2013 Fitness plan: Day 5 Week 2
Today it snowed. Not the usual short flurry of wet, British snow but a constant 6 or 7 hours or so of persistant, powder-being-blown-about-by-the-wind snow.
And it started just as I headed out this morning for my morning run. The five minute walk from my flat to the park was enough for the pavements of NW1 to go from being slightly damp to being carpeted in a centimetre or so of white powder. Which meant that my run around the park was; a) slippy b) done in very low visibility. But, there was something quite nice about being out in the snow, I like the calm quiet that we get in Britain when its snowing.
And the park was much more empty than normal.
The biggest problem the snow posed was to do with my footwear. For the past few years I’ve been running in Nike Free 3 shoes as I find the barefoot running style to be the most comfortable for me and of all the shoes I’ve tried, the Nike’s have worked out the best.
The problem is that to make them feel like a barefoot ride, the soles of the shoes are cut with deep grooves both lengthways and widthways to make them flexible. The snow packed in the grooves as I ran and made the shoes inflexible and a bit awkward on my feet. So as well as having to contend with the slippery bits of the run I also had to kick and scuff my way around the park to remove as much of the snow from the bottom of my shoes as I could as often as possible. Which all meant that today’s run was rather slow. But I’m glad I made it out and completed my 20km for the week.
Food today, I’m happy to report, was about 90% slow carb diet accurate:
- breakfast was 3 eggs, spinach, salsa, a whole avocado and a mug of green tea
- I had 1 protein shake post run
- lunch was a half portion of mixed bean and veg stew (we ran out) and a tin of tuna made into tuna mayonaise
- I had a second protein shake post evening workout
- dinner was a salmon fillet and boiled broccoli
- I had 2 cups of tea with a splash of milk in each (the non-slow carb bit of the day)
- 2 pints of water
- 1 small glass of red wine this evening
- a small portion of wasabi nuts (I’m not sure if that counts as slow carb or not).
- 1 glass of scotch (probably not slow carb diet compliant)
This evening’s workout went well, I did:
- 1 set of 10 (5 on each side) kettle-bell clean and presses with a 20kg bell
- 1 set of 10 (5 on each side) kettle-bell clean and presses with a 28kg bell
- 1 set of 10 (5 on each side) kettle-bell clean and presses with a 20kg bell
- 1 set of 10 (5 on each side) kettle-bell clean and presses with a 28kg bell
- 1 set of 10 (5 on each side) kettle-bell clean and presses with a 20kg bell
I’ll not be happy until I can do all 5 sets with the 28kg bell, but doing it in that order made the heavier lifting easier today, so hopefully it won’t be long.
I’m looking forward to a treat and rest day tomorrow, with this freezing weather and snow and ice a nice bacon sandwich and a coffee with cream is calling me for breakfast.
Morning Measurements
Weight: 99.7kg up 0.8kg since yesterday
Body Fat percentage: 18.2% down 0.5% since yesterday
BMI: 25.4 up 0.2 since yesterday