Sunday, 16 February 2014

Here we go again..... Againnnnnn ;) ;)

So here I'm again... much better than how I was before the 100days experiment... My planned 2 week vacation extended to a 3 week vacation... My foresight of over eating was absolutely true... But surprise surprise.... I jogged like hell during that time... I thought I wasn't going to have a place or company in my village... but as the luck would have it... I found both... After couple of days of missing to jog, I came to know about some of my childhood friends who started going on morning walk one was just my neighbor... So I found company but in my small village, I thought I wouldn't find a place to jog, the dirt roads, the rocky nature of the terrain wasn't promising at all... I started off with a road, but after a week found another place, which was a inclined hill atop of which stood a university... the road is like any other university, laid on a million years ago, the soil underneath visible everywhere... hardly perfect for jogging or so I thought... I was scared for my left ankle... and I didn't even take my usual jogging shoes... I just had my flat sneakers... they were new... But they felt so great while running...  I always heard about hill training and how it is good for your strength and for improving your running form, but I never ran any road other than my regular one back in the town where I lived... So I took on my new running course without knowing how challenging it will be... but I understood it the very first time I did the uphill... I enjoyed running there so much... The elevation increased my heart rate exponentially like it had never gotten before... Its length was probably around 400 to 500 meters... The uphill used to be excruciating but I could relax while going downhill... So the awesome unexpected morning run began... On my average day I managed to do the uphill and downhill combined 8 to 9 rounds in about 35 to 40mins... on my best day I did 13 rounds... then I came back from my vacation on Dec 13th and I not only maintained my weight despite of the loads and loads of food I ate but I also increased my leg strength and the new course showed me new possibilities, I missed it for days after my return.... I missed swimming though, so I booked my tickets to allow a day in the pool... So I came back tried running, I couldn't get the satisfaction even after doing 5kms because my heart rate never raised to the level that I got used to by now... thoroughly enjoyed 3 hours of pool time that day... So I got back on to my routine well, and I was sure I didn't need the blog anymore... but boy was I wrong... ankle pain started again, lot of pressure from other corners.. couldn't keep up both running and swimming... Slowly running started taking back seat... Then my back started aching a little, swimming was fine running doesn't seem to be possible... I did take long walks every now and then... Ate a lot of unnecessary food for sure and there was no place to confess since I stopped writing here... again few more problems of the heart... in spite of all this thanks to some miracle my weight stayed constant at 95... An aching heart is hard to carry around... but a broken spirit is unbearable... Thanks to god... I'm just aching and broken at places but definitely my spirit is intact and strong... So here we go again, this time 6months is the period 10kgs is the target... All rules are the same and the experiment start on 17th.... in between the last couple of months I turned 31... Visited my spine doctor, he was very happy to see my small weight loss, he asked me to loose 8more kg before he can allow me to do a half marathon... Hoping to do this by July... I kind of had my first GF (embarrassing I know... but not uncommon in the country I'm from) for 3days that was 2days ago... then she freaked out and got out... because she realized that she is still to get over the last guy... Beginner's luck yaaaayyyy .... anyway she is still very much a friend... no grudges... managed to learn swimming did the full length of the pool 3 times till now... but cant breath yet.... so I still hold my breath and swim as long as I can... trying to learn to breath, lets see how it goes.... spending 3hours on weekends in the pool... that really helps... Checked my weight after the pool time today, I'm at 94.... Planning to loose the rest of the 4 very soon and then will buy a bicycle... March 1st moving into a new flat, its a huge society of flats, with jogging tracks, a running group, a swimming pool and a Gold's Gym nearby... So hoping to do this in a much more serious manner in the next 6months.... Work is as usual, a dear friend is getting married next week, but cant go... too much on my head... need to clear my head and get into a good running rhythm soon.... Kind of left my French classes hanging in the air have to start them again soon... Had plans to go for a study tour to France, but it got cancelled.... so lets hope I can achieve all the goals.... Lets see how these 180 days go.... Time to get my shit straight and take these 180days seriously... Tomorrow is the party day... going to eat a lot of bad shit ... :) :) ... the preparation day ..... :) :) ... wish me luck...

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