5k ParkRun

A while since I've updated now, but training has been great over the last few weeks. No massive weight losses to speak about, slowly dropping and now at 69.5kg but running has been the main objective and I've put on some more muscle according to Boditrax, I've been working on building more leg muscle to help with the running and now doing 130Kg leg presses.

Today though, I completed my end of year objective of a 5k race. Really pleased with the result of 25:04 which smashed my target. It was a faster time than that as well, but starting in the middle of the pack it was a long time and shuffle from the starting order to actually run. That gave me an actual running time of 24:50!

Parkrun Brighton & Hove were very welcoming, and I was the only new runner that week so had a briefing all to myself. The race itself was great, I started near the 24min pacer and kept with him or kept him in sight all the way around. Was hard going towards the end considering the pace I ran but I'm sure that will become easier. Certainly looking forward to the next one.

Mission Accomplished

Eating more healthily, exercising more and maintaining a sensible calorie deficit have enabled me to achieve the end target I was working on since July. Screenshot courtesy of MonitorYourWeight on iOS.

I haven't really followed a strict diet, the only secret to this has been eating less calories than I use and burning and additional 500 calories per day through exercise has really made that easy.

Some great figures to claim as success in 5 months.

• I lost 16.4Kg
• I can run for 30 minutes without dying!
• I can run more than 5km
• My waist size is 6 inches less that my start (was 36" and now 30")
• I feel great!

My journey isnt complete yet, I still have some stomach fat to lose so I will aim next for another loss of 2.7Kg (half a stone) and I want to do that 5k race by the end of the year. I know I can do the race, and I planned to do it in less than 30 minutes. Ideally, I'd like to do that in under 26 minutes. Just sheer competitiveness, but my brother and nephew run the same course and I want a better time than them.