Total so far: £700.53
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Click on the "Donate Now" link in the sidebar or visit www.justgiving.com/pitymyfeet.
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So, after two days of rest following my failed attempt at the Anglesey Ultra I got back onto my feet for a treadmill session. Not much to say about it really. It was on a treadmill so the pace was quite consistent. As was the view. Actually if I turned my head to the right I could watch TV. Which I did. Until they showed open heart surgery on Casualty and I decided I'd rather watch the wall.
I had a lot of pain in my legs and a lot of fatigue. I could probably have done with at least one extra rest day but rest is a luxury I won't have in the desert so I guess it was a reasonable thing not to rest any more now. I was pretty pleased actually to have been able to do the ten miles without breaking down. The pace was definitely slower than I'd have liked but it's not about pace for me. It's all about relentless forward motion and I did show that.
I didn't really talk much about injuries in my post about Saturday so I'll mention the state of play here. The site of my torn muscle survived the ordeal pretty well and is still holding up OK. It hurts when I poke it but there's a pretty simple solution to that. Don't poke it. I don't think it's a problem because my shoulder still hurts if I poke it and it's been ten months since I fell over doing a ridiculous Dad style hand stand. Perhaps there are some things that will always hurt when poked? Eyes for example. Nothing wrong with my eyes but they do hurt when poked. Other parts of me did hurt a lot though. My back hurt from the pack bumping around. My thighs and calves hurt everythere. My knees too. Oddly, also my elbows hurt from keeping them in that crooked "running but could be about to shadow-box" posture that makes me look so athletically challenged.
The other thing I noticed on Saturday was that other ultra-runners tend to be a little taller than me (not much I can do about that) and generally a little slimmer than me (something I can do about that). So I am now on a diet. The first one of my life! Early views on dieting? Miserable. I'm always hungry. Even writing this I'm thinking that I would find the words much easier to come by if I was eating a Snickers bar.
Thanks for reading folks! Peace, out.
JUST THE FACTS!!
Weight: 78.9 Kg
TODAY
Distance 9.94 miles
Time 1:51:00 hrs
X-Trainer 0 hrs
Press-ups 0
Swimming 0 m
Sauna 0 mins
TOTAL
Distance 381.40 miles
Time 71:02:33
X-Trainer 17:41 hrs
Press-ups 620
Swimming 13,000 m
Sauna 7:15 hrs
Contact me: miffjacobs@hotmail.com
Please remember that I'm inflicting all this pain and misery on myself for a cause greater than just having a good story to tell over a beer. I hope to raise over £9,500 for MENCAP.
There are 1.5 million people in the UK with a learning disability. Most are treated as ‘different’ however with the right support people with a learning disability can have access to education, jobs and an independent place to live. Mencap works with people with a learning disability to help them live the lives they want.
Be cool and click on the link below and help make someone's life better.
http://www.justgiving.com/pitymyfeet
Pity My Feet is a training and fitness blog that chronicles the misadventures of an aging demotivated wanna-be athlete with a penchant for making bad exercise related life choices. Currently in training for Iron Man Wales 2014. Don't ask why.
Showing posts with label treadmill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label treadmill. Show all posts
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Wednesday 18th January 2012 - 6 miles treadmill
Total so far: £700.53
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A solid 10Km on the treadmill tonight to give my calf another workout. I felt some soreness in my legs through the run and also afterwards but just tiredness, not injury (I hope!). I do have some pain in my right ankle and I think I will invest in a support for the ultra on Saturday. Before the treadmill I did some core strength work. I put more effort into this than I normally do and my heart rate was high even before I started on the treadmill.
Over the last week or so I've focused a little on my kit list. Most of the equipment I need has a pretty obvious safety function and some of it will be helpful on Saturday. I have bought a foil blanket; anyone who has ever wrapped one around themselves at the end of a cold marathon will testify how warm they are! Also, a pea-less whistle (great phrase!); a desert hat with neck shield; and a tiny first aid kit that seems to weigh only fractionally more than the air that surrounds it. I've also bought some gaters to keep the sand out of my trainers. This is an essential precaution as I am told that having sand in your shoes is a sure fire way to rip your feet to shreds in the desert.
The exotic nature of the Marathon des Sables is evidenced by the fact that I've also had to buy an anti-venom kit to suck out snake or scorpion venom quickly in case of a bite. The possibility of being bitten by a snake or a scorpion fills me full of dread and yet also a sort of boyish excitement. I hope I never have to use it but you have to say, it's kind of cool to need one.
I intend to write much more about each of these precautions as I get closer to the event (and learn how to use each of them!).Tonight I may go back on the elliptical just to give my calf and ankle a full three days to rest before the 33 mile ultra on Saturday but I'll see how I feel when I get to the gym.
On the fundraising front I emailed the PR departments of all the companies listed in last week's New Scientist recruitment special (random I know, it was the first thing that came to hand!). I have also listed out all the companies in the FTSE100 and the FTSE250 and over the coming days I intend to write to the PR departments of all of those firms asking for sponsorship. If you work for a company who might be willing to sponsor an honest and hardworking Welsh boy to do something a little useful with his life then please get in touch!
Thanks for reading folks! Peace, out.
JUST THE FACTS!!
Weight: 79.6 Kg
TODAY
Distance 6.25 miles
Time 0:59:15 hrs
Elliptical 0 hrs
Kcal 0
Press-ups 0
Swimming 0 m
Sauna 15 mins
TOTAL
Distance 344.48 miles
Time 62:51:43
Elliptical 16:11 hrs
Kcal 34,388
Press-ups 620
Swimming 12,500 m
Sauna 6:35 mins
Contact me: miffjacobs@hotmail.com
Please remember that I'm inflicting all this pain and misery on myself for a cause greater than just having a good story to tell over a beer. I hope to raise over £9,500 for MENCAP.
There are 1.5 million people in the UK with a learning disability. Most are treated as ‘different’ however with the right support people with a learning disability can have access to education, jobs and an independent place to live. Mencap works with people with a learning disability to help them live the lives they want.
Be cool and click on the link below and help make someone's life better.
http://www.justgiving.com/pitymyfeet
Text "MIFF70 £5" (without quotes) to 70070 to donate £5 to Mencap. Change the amount to whatever you are comfortable with.
Click on the "Donate Now" link in the sidebar or visit www.justgiving.com/pitymyfeet.
Thanks!
A solid 10Km on the treadmill tonight to give my calf another workout. I felt some soreness in my legs through the run and also afterwards but just tiredness, not injury (I hope!). I do have some pain in my right ankle and I think I will invest in a support for the ultra on Saturday. Before the treadmill I did some core strength work. I put more effort into this than I normally do and my heart rate was high even before I started on the treadmill.
Over the last week or so I've focused a little on my kit list. Most of the equipment I need has a pretty obvious safety function and some of it will be helpful on Saturday. I have bought a foil blanket; anyone who has ever wrapped one around themselves at the end of a cold marathon will testify how warm they are! Also, a pea-less whistle (great phrase!); a desert hat with neck shield; and a tiny first aid kit that seems to weigh only fractionally more than the air that surrounds it. I've also bought some gaters to keep the sand out of my trainers. This is an essential precaution as I am told that having sand in your shoes is a sure fire way to rip your feet to shreds in the desert.
The exotic nature of the Marathon des Sables is evidenced by the fact that I've also had to buy an anti-venom kit to suck out snake or scorpion venom quickly in case of a bite. The possibility of being bitten by a snake or a scorpion fills me full of dread and yet also a sort of boyish excitement. I hope I never have to use it but you have to say, it's kind of cool to need one.
I intend to write much more about each of these precautions as I get closer to the event (and learn how to use each of them!).Tonight I may go back on the elliptical just to give my calf and ankle a full three days to rest before the 33 mile ultra on Saturday but I'll see how I feel when I get to the gym.
On the fundraising front I emailed the PR departments of all the companies listed in last week's New Scientist recruitment special (random I know, it was the first thing that came to hand!). I have also listed out all the companies in the FTSE100 and the FTSE250 and over the coming days I intend to write to the PR departments of all of those firms asking for sponsorship. If you work for a company who might be willing to sponsor an honest and hardworking Welsh boy to do something a little useful with his life then please get in touch!
Thanks for reading folks! Peace, out.
JUST THE FACTS!!
Weight: 79.6 Kg
TODAY
Distance 6.25 miles
Time 0:59:15 hrs
Elliptical 0 hrs
Kcal 0
Press-ups 0
Swimming 0 m
Sauna 15 mins
TOTAL
Distance 344.48 miles
Time 62:51:43
Elliptical 16:11 hrs
Kcal 34,388
Press-ups 620
Swimming 12,500 m
Sauna 6:35 mins
Contact me: miffjacobs@hotmail.com
Please remember that I'm inflicting all this pain and misery on myself for a cause greater than just having a good story to tell over a beer. I hope to raise over £9,500 for MENCAP.
There are 1.5 million people in the UK with a learning disability. Most are treated as ‘different’ however with the right support people with a learning disability can have access to education, jobs and an independent place to live. Mencap works with people with a learning disability to help them live the lives they want.
Be cool and click on the link below and help make someone's life better.
http://www.justgiving.com/pitymyfeet
Monday, 16 January 2012
Monday 16th January 2012 - 9 mile treadmill
Total so far: £700.53
Text "MIFF70 £5" (without quotes) to 70070 to donate £5 to Mencap. Change the amount to whatever you are comfortable with.
Click on the "Donate Now" link in the sidebar or visit www.justgiving.com/pitymyfeet.
Thanks!
Another big step on the road to recovery tonight. And also a big step on the road to the Sahara perhaps? I gave my calf a proper test in the gym, running 15km. I wanted to run 10 miles and my usual combination of confidence and ignorance meant that I didn't check how many Km it was. Turns out it's not 15. It's a little more. So in the end I only did 9.32 miles but I didn't know it until just now when I checked. Never mind. I'm happy with 9 miles at roughly 10 mpm pace.
My leg held out pretty well. I had some pain in my right ankle before things got warm and loose. Then, at about the 70 minute mark, I got a growing pain directly at the site of the muscle tear but it only lasted about five minutes and it eased off as I slowed the tempo a little to prepare for my warm down. I'll wait and see how it fares over night. Right now (about 2 hours after the end of the run) it feels fine and I have no pain :)
I'll have another short run tomorrow and Wednesday but then I intend to take two full days off before the true test on Saturday. The 33 mile Anglesey ultra-marathon. It'll be the longest event I've ever competed in and I'm really looking forward to seeing how my body copes with it. I'm targeting a time of 10 hours to finish although I don't know if there are cut off times that are quicker. Ten hours works out to about 18 mpm and I think I can maintain that as long as I don't linger too long at the checkpoints etc. It's nice to have a target but of course my main focus is just on finishing it at all!
On the fundraising front I got knocked back by tesco locally. I have to go through a central organisation in London to collect at a tesco so I'll give them a call. I also want to find locations for some collection boxes this week and get them in place and collecting money as soon as possible. As I've mentioned before, if you know of anywhere suitable to house one for a few months please let me know!
Thanks for reading folks! Peace, out.
JUST THE FACTS!!
Weight: 79.6 Kg
TODAY
Distance 9.32 miles
Time 1:34:22 hrs
Elliptical 0 hrs
Kcal 0
Press-ups 0
Swimming 0 m
Sauna 0 mins
TOTAL
Distance 338.23 miles
Time 61:52:28
Elliptical 16:11 hrs
Kcal 34,388
Press-ups 620
Swimming 12,500 m
Sauna 6:20 mins
Contact me: miffjacobs@hotmail.com
Please remember that I'm inflicting all this pain and misery on myself for a cause greater than just having a good story to tell over a beer. I hope to raise over £9,500 for MENCAP.
There are 1.5 million people in the UK with a learning disability. Most are treated as ‘different’ however with the right support people with a learning disability can have access to education, jobs and an independent place to live. Mencap works with people with a learning disability to help them live the lives they want.
Be cool and click on the link below and help make someone's life better.
http://www.justgiving.com/pitymyfeet
Text "MIFF70 £5" (without quotes) to 70070 to donate £5 to Mencap. Change the amount to whatever you are comfortable with.
Click on the "Donate Now" link in the sidebar or visit www.justgiving.com/pitymyfeet.
Thanks!
Another big step on the road to recovery tonight. And also a big step on the road to the Sahara perhaps? I gave my calf a proper test in the gym, running 15km. I wanted to run 10 miles and my usual combination of confidence and ignorance meant that I didn't check how many Km it was. Turns out it's not 15. It's a little more. So in the end I only did 9.32 miles but I didn't know it until just now when I checked. Never mind. I'm happy with 9 miles at roughly 10 mpm pace.
My leg held out pretty well. I had some pain in my right ankle before things got warm and loose. Then, at about the 70 minute mark, I got a growing pain directly at the site of the muscle tear but it only lasted about five minutes and it eased off as I slowed the tempo a little to prepare for my warm down. I'll wait and see how it fares over night. Right now (about 2 hours after the end of the run) it feels fine and I have no pain :)
I'll have another short run tomorrow and Wednesday but then I intend to take two full days off before the true test on Saturday. The 33 mile Anglesey ultra-marathon. It'll be the longest event I've ever competed in and I'm really looking forward to seeing how my body copes with it. I'm targeting a time of 10 hours to finish although I don't know if there are cut off times that are quicker. Ten hours works out to about 18 mpm and I think I can maintain that as long as I don't linger too long at the checkpoints etc. It's nice to have a target but of course my main focus is just on finishing it at all!
On the fundraising front I got knocked back by tesco locally. I have to go through a central organisation in London to collect at a tesco so I'll give them a call. I also want to find locations for some collection boxes this week and get them in place and collecting money as soon as possible. As I've mentioned before, if you know of anywhere suitable to house one for a few months please let me know!
Thanks for reading folks! Peace, out.
JUST THE FACTS!!
Weight: 79.6 Kg
TODAY
Distance 9.32 miles
Time 1:34:22 hrs
Elliptical 0 hrs
Kcal 0
Press-ups 0
Swimming 0 m
Sauna 0 mins
TOTAL
Distance 338.23 miles
Time 61:52:28
Elliptical 16:11 hrs
Kcal 34,388
Press-ups 620
Swimming 12,500 m
Sauna 6:20 mins
Contact me: miffjacobs@hotmail.com
Please remember that I'm inflicting all this pain and misery on myself for a cause greater than just having a good story to tell over a beer. I hope to raise over £9,500 for MENCAP.
There are 1.5 million people in the UK with a learning disability. Most are treated as ‘different’ however with the right support people with a learning disability can have access to education, jobs and an independent place to live. Mencap works with people with a learning disability to help them live the lives they want.
Be cool and click on the link below and help make someone's life better.
http://www.justgiving.com/pitymyfeet
Friday, 13 January 2012
Thursday 12th January 2012 - Another treadmill test
Total so far: £695.53
Text "MIFF70 £5" (without quotes) to 70070 to donate £5 to Mencap. Change the amount to whatever you are comfortable with.
Click on the "Donate Now" link in the sidebar or visit www.justgiving.com/pitymyfeet.
Thanks!
Well I gave my legs another tester on the treadmill. This time I did a mile at roughly 11 mpm pace. The good news is that I did it. The bad news is that I felt some pain in my lower right leg. I just don't know if this is a sign that the leg is not healed or whether it's just that I haven't run on it for a month and that I'm now stretching around the scar tissue after the muscle tear. I wasn't limping and the pain wasn't severe and didn't linger long after I finished. I have a rest day today and I think I will avoid the treadmill at the weekend and stick to the elliptical just to be safe and then next week I'll test it again. However, I have booked myself a "do or die" challenge the following weekend. The Anglesey ultra-marathon. It's a 33 mile off-road course. I know, I know. I never was the sharpest pin in the cushion but it's all off road and I intend to walk a lot of it and use it to test my kit out (cooker, dried food, etc). I will probably have three or four days of complete rest afterwards and see where I am after that. Keep everything crossed for me!
So anyway, after the mile on the treadmill I did 77 minutes on the elliptical (eqiuvalent to 7 miles at 11mpm) and then went home. I didn't even shower at the gym because I was worried about my legs so instead I got home and sat in a deep hot bath for a while. As I write this (7am the following morning) I have no pain and can stand easily on my toes.
On the fundraising front the fund I got another £41 in donations. Thank you Zoe & Pyme and thank you to the two folks who donated via SMS. With the uncounted money that is sitting in the collection pot I'm using for leafleting I know I now have over £700 in the total. Thank you :)
Lastly, I got my photo taken for the Whitchurch Herald. Hopefully they will feature it in next week's edition. I made some changes for the photo though after the unflattering one that was in the Leader. I lost the hat! Fingers crossed that it generates some more sponsorship. I also sent some text to the "Essentially Yours" magazine and with any luck I'll be in the next edition. Rest day tomorrow!
Peace, out.
JUST THE FACTS!!
Weight: 79.6 Kg
TODAY
Distance 1 miles
Time 0:11 hrs
Elliptical 1:17 hrs
Kcal 0
Press-ups 0
Swimming 0 m
Sauna 0 mins
TOTAL
Distance 328.91 miles
Time 60:18:06
Elliptical 16:11 hrs
Kcal 34,388
Press-ups 620
Swimming 12,500 m
Sauna 6:20 mins
Contact me: miffjacobs@hotmail.com
Please remember that I'm inflicting all this pain and misery on myself for a cause greater than just having a good story to tell over a beer. I hope to raise over £9,500 for MENCAP.
There are 1.5 million people in the UK with a learning disability. Most are treated as ‘different’ however with the right support people with a learning disability can have access to education, jobs and an independent place to live. Mencap works with people with a learning disability to help them live the lives they want.
Be cool and click on the link below and help make someone's life better.
http://www.justgiving.com/pitymyfeet
Text "MIFF70 £5" (without quotes) to 70070 to donate £5 to Mencap. Change the amount to whatever you are comfortable with.
Click on the "Donate Now" link in the sidebar or visit www.justgiving.com/pitymyfeet.
Thanks!
Well I gave my legs another tester on the treadmill. This time I did a mile at roughly 11 mpm pace. The good news is that I did it. The bad news is that I felt some pain in my lower right leg. I just don't know if this is a sign that the leg is not healed or whether it's just that I haven't run on it for a month and that I'm now stretching around the scar tissue after the muscle tear. I wasn't limping and the pain wasn't severe and didn't linger long after I finished. I have a rest day today and I think I will avoid the treadmill at the weekend and stick to the elliptical just to be safe and then next week I'll test it again. However, I have booked myself a "do or die" challenge the following weekend. The Anglesey ultra-marathon. It's a 33 mile off-road course. I know, I know. I never was the sharpest pin in the cushion but it's all off road and I intend to walk a lot of it and use it to test my kit out (cooker, dried food, etc). I will probably have three or four days of complete rest afterwards and see where I am after that. Keep everything crossed for me!
So anyway, after the mile on the treadmill I did 77 minutes on the elliptical (eqiuvalent to 7 miles at 11mpm) and then went home. I didn't even shower at the gym because I was worried about my legs so instead I got home and sat in a deep hot bath for a while. As I write this (7am the following morning) I have no pain and can stand easily on my toes.
On the fundraising front the fund I got another £41 in donations. Thank you Zoe & Pyme and thank you to the two folks who donated via SMS. With the uncounted money that is sitting in the collection pot I'm using for leafleting I know I now have over £700 in the total. Thank you :)
Lastly, I got my photo taken for the Whitchurch Herald. Hopefully they will feature it in next week's edition. I made some changes for the photo though after the unflattering one that was in the Leader. I lost the hat! Fingers crossed that it generates some more sponsorship. I also sent some text to the "Essentially Yours" magazine and with any luck I'll be in the next edition. Rest day tomorrow!
Peace, out.
JUST THE FACTS!!
Weight: 79.6 Kg
TODAY
Distance 1 miles
Time 0:11 hrs
Elliptical 1:17 hrs
Kcal 0
Press-ups 0
Swimming 0 m
Sauna 0 mins
TOTAL
Distance 328.91 miles
Time 60:18:06
Elliptical 16:11 hrs
Kcal 34,388
Press-ups 620
Swimming 12,500 m
Sauna 6:20 mins
Contact me: miffjacobs@hotmail.com
Please remember that I'm inflicting all this pain and misery on myself for a cause greater than just having a good story to tell over a beer. I hope to raise over £9,500 for MENCAP.
There are 1.5 million people in the UK with a learning disability. Most are treated as ‘different’ however with the right support people with a learning disability can have access to education, jobs and an independent place to live. Mencap works with people with a learning disability to help them live the lives they want.
Be cool and click on the link below and help make someone's life better.
http://www.justgiving.com/pitymyfeet
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Wednesday 11th January 2012 - Back on my toes
I ran tonight. For the first time since the 17th December I got on my toes and ran. OK, it was only for half a mile and it was on a treadmill and it was very slow. But I ran! I had a few natural twinges and pains but nothing specifically in the area of the torn muscle and nothing that has lingered to the morning (I'm writing this the day after). I think tonight I will risk taking a mile of my plan and doing it on the treadmill to see how it goes. If I can get off the elliptical and back on my toes it will do my confidence a lot of good. For all the nerves I had stepping on the mill; it felt fantastic to be running again!!!
The rest of the workout seems a little irrelevant but I'll relate them anyway. I started with some core exercises (bridges etc - how boring they are!), then the treadmill for half a mile, then an hour on the elliptical (I finished Lord of the Rings!), 60 lengths in the pool, and finally a quick ten minutes in the sauna to finish off.
On the fundraising front I contacted a couple more newspapers and also one radio station to see about publicity. Oh, and I asked Mencap for a branded t-shirt to wear when collecting so I look less like some dodgy geezer embezzling fag money from passers by and more like a dedicated and hard working charity fundraiser trying desperately to meet his target! The fund went up by £35 today. Thank you Joe and thank you Joanne (great advice about my feet!!).
Peace, out.
JUST THE FACTS!!
Weight: 79.6 Kg
TODAY
Distance 0.5 miles
Time 0:06 hrs
Elliptical 1:00 hrs
Kcal 0
Press-ups 0
Swimming 1500 m
Sauna 10 mins
TOTAL
Distance 327.91 miles
Time 60:07:06
Elliptical 14:54 hrs
Kcal 34,388
Press-ups 620
Swimming 12,500 m
Sauna 6:20 mins
Contact me: miffjacobs@hotmail.com
Please remember that I'm inflicting all this pain and misery on myself for a cause greater than just having a good story to tell over a beer. I hope to raise over £9,500 for MENCAP.
There are 1.5 million people in the UK with a learning disability. Most are treated as ‘different’ however with the right support people with a learning disability can have access to education, jobs and an independent place to live. Mencap works with people with a learning disability to help them live the lives they want.
Be cool and click on the link below and help make someone's life better.
http://www.justgiving.com/pitymyfeet
The rest of the workout seems a little irrelevant but I'll relate them anyway. I started with some core exercises (bridges etc - how boring they are!), then the treadmill for half a mile, then an hour on the elliptical (I finished Lord of the Rings!), 60 lengths in the pool, and finally a quick ten minutes in the sauna to finish off.
On the fundraising front I contacted a couple more newspapers and also one radio station to see about publicity. Oh, and I asked Mencap for a branded t-shirt to wear when collecting so I look less like some dodgy geezer embezzling fag money from passers by and more like a dedicated and hard working charity fundraiser trying desperately to meet his target! The fund went up by £35 today. Thank you Joe and thank you Joanne (great advice about my feet!!).
Peace, out.
JUST THE FACTS!!
Weight: 79.6 Kg
TODAY
Distance 0.5 miles
Time 0:06 hrs
Elliptical 1:00 hrs
Kcal 0
Press-ups 0
Swimming 1500 m
Sauna 10 mins
TOTAL
Distance 327.91 miles
Time 60:07:06
Elliptical 14:54 hrs
Kcal 34,388
Press-ups 620
Swimming 12,500 m
Sauna 6:20 mins
Contact me: miffjacobs@hotmail.com
Please remember that I'm inflicting all this pain and misery on myself for a cause greater than just having a good story to tell over a beer. I hope to raise over £9,500 for MENCAP.
There are 1.5 million people in the UK with a learning disability. Most are treated as ‘different’ however with the right support people with a learning disability can have access to education, jobs and an independent place to live. Mencap works with people with a learning disability to help them live the lives they want.
Be cool and click on the link below and help make someone's life better.
http://www.justgiving.com/pitymyfeet
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