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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Run 73, 2008
Again I ran into trouble at the start of my 11 km today with low blood sugar. I drank some Gatorade and by km 5 – I was back to normal. The problem is that I am just eating a high fiber flax and bran cereal with skim milk in the morning for breakfast (about 300 calories and 19 grams of fiber). But I am trained to eat a power bar (300 calories) and two toast with almond butter before a long training run of over 20 km. So I think my body is expecting a huge calorie and sugar rush every time I run now, even though I don’t need it for a short 11 km run. I think I’ll eventually re-program my body to avoid that. Also, around km 6 my left knee began popping again. This is something I haven’t got a clue about, and I have … Continue reading
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Run 72, 2008
Another happy 11 km today in 1:22:52 for a 7:32 pace in brilliant sunshine. Hmmm…let’s see how many calories that would be…calculating…ah yes, that would be at least 900 calories. I am succeeding with keeping my caloric intake down below 2000 to 2500 per day. My weight should drop really fast. I’ve been on a “diet” for about 11 days now, starting just after my marathon. My “diet”, really isn’t one, but let’s call it one anyway. It has several common sense features such as counting your caloric intake per day and making sure that intake is from a balanced diet with no restrictions. According to the data gleaned from the nutritional web site, my daily caloric need if I am somewhat active is 2638. This information and more can be found by clicking the link “Nutritional Tools” in the left hand column of this blog under “Useful Information.” I … Continue reading
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Karate 62
In spite of how wrecked and sore I was, MM and I went to the Elmwood dojo. My knee is still snapping and popping like crazy, albeit it is better than before. It’s just a very annoying thing, and yet not painful at all. It seems to be some sort of passing phase thing as it has happened a limited few times before only to disappear with time. Now it’s back and hopefully will disappear after a week or so. But it is cause for concern as to why this should be so… When doing my kata the pop is very loud – loud enough for others to notice. Anyway, yesterday’s lesson was very interesting and useful for me. I managed to clue into some of the flow of the kata, and also I was able to correct some of my poor technique. As to sparring, I managed to improve … Continue reading
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Run 71, 2008
Another sleepy recovery “run” today of 8 km. I’m taking it easy as I recover and heal up from the marathon, and karate will probably delay that a bit. Another couple of weeks rest for me before I begin to think of ramping up for the half marathon in Devon, assuming they actually hold that race again. I have not heard anything from them yet. As we are heading to the States for a couple of weeks I have to think about keeping active during that trip too. No rest for the wicked…the food thing is working out well SO FAR, however it is very difficult getting the amount of food input down to what I actually need rather than what I want, or what I feel I need. Yup, this is the hardest challenge ever for me, even harder than quitting smoking 8 years ago. Wish me luck, I’ll … Continue reading
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Karate 58
The last class of the summer season in Devon consisted of 100% black belts and…us. New belts and certificates were given out to the black belts who ranked higher in Toronto in both karate and kobudo. We went through an extensive warm-up then practiced the x pattern using various blocks and punches, followed by a break, then the awards were given out and we continued on with kata and sparring. Now we have only Elmwood on Thursdays plus of course, whatever we do on our own at home. Classes will begin for the winter season towards the end of September back at the school gym in Devon. We will miss the beginning as we might be in the USA for a few weeks. Oh yah, there is one other thing I have to add. I really suck at sparring. I lean way over and expose myself to attack and I … Continue reading
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Run 70, 2008
In an amazingly-blazingly fast 1:40 (a 9:05 pace) I did…11 km. OK, so I was slower than a dead goat. So sue me. I guess my body decided that it was going out for a run on a Sunday so it must be going to be a huge run…let’s flood his system with insulin because as always he must be guzzling Gatorade. Not. I crashed big time and felt like a diabetic with no sugar for about 4 km. And it was hot. Now that I’m done whining, I just calculated how fast one needs to run to finish the Grand Cache Death Race. In 24 hours over a 125 km course you have to run an average of 11:30 minutes per kilometer pace to finish. “Eleven and a half minutes per kilometer???” you exclaim incredulously. Yes, I say. But before you think you could crawl that race before lunchtime, … Continue reading
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Karate 57
In the first lesson since the marathon, we went to the Elmwood Dojo last night. I loved that class as it was a small one and all about Kata with the Bo followed by karate Kata. We got there a bit early so after a warm-up I had a chance to practice my kata foot work. I am getting better at ending up in the same place I started from. Marilyn and I were shown some Bo technique. We were able to practice the entire kata enough times that I think we actually remember it enough to do it at home. I’m feeling a bit sore from wielding that heavy stick around, but I think I’ve pretty much recovered from last Sunday’s marathon and should be back running again this Sunday. Next race should be a half marathon in Devon October 14th. If we were not going to the states … Continue reading
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