Friday 11 September 2009

Fitness Fumblings

Fatness, Fitness and Forgetfulness

We went to Ikea recently. That's bad enough news on its own, but this time we picked up some bathroom scales.  Needless to say, the inevitable weigh-in yielded bad news so I'm now in the midst of a bid to lose 9 lbs.

As a result, we're doing two things to motivate us:
1. Running in the Manchester Treeathlon, a 5km run in October, which is forcing us to go out and do a little jogging every couple of nights.
2. Trying to use the bike a bit more often.

On both fronts, I've decided to record my efforts on my own MapMyRide.com profile, which you can look at by following the link.  If you're a member, connect with me on there why don't you?  I often forget to log my runs for a few days, but generally we're doing well and it's even got to the stage where a few nights without exercise cause a bit of uneasiness!


The best bike loop I've found from our place so far is mapped on there, and also shown below.  Let me know what you think, please!




So far, I've lost 5lbs so it's going well!

12 comments:

  1. past the half way mark - well done! Putting up shelves should warrant another 2 lbs!

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  2. Thanks! Hope so, I'll let you know! :o)

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  3. Who's mark? Why are they calling you mark phillllllllllllllllllllll?

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  4. Shhhh! Don't tell them about the "Mark" thing!

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  5. So, 5km - is this going to be testing???

    If not - why don't you sprint the whole way - I mean, its only 3 1/2 miles or so, and the pro's can do it in 14 minutes or so.

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  6. 14 Minutes? In a CAR, maybe. This is Manchester we're talking about.

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  7. I come here looking for pictures of bikes, there are non, Mr LLLLLLLL SORT IT OUT !!!!!!

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  8. OK Mr Gaz. Your word is my task list. "Photos of bikes" blog entry to come.... eventually.

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  9. lol hehe, looks like u live next to my mum.

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  10. Really?? Without listing addresses.... Where is she?

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  11. a Barratt flat near the back, where the houses aren't built yet

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  12. We're not Barratt but it could be here...? :o)

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