Right time to get to work!

So having established that my base fitness is non existant what the heck am I going to do about it?

I'm writing this blog in Dec and going back to Oct to fill in up till now so I'll tell you what I have been doing about it! I started on the 10th Oct 2012. I know this because I wrote it down. And then I wrote down every session I did on the treadmill, just doing interval training, one minute walk uphill, two minute run, for half an hour....and I built that up till I could do it no problem, then I built the speeds up so I was working harder till I got I could do that one in my stride......then I injured my achilles....so I am currently restricted to cycling and swimming.

There is a fab little programme called MapMyRide and I am loggin my workouts on there so I can see them add up. It is intensely satisfying to see the miles add up and the calories (yes those little devils that live in your wardrobe and sew your clothes up tighter). I logged my ride on Tuesday this week and I have slaughtered 22,000 of the little blighters since Oct! I'm going to start addressing diet more in January, I figure there is the slight possibility I could get tempted by rich food, chocolate and alchohol over the festive season so I'll take it a little easier than otherwise I might but January will be the time to address that.

I have set myself a target weight to get to by the end of March and although my body shape is already changing the scales are not changing as I would like them to. I'm not going to get bent and out of shape over it though. I am burning fat and putting on muscle so there is a shape change without losing the amount in pure numeric terms. That can come in Jan-March 2013.

Now, going back to The Tank. What to do about the bike? it's old, perfectly serviceable but heavy.

I make a decision. I shall keep The Tank, fit mudguards, lights and change the tyres to hybrids. And I shall use him (He is definately a boy!) through the winter to commute when I can, generally cycle around locally and do some specific training simply because it IS heavy. One thing I learned in my sports training (years ago) was to train hard and fight easy :) If I needed to run a set distance in a set time I would train to do it that bit faster. There is no way I wanted to be struggling when I HAD to perform. So The Tank will be getting used for some hill work. If I can get up some hills on something THAT heavy, then a lighter, faster bike should, in theory, be a lot easier!