Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Monday, 26 September 2011
"Run Akkers Run" does "Run to the beat"
So yesterday, I did a half marathon - the Nike Run to the Beat. Considering my training of eating and drinking on cruises and Greece, I was very pleased with my time of 2h 12 mins:
My race split is as follows:
Mile 3 - 27 mins 41 secs
Mile 6 - 31 mins 18 secs
Mile 9 - 32 mins 18 secs
Mile 12 - 31 mins 17 secs
Judging by this I may have gone off a bit too fast at the beginning. Especially considering the 1st mile included going for a wee a good 90 seconds.
I had to walk for about 2 -3 mins on a steep part of a hill, but that doesn't seem to have hurt me too much.
Feeling a bit sore - but pleased I did the distance. Well done to Shikha too, who pretty much did exactly the same time as me.
So nothing in the diary now at all. I will give myself a couple of days recovery before deciding what to do next.
Official stats are:
Session: 28
Training Date: Sun 25 September 2011
Approx Time of training: 9:45 AM
Days to London: 210
Distance Covered (km): 21.0975
Total Distance in training - running (km): 140.7875
Total Distance in training - cycling (km): 22.79
Exercise Time (hh:mm:ss): 02:12:25
Exercise Time (hours): 2.21
Av Speed (km / h): 9.56
Incline (%): n/a
Location: Run to the beat
Class Details: n/a
Weight (kg): 84.1
Cost per gym Visit £41
I'll upload photos when I get them.
I've just noticed that I never uploaded session 27, a run home from work:
Training Date: Wed 21 September 2011
Approx Time of training: 6:46 PM
Days to London: 214
Distance Covered (km): 10.74
Total Distance in training - running (km): 119.69
Total Distance in training - cycling (km): 22.79
Exercise Time (hh:mm:ss): 01:17:54
Exercise Time (hours): 1.30
Av Speed (km / h): 8.27
Incline (%): n/a
Location: Home from work
URL: http://t.co/0JFCeJuF
Class Details: n/a
Weight (kg): 85.6
Cost per gym Visit £41
Thursday, 15 September 2011
Pins & Needles in my left calf
Ran home from work.
Plus points: No bus this time
Bad points: Very very slow
I did have pins and needles in my left calf for about half the distance, which didn't help though. Hope it won't come back.
| Session: | 26 |
| Training Date: | Thu 15 September 2011 |
| Approx Time of training: | 6:46 PM |
| Days to London: | 220 |
| Distance Covered (km): | 10.74 |
| Total Distance in training - running (km): | 108.95 |
| Total Distance in training - cycling (km): | 22.79 |
| Exercise Time (hh:mm:ss): | 01:17:54 |
| Exercise Time (hours): | 1.30 |
| Av Speed (km / h): | 8.27 |
| Incline (%): | n/a |
| Location: | Home from work |
| URL: | |
| Class Details: | n/a |
| Weight (kg): | 85.6 |
| Cost per gym Visit | £41 |
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Longer on the return journey ...
... because I got a bit lost!
Session: 25
Training Date: Wed 14 September 2011
Approx Time of training: 7:48 PM
Days to London: 221
Distance Covered (km): 12.17
Total Distance in training - running (km): 98.21
Total Distance in training - cycling (km): 22.79
Exercise Time (hh:mm:ss): 00:52:00
Exercise Time (hours): 0.87
Av Speed (km / h): 14.04
Incline (%): n/a
Location: Cycling
URL: http://t.co/miu30Sb
Class Details: n/a
Weight (kg): 85.6
Cost per gym Visit £41
Back on the bike ... (literally)
Got back on the bike today and cycled to work. Actually enjoyed it. Sun was shining it was fresh and no really scary incidents to report. Took a while to get through Vauxhall Cross but will try to avoid in the future:
| Session: | 24 |
| Training Date: | Wed 14 September 2011 |
| Approx Time of training: | 7:07 AM |
| Days to London: | 221 |
| Distance Covered (km): | n/a |
| Total Distance in training (km): | 98.21 |
| Exercise Time (hh:mm:ss): | 00:44:39 |
| Exercise Time (hours): | 24.74 |
| Av Speed (km / h): | n/a |
| Incline (%): | n/a |
| Location: | 10.62km cycle to work |
| URL: | |
| Class Details: | n/a |
| Weight (kg): | 85.5 |
| Cost per gym Visit | £41 |
Friday, 9 September 2011
So where have I been .... Holiday that's where!
Good points:
- Been on two - three holidays
- Eaten loads
- Thoroughly enjoyed myself
Bad points:
- New PB. Not in anything good but the heaviest I have been since the "Guinness" term at uni
- Hardly any running
- All of August off
Two weeks & two days we are meant to be doing a half marathon. Not much chance of that as things stand. Look at yesterday's stats for the first time running in over a month:
Session: 23
Training Date: 08-Sep-11
Approx Time of training: 7:33 PM
Days to London: 227
Distance Covered (km): 8.25
Total Distance in training (km): 98.21
Exercise Time (hh:mm:ss): 00:58:32
Exercise Time (hours): 0.98
Av Speed (km / h): 8.46
Incline (%): n/a
Location: Home from work
Class Details: n/a
Weight (kg): 85.8
Cost per gym Visit £41
As you can see I have had to introduce a new category to track my weight as this is getting bad. Yesterday was so bad that I had to get a bus from where I gave up! I am not looking forward to this damn half marathon. I am really slow at the moment and massively unfit. Help!
So what happened in August on the running from ... nothing - that's what!
In July after the British 10k, I went on a cruise. I managed one day where I did laps of the top deck, and one day where I tried to but was too hungover. As I was running on the top deck and the boat was moving runkeeper thinks these runs were my fastest ever but if I really could run at those speed I would be giving old Linford a run for his money. Stats:
Session: 20
Training Date: 17-Jul-11
Approx Time of training: 4:15 PM
Days to London: 280
Distance Covered (km): 4.5
Total Distance in training (km): 80.26
Exercise Time (hh:mm:ss): 00:25:49
Exercise Time (hours): 0.43
Av Speed (km / h): 10.46
Incline (%): n/a
Location: Vision of the seas
Class Details: n/a
Cost per gym Visit £41
Session: 21
Training Date: 21-Jul-11
Approx Time of training: 8:11 AM
Days to London: 276
Distance Covered (km): 2.2
Total Distance in training (km): 82.46
Exercise Time (hh:mm:ss): 00:14:10
Exercise Time (hours): 0.24
Av Speed (km / h): 9.32
Incline (%): n/a
Location: Vision of the seas
Class Details: n/a
Weight (kg): 0
Cost per gym Visit £41
The only other thing that happened is I tried running with my old buddy Shikha. She too is doing the half marathon though she has been training loads and is looking super fit and healthy whereas I look like a fat man. We ran for a bit but then bowel trouble kicked in (for her not me) and we had to get home (quick!). Stats:
Session: 22
Training Date: 31-Jul-11
Approx Time of training: 9:32 AM
Days to London: 266
Distance Covered (km): 7.5
Total Distance in training (km): 89.96
Exercise Time (hh:mm:ss): 01:01:10
Exercise Time (hours): 1.02
Av Speed (km / h): 7.36
Incline (%): n/a
Location: Leicester
Class Details: n/a
Weight (kg): 0
Cost per gym Visit £41
Hopefully will do at least one piece of exercise this weekend!
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