Running With Jack

I stopped at the pool last night on the way home from work and swam 1200 meters, half with the breast stroke, half freestyle (crawl). The pool was not as busy as normal so I guess I was more relaxed, the swimming came easier than usual. For anyone new to my blog, I am a relatively new swimmer, having only one swim course (breast stroke) under my belt from last winter. I more or less taught myself some resemblance of the freestyle. I wanted to take a crawl/freestyle course this year, but the courses are few and fill up almost immediately (first come, first serve, no waiting lists). So basically I’m not fast, but I get the job done.

The Diet

I continue to half-heartedly try to lose the last 7 kilograms/15 pounds that would leave me at my dream weight of 67 68 kg/150 lbs. I was down to 73 kg/161 lbs. for about five minutes this summer, but have been fluttering around 75 kg/166 lbs. for most of the rest of the year. Following my marathon in September and the vacation right after this I shot up to 78 kg/172 lbs. and it has taken me until this week to bring it back down again. This morning I was 74.5 kg/165 lbs. and hope to drop another pound or two by the middle of next week. My goal is to still be under 75 kg/166 lbs. the days following my 50K race in ten days.

For the rest of the year I want to decrease running slightly and add more crosstraining, including weight lifting. I hope that, together with a serious diet plan, that I can lose make a serious dent in my weight loss. Pretty ambitious during the holiday season, right!