I Like to go a Wandering...

After a few days of Crimbo excess I decided to go for a constitutional in the hills


Me at the summit of Elidir Fawr

Scales?

Still resting my knees
Did some loose weight work

Weighed myself again, 84.2Kg. Don't know why I should of lost weight, especially since there are boxes of free chocolates floating about at work.

Museli

Liver and cabbage

Licorice

Still too Cold...

Weather hampers outside exercise regime.
Did 80 sit-ups and loose weight work.
Went to Windsor to do some shopping.

Had a sneaky snack after work this morning while watching a recording of Top Gear.

Pasta for tea

Running on Ice

5K run in the Park. Decided not to time the run as I was running on snow and ice.

Press-ups and loose weights

Bread
Fruit
Thai prawns

Saturday 19th

Another day of rest due to knees.
80 press-ups plus loose weight work.
Had a Kit Kat last night.

No museli today

Bread
Beans on toast
Stir fry prawns and rice
Apples

Snow Joke

Late home from work due to slackers not turning up due to overnight snow. Decided to rest my knackered knees.

Did some press ups and overhead presses

Soup for dinner (2 tins)
Museli for tea (couldn't be bothered leaving the house)
BLT at work
Fruit

Cold Snap

Went for a bike ride yesterday but retired early as my fingers were freezing. t was nice to ride in the snow though. Saw a muntjac deer.

Museli
Pasta
Fruit and too many biscuits at work.

Today I went for an untimed run, just messing about on the lesser travelled park paths. Ran for about half an hour. Wore Saucony road shoes in the rough. Less grippy than my trail shoes and I felt every stone on the path through them. Watched a sparrow hawk for a while. Thousands of magpies around, why aren't they culled?

Tuesday 15th 5K

Usual Black Park 5K. Fair conditions, the ground was almost dry.
felt knackered at the start but ran about 3K before stopping to stretch calf muscles. Usuall problems with toy dogs snapping at my heels. Suffered with calf muscles and finished in 31 minutes.

Ate too many free biscuits and sarnies at work last night.

Bowl of museli for starters
Pasta for tea
Grapes and nuts for work.

Did loose weights and 80 sit-ups.

14th December Rest Day

Full Fry
Salmon Sarnie
Pasta

86.1 KG which was a surprise given the weekends festivities.

Slow Run

5K in a slow 35minutes. Not too bad considering the last 3 days of excess. Normal service will resume on Tuesday.

Full Fry
Full roast

Climbing Club and Back

Cycled to the climbing club hut via the footpath through the quarries (8K each way).Pushed bike for most of the uphill bits. Came home in the dark.

Full fry up
Carrot cake
Full roast with afters.

Beddgelert Forest

Had 2 scoops at the Vaynol last night and 2 bags of Twigletts.

Bike ride around Beddgelert forrest. The forrest is supposedly closed due to logging operations but that didn't stop me. Many paths were churned up by the machinery but still good fun (well the downhill bits were fun).

Full fry for breky
No lunch
Proper burgers for tea.

6 pints of pop in the Vaynol!

New MTB Route

Went for a run in Wales in daylight, all my previous runs have been in the dark on my Welsh 5K route. Struggled with the running but did a 33 min 5K.

Trip to the doctor's, BP 140/100, also gave blood for sampling.

Went for a bike ride in the evening. Route is at the back of Moel Eilio, the new roads built by the loggers who've denuded the landscape.




Wore my new MTB cycling shoes, my first time out in cleats.




Here's a view of the start...



Here's a similar view when I finished...


A view of the output of my 10 Watt halide lamp...


True to form I did OK with the cleats until I got to the finish. I stopped at the gate then fell over sideways as I was too slow unclipping my feet. Nobody saw me, thankfully.

Here's a shot of the best thing about pickup trucks; the tailgate.

Full fry up
Loads of mince pies
Lamb roast
Baked apples
A few sweets - this is what happens when your mother cooks, your diet goes to ratshit.

First sub 30 minute 5K Run

Did my 5K run in 29:39
Stopped for a breather about 4 or 5 times but I knew I was going to be close.
Today's shoes were my Mizuno Wave Harrier IIs.
Had to overtake a tractor near the start!!

Museli
A well deserved trip to the Chinese for beef curry and fried rice.

Where Are The Fair Weather Dog Walkers?

Went for an easy bike ride at 1600 hrs. Initially forgot the batteries for my bike light so returned home and collected them. Also got changed into wet weather gear. Parked at noth side of Black Park just past Pinewood Studios.

Rode for 3.59 miles in the dark, found some new paths, or perhaps they are paths that I already know that have been flooded.

Rear brake got knackered by mud and sticks, it needs a good service.

3.59 miles
28 minutes
average speed 7.6 MPH
max speed 12.2 MPH
47.3 Calories

Museli
Soup
Breaded Chicken and mushrooms
Fruit
2 x egg custard tarts (to fuel my running tomorrow)

Sun 6th Rest Day

Legs are knackered so I had a rest day.

60 situps
Loose weight works

Museli
Soup
Mackeral and salad
Fruit at work

Moths

Went to Wokingham to view bikes.
Went for a recovery ride around the park. New halide light failed to work but halogens were reliable as usual. The seem to be quite bright too.
Halide lamp started to work at home, perhaps it had a dirty connection.

Thousands of moths attracted to bike lights, had to cycle with mouth closed.

Museli
Mackeral and spuds and salad

Friday 4th 5K

5K run, 31 minutes.

Museli
Pasta
Grapes and nuts at work.
Massive dose of 'the shits'.

85.7 Kg after shitting my insides out.

Back in the Saddle

Had a 6 mile ride, much of it on singletrak paths in Black Park. Ground was extremely wet. Legs still not fully recovered from weekend but will try running again tomorrow.

49 minutes
6.42 miles
Average speed 7.8 MPH
Max 16.5 MPH
89.3 Calories

Museli
Jacket spuds, salad, coleslaw and tuna
Apples

Went For a Run Yesterday...

Went running yesterday but I was crap. 33mins for the Black Park 5K route. I was suffering with shins, knees and hips. Lungs didn't fare much better. Was wearing NB910 shoes but I dont think that this was the problem.

Had some fruit pastels and a bar of chocolate but not my usual Maccy D crap which I have every other Monday.

Beans on toast and museli for tea.
Apples and a satsuma at work.


Today I went into Slough to look at bikes in Stowes Cycles.
Bought a set of Weight Watcher's scales from Argos. £26 reduced from £39. If they're accurate then I weigh 86 Kg. That's a 6 Kg or 13 lb loss since 4th September. That equates to a loss of one pound per week. I may be able to treat myself to a kebab on Friday!

Did some sit ups and loose weight work. Giving my knees a day off.

Just weighed myself again after tea and I've eaten 1.2 Kg (3lbs) of food! Most of this, thankfully, was fruit.