Bog Cleaner's Training Log

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Wed 24th Nov

4 mile fartlek

 

Just got in, I'll elaborate on my goals tomorrow.

 

Sat 27th Nov

5 mile run - 42.20

Felt very heavy-legged right from the start maybe from the fartlek I have been doing. I now have times for 3,4,5,6 miles (I have the 6 mile time from back in July. I will use them as a benchmark and just do fartlek for the next 2-3 weeks to try to build some speed and stamina.

 

Times

3 mile - 24.11
4 mile - 33.54
5 mile - 42.20
6 mile - 48.38

 

I will do soon, been very busy.

 

Mon 29th Nov

10 X 100m sprint - walk back recovery

4 x 20 sit-ups
3 x 4 chin-ups
3 x 4 pull-ups

 

Okay I told PK and PS I would elaborate on my goals, sorry for the delay, I will try to keep this brief.

I used to play football so kept in decent shape by training twice a week and playing a match on the weekend. I packed this in about 6 years ago as health problems I have had since the age of 18 started getting worse. I have had problems (and still do) with muscle tension, particularly in my neck and face but it affects my whole body, my balance and posture is affected by this.

I have had various medical tests to look for conditions like MS and Parkinson's but they have all come up clear and I have basically been told that it is all in my head and there is nothing wrong with me.

Since I have quit playing football I have started training on numerous occasions but have quickly given up as it made me ill and I didn't really have any long term goals. I feel a bit stronger mentally now than I have for a long while so I have decided to dedicate a bit more time and effort to training than I have done in my previous half-hearted attempts.

My main goal is to achieve a degree of fitness and maintain it, make it part of my lifestyle, I spent hours reading the training logs on here before starting this one and a high % of them have less than 10 posts, they follow the same pattern - big plans and a lot of enthusiasm followed by an abrupt end. I have followed this pattern myself in the past and want to overcome it and engrain training as a habit in my life, as some of the other posters in here have judging by their training logs.

The 3 areas I plan to concentrate on are aerobic fitness, strength training (bodyweight exercises, not really into weights) and boxing training. I have 2 main reasons for this, general well being and self defence. I noticed the worse my health got and the lower my confidence and self-esteem the more this attracts the attentions of the scum of society, so I will do the boxing training because I am a fan of the sport and enjoy it and also for the added bonus of being able to defend myself to a certain degree if needed.

 

Wed 1st Dec

6 mile run - stop start for the last 1.5 mile

 

:good Yes I agree, I did the same thing week in week out with football training for 10 years, but it is a lot easier training in a group and after the fitness part we always had 1/2 hour match to look forward to, training alone it is harder to find the motivation. I am in the early stages of training right now and look forward to it but I understand this initial enthusiasm might wane. I have spent hours on here reading through the different logs (nearly finished) and I agree with your main point - variety is the key to ward off boredom and apathy.