Wk10, D3 Trying out a new app

This mornings station run was hard!!!!! I didn't have the energy or the motivation for it. I bought a new app yesterday called runmeter. It works the same way as runkeeper but automatically detects when I stop, say, at traffic lights. With runkeeper you have to physically pause it then resume when you go again. Rumeter also gives you the option to "ghost race" yourself where you race against your best time on a particular route or distance. It takes a while to get used to a new app. I like the way runkeeper works. I "know" the screen and layout better but I will keep using runmeter for the rest of this week and see if I can get used to it.
 Its also a slight problem now I have finished the getrunning programme. I need to be told what to do, I'm not good at self direction or motivation particularly. Runkeeper is a free app but they sell training programmes. At $19.99 (£12.49), I think they are expensive, hmmm, maybe still cheaper than the gym though...
Anyway needless to say I did not do a pb on the station run this morning! The rest of the day was work and housework. Vacuuming the house from top to bottom and mopping the floors downstairs must have worked off a few additional calories.

Exercise - 175 calories
Food -  1241 calories 
Breakfast
50g shreddies with 130ml 1% milk
Tea
Lunch
140g reduced fat houmous
two celery sticks
2 Ryvitas
apple
tea
Afternoon
Apple
20g almonds
Dinner
Canned tuna (54g)
Grilled chicken breast (30g)
1 boiled egg
Large Salad
Apple

Wk10 D2. Got the running bug

There was no station run this morning as I had an early client. By the time I finished this afternoon we had a huge thunderstorm. I sat at the computer contemplating going to the local gym to run on the treadmill. I surprise myself everyday with my enthusiasm for getting out there and sweating. I have definitely be bitten by the running bug.
 I have been doing this for 10 weeks now but I only think the bug hit at about week 7. It takes time, time and a lot of effort. I think that's why so many of us are overweight and unfit because it's easier to sit around and eat all day. The first 7 weeks were pure determination, now its a joy, well a joy at the beginning and end at least, but once you are in the middle, far from home and you've got to get back you may as well keep running. The pleasure, the "runners high" you get when you finish really is something to make all the effort for.
The rain finally stopped so I went out about 4pm. I decided to use runkeeper to track my run and turn left at the river because the towpath stops at the next town (if I turn right I could run all the way to Big Ben and beyond!) 4pm is not a good time for me to run. Usually at this time of day my body wants to either sleep for 20 minutes or eat something. The run was definitely a mind over matter battle - really hard going. I took a few walk breaks but covered 7.20km - almost 5 miles. My next run is on Thursday and I really need to make it a mid-morning run where I seem to have the most energy.

Exercise - 528 calories !
Food - 1108 calories !(I guess running for an hour takes up the time I could be eating! :-)
Breakfast
2 oatibix with 200ml 1% milk
Tea
Mid morning
Medium banana
10 g almonds
Coffee
Lunch
2 poached eggs on 2 slices wholewheat toast
1 small plum
Tea
Dinner
100g canned tuna
1 boiled egg
Large salad

Wk 10, Day 1. New running programme

So, now my GetRunning couch to 5k programme has finished I need to do something else to get my Saturday 5ks' easier and faster. The creator of the app kindly gave me some tips, one of which I tried out this morning. I set my runkeeper to tell me as each minute passed so I jogged for 1 minute then ran fast the next. This worked quite well for the first 9 minutes then I had to walk for 2 minutes as I was knackered! It was also really hot at 7.30 this morning. After a couple of minutes walk I started up the slowjog/fast run again until I hit the station carpark. I was really quite amazed and very pleased with myself for doing the fastest time on this route by 38 seconds! Tomorrow I have a long run to do so I will do a bit of research to work out what I am going to do. In the meantime, my Colorado friend, here is my food diary for yesterday :-)


Exercise - 196 calories
1.35 miles or 2.17km run in 16.46 minutes (a pb for this route!)
Food - 1367 calories
Breakfast
2 slices wholemeal toast with 20g peanut butter
Tea with 1% milk
Lunch
300g sausage pasta (see recipes)
Apple
Pint water
Afternoon
Medium banana (100g)
Handful (20g) almonds
pint water
Dinner
Salad
108g Chicken breast-grilled
70g couscous
60g new potatoes