Getting fit
Went for a forty minute run last night around the streets of Kingston, starting with tackling Hutchins Street once again. I'm getting quite pleased with my fitness levels, and seeing my body fat levels drop at the same down (now <13%) is a great motivator. Of course, lugging around a few less kilos means that my legs are loving it too.
When I was running down Maranoa Road there was quite a bit of police activity. Soon I found out why when one of them approached me and asked if I'd seen someone running away in blue overalls and a white cap. Apparently they had robbed the Woolworths service station just a few minutes beforehand: unfortunately I was unable to help, as I hadn't seen them. The rest of my run was completed with police cars roaming the streets obviously looking for the guy. I don't know if they found him, but strangely there's nothing on The Mercury's website about the whole thing. Hopefully they got him.
Just got back from gym and looking forward to grabbing a late lunch. A footlong Subway Melt would go down great right about now... see ya!
posted by Phil @ 3:06 PM
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40min run sounds good. Hmmm, you're persistent with Hutchins St. I'd be doing that less regularly - though hills do mean less impact which is good. But the more consistent speed in your legs from running on flatter ground, I'd have thought would stand you in better stead to cut the body fat and increase the endurance. But I think now I'm just being fussy.
Don't forget the run is Hutchins St followed by 30 minutes running on flatter ground. Actually steady state cardio is considered a much worse way to cut body fat as opposed to interval training, with the science saying that steady state is more likely to eat into muscle as opposed to fat compared with steady state. Ref:
http://hubpages.com/hub/Interval_Training__Steady-State_Cardio_is_Obsolete
http://bodyvirtue.com/women/cardio.html
http://www.healthyandfitmagazine.com/2008/07/slow-long-distance-training-vs-interval-training/
So I'm currently doing one semi-endurance run and two speed runs through the week. Mind you, I can still run a lot further than when I started... but my first aim is to cut the fat, with endurance being secondary.
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