Run, run, run. Where is the sun?
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As you can tell from my post title it is still raining here in Auckland. We’ve had 2 storm fronts hit us over the last week and the weather has not been particularly conducive to running outside. As such, I’ve been making good use of my gym membership and breaking the 20 minute time limits on the treadmills. 
I did a nice and easy 5K yesterday and today I did a fartlek(excuse me!) session. One of my running goals is to do a 20 minute 5K. It’s a tall ask but why not? So today I thought I would see what it felt like to run at 20 minute 5K pace (15km per hour). I did 400m at 11.3 kph then 100m at 15kph and so on until I got to 5K at about 25ish minutes. 15kph is fast! But, I managed to run 1 km of my 5km at that pace (not continuously mind you) so that’s not too bad. I won’t be doing this every run but my Tuesday run is going to be a fartlek run from now on I’ve decided.
I completed week 04 day 02 of the 100 pushups program yesterday as well and hope to complete week 04 tomorrow. I did 27, 21, 21, 18 and 25 (min 25) so only the bare minimum this time. Still another day down.
I also completed week 01 of the Essential Abs program.
Week 02 is as follows:
Reverse Crunch
Crossover
Crunch: feet first
Opposite arm/leg raiseWorkout #1 - 16 reps of each exercise
Workout #2 - 17 reps of each exercise
Workout #3 - 18 reps of each exercise
I’ve realised I have very weak abs indeed! So hopefully this program will help with that. I’ve got a few of my friends doing this as well which is great.
Also, my wife has run for 30 minutes in a row! Give her a round of applause ladies and gentlemen! It’s funny but when the running bug bites it bites hard. ;) She is working on a guest post but you can check out her blog if you are keen. *cough*Mizfit*cough*
P.S. My work had a bakeoff competition today. Nuff said.
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Hmmm …. bakeoff competitions (raises crossed fingers to ward off evil spirits).
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I fell behind in reading your blog and just dropped by to catch up. You are doing so great!!! I just checked out the about you page (is it new I haven’t seen it before and WOW that before photo is impressive! You have made such amazing progress! I have been slacking with my running a bit lately but no more… rain or no rain.
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Okay. I’m going to have to wiki fartleks. What the hell are they?
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*clapclapclapCLAP*
and the sun is here.
too much.
102 today.
take her back please.
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I love raining overcast weather but only for one day! Here it is hot and humid. They actually put out a weather advisory today:
…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM CDT MONDAY…
A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM CDT MONDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL COMMONLY TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND
102…AND COMBINE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS TO CREATE HEAT INDEX
VALUES IN THE 102 TO 108 DEGREE RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS
OF FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE…AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE OR STRENUOUS
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS TO AVOID
DEHYDRATION. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT…LIGHT COLORED…LOOSE FITTING
CLOTHING AND A HAT TO SHIELD YOURSELF FROM THE SUN. USE A
SUNSCREEN TO REDUCE POSSIBLE SUNBURN.
so rain sounds pretty good right now! You are an inspiration and it seems that your wife has a great role model for fitness. Bakeoffs should come with warnings too
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heh, heh ,heh
You said fart…(sorry, bad Beavis and Butthead imitation)
It’s sad, but even exercise science experts are replacing the use of the term Fartleks with Interval Training.
http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/4-steps-to-a-great-hiit-workout/
I love telling my clients that today is Fartlek day. 50 yr olds giggle like little kids
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Bake offs are never a good thing!
hope the weather clears up for you!
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excellent progress on all fronts! and nice work cleaning up in the bake-off too
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Kudos to your wife! But great job on the fartleks… and being brave enough to use the word, LOL!
Seriously, keep it up, you’ll see improvement quickly I bet while using this little change-up. Good going on the ab work as well!
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Damn, a 20 minute 5k would be amazing. I like your approach for getting there though - take a little taste of what the pace feels like and then gradually extend that.
Congrats to your wife!
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Kudos to your running wife.
Hurray!
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Hi andrew, do tou have any interest in triathlon or do you prefer to stay with run?
It’s just curiosity, congratulations for your weight loss.
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AndrewE
reply on August 3rd, 2008 1:09 pm:
I’d love to do a sprint triathlon. Not too sure about a full one yet.
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Kudos and a round of applause to your wife!
fartlek… well now. I’m really out of the loop. I had to look it up. lol It just sounds way too funny.
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