Project Fiona: Ouch - 4km benchmark run

Saturday 29 January 2011

Ouch - 4km benchmark run

This morning's personal training session was... a 4km benchmark run. What does this mean? It means that once every six months or so, the boys at AJ Fitness record what time it takes their clients to run 4km. It is a way of measuring improvements in fitness.

I jogged and walked those 4kms in 29 minutes 30 seconds. I jogged the first kilometre in 5 minutes, which I am pretty chuffed about. But the rest... well, let's just say I was puffing like a steam train just walking the up-hill bits let alone jogging the down hill bits.

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About this blog

There is no way that I can become healthy in 26 seconds. But that is what I claim in the sub-title to this blog. Who is this charletan?

Well, I did have "weeks" instead of "seconds" when I first set up the blog. From obesity to a healthy me in 26 weeks. Sounds good. It sounds achievable. It isn't.

This blog details my journey to a healthy mind and body. It is not original, and it is pretty personal. Self image and self esteem are always... pretty personal.

I document any observations and revelations that I may stumble upon through this case study of one (me), relating to health, diet, exercise, motivation, and will-power.

Goals

8 week challenge: lose my ridiculously high expectations of shedding 12 kilos by 7 March 2011
5 week challenge: add fresh fruit and nuts to the spaces where cake, biscuits, slices and chocolate currently sit. No I am not going to try and lose 5 kilos by mid April.
5 week challenge: have friends over for a healthy meal and companionship every other weekend in the months of April and May. NO - I am not going to be losing 5 kilos by 16 May 2011.
4 week challenge: by 12 July 2011 I had aimed to be in the healthy weight range - losing 20 kilos in only a few months. Instead, my new goal? By 4 July, I have jogged my first 10km fun run.
Maintain a healthy BMI for the rest of my life. This is still my ultimate goal. But how I reach it must be profoundly different to watching the scale.