurt a little which has never happened before so I took ibuprofen to avoid inflammation now before the next week's event.

I have blogged inactively now 'cause there is nothing big to say now that I have to take it easy to get rid of the flu and be able to participate in running next week.

Sportterfly

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Saturday 23 August 2014

Last Long Run

I feel better and better with the flu all the time so tomorrow it's time to try running again. It would be time to do the last very long run but because of the flu I shorten it a little bit and run as long as it feels nice. 

I have walked few times and picked up some blueberries in the forest and currants in our backyard so even if the flu is bothering my reparation for the half marathon, I haven't stayed at home inactive.

I haven't been thinking my diet more than before in the whole summer but couple of weeks ago I started to count how much protein do I eat per day, and in addition to Five Handfuls a Day project, it has helped me to eat better and to keep up my weight losing. And I think I don't get enough protein per day but even the counting have helped me to increase the amount I eat it.

Sportterfly

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Tuesday 19 August 2014

Better to Continue with Walking or Nordic Walking

My flu is already getting better. I have been thinking to walk or Nordic walk tomorrow if I have time. The hunting season is starting tomorrow in Finland and my husband is going to hunt ducks so I'm alone with the kids whole day so probably I still have to wait a day.

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Sunday 17 August 2014

Sneezing and Coughing

I'm still having terrible flu and have become a bit concerned about the half marathon I should run after three weeks. Next week I should still have very long run and hard training but in the beginning of the week I need to rest, at least.

Tomorrow our oldest daughter has the first day in preschool. I think we are all exited about it. I'm happy that the preschool and daycare continue and I have more time for me and my project.

Sportterfly

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Friday 15 August 2014

Weight Losing in the Amusement Parks

I'm back again. And even if the whole family was on the road for a week, I have been able to lose 1kg in two weeks. I think it is very well done in the middle of tempting foods! Now I'm proud of me!

We rent a camper and drove around for a week. Even if the holiday was great, I'm so glad we are at home and we have room to do things more than in the small camper with a small baby. Me or my husband was carrying all the time the baby who otherwise tried to eat everything from the floor or tried to stand up and fell down. Due to that we had to do everything alternately. And even if we are both rushing we usually need lot of time in mornings to go out with three kids, but with the alternation of the morning routines we were even slower. That was really nerves wracking before I could relax and accept that we can't help with the fact that we have a bit limited resources.

During the driving the son had more patience than the daughters have had when they were babies. Yesterday we drove 600 kilometres from southern Finland to home even if we first thought that we could spend still one night in the camper. I'm glad we did it because we are all in a terrible flu now. Yesterday we all were still healthy but in the evening first me and the son got symptoms of flu and today also both of the daughters have become sneezy too. And there is only three weeks till the half marathon..
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Tuesday 5 August 2014

Summer Challenges

Last real summer challenge is coming, which might risk my weight losing and exercising project. We are still travelling plans before the preschool and daycare starts and we are going to spent almost a week on the road this time. I just counted one day that if I have to do my long run of 150 minutes on the road, I should be left from the car three hours before place where we will have a break. I think I will have a bit longer run next weekend if I check the time to start from GPS of our car. Hopefully I have lot of opportunities for exercising during this trip.

Yesterday and this evening I did my exercises a bit opposite way than I would do usually. Because the days have been very hot here and it has been impossible to exercise during the afternoons, I have done my exercises just before the kids go to sleep. And because the kids are on holiday and they feel hot also we have been swimming in the river in the evenings just before my exercises. Just to mention one tip how to handle the exercising in hot circumstances, it helps a bit to keep oneself cool if exercises are done after swimming and long hair is wet already before sweating. 

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Training Program for Half Marathon Preparation

I updated the training program with the cup of coffee, so my training program for the next four weeks (29-32) can be found here. It is already time for intensive half marathon preparations as there is only 32 days left to the event! Also the following four weeks is shown but that part is going to be edited in autumn when it's more topical.

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Sunday 3 August 2014

Last End Long Run in Hot Weather

I would like to have new hydration belt. My old one is too small with the four bottles of decilitre each when there is over 25 degrees and I am running the long run over 2 hours and especially when I try those fast end long runs.

In this sense it's nice to have autumn coming soon to get rid of all the problems that hot weather causes. I would like to listen to music also while running but with small clothes I don't have enough space to keep my phone or mp3 player with me when running. Boring. Soon this problem is solved also. Sooner than I have time to shop some arm belt for my phone.

It was the second time when I tried fast end long run, yesterday and I ran 80 minutes with my snail style pace and then 30 minutes with a bit higher intensity. I had to share my hydration bottles carefully to make them last till the end and I had to rush my cool down to have more water at home. My heart rate belt didn't work well, and I couldn't follow my heart rate but otherwise the running felt OK.  I was a bit tired when I had to raise my pace but it nice to experience the power coming back when just continuing and not giving up. Nice that even if it is hot and exercise has already continued over 1 and a half hours, the higher pace is easy to keep up.

And actually my mind goes through the same things than during the last kilometres of running events when I usually give up keeping the planned pace and when I feel to have some energy in my body which I just cannot release into use. I have been thinking it is more mental tiredness than just fuel ending in my body. I think I need some kind of method to think me to final line there in the end. I just should split the distance I have left into very small parts, e.g. 200 metres and decide that if I can go one part more, then I let myself to give up. I don't know, should try something next time when I run my last end long run.

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Friday 1 August 2014

Fitness Test After 28 Weeks

This time and after 28 weeks, my Fitness Score was 54, which was a unit worse than previously but my Athleticism Score was 43, which was even 9 units better. Nice to have finally some change to my athleticism also. The more detailed results look like this now:

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Endurance 79 (earlier 68, 77, 68, 53, 52, 42, 01)
Flexibility 55 (earlier 55, 55, 36, 55, 55, 55, 27)
Strength 49 (earlier 60, 38, 51, 51, 34, 21, 09)
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Speed/Reaction/Agility 76 (earlier 50, 69, 59, 50, 45, 36, 58)
Balance 75 (earlier 53, 63, 51, 54, 53, 24, 01)
Power 12 (earlier 11, 05, 10, 9, 10, 37, 12)
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After today's weigh-in my BMI is now about 26 and I have 3.5kgs left to reach my normal weight again.
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-2kgs in 2 Weeks

Now the direction is right again and I achieved 2 kilogrammes weight loss in the last two weeks. Yeah! I'm again so motivated to continue this project till the end!

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