Best Distance and Calorie Burn To Date

Yes, another good workout to start the week this morning. I'm not sure what it is, but when the weather is fine I feel more into my workouts and tend to do better. Today was no exception. For the first time I have broken through doing 3km in each of the 25 minutes sessions, and for the first time I have managed to get near a goal of 400 calories for a 25 minute session. Today I did 3.09 km in the first 25, and 3.2 km in the second for a combined distance of 6.29km! Not bad for me! On the calorie front I did 374 in the first session, and 395.7 in the second for a combined total of 769.7 calories - another personal best. I feel tired but good for having pushed myself. Today I ran at 10 instead of 9 during the running phase and as experienced yesterday, I felt a whole lot better for it - less crashing around and less impact on the joints.

The heart rate monitor showed me that I pushed myself quite hard, but I was not in any pain at any stage and the only effect I noticed was that I was sweating more than usual and the panting was a bit more pronounced. So, I think I trained safely and I should be able to back it up with another good session tomorrow. I hope!

I wore my old shoes today, the ones that gave me the bad blisters in the past. I put on a pair of socks that I thought I had lost (all of the new ones I purchased were in the wash). They are really thin socks, and only come up to the ankle so I hoped that they would allow me a bit more room in the shoe, and it seemed to work. My big toe hurt at times, but I kept going and it went away. They are good running shoes and helped me with the exercise today. I will try the new shoes again tomorrow. The walk home was a challenge, and I am glad to be back having had a bit of sun on the return trip, and being well into the chores that need doing around the house. Yep, another exciting day!

I hope that all of this hard work pays off, my parents are coming to stay with us for a week next week and I want to look my best for when they are here. It'll be a good trip anyway, we always love to have them stay with us. They live in New Zealand so we don't get to see them as much as we would like, but we do keep in regular contact and when they do come to stay, the absence and distance makes the stay that much more special. They are very supportive of me with what I am doing and I am really hopeful that they will notice a difference when I collect them from the airport. It'd be nice to be down to around 125kg by the time that they arrive, but that may be shooting a bit high. We'll see.

Well, that's about it for today. I think that I have earned the afternoon off, but I may get out for a stroll or to do some work outside. I need to work on my tan, so going for a bit of a wander in the not too distant future might be on the cards. My legs are a bit sore from the lunges yesterday so a bit more of a stretch may be in order. Good luck to you all with your own fight against fat!