Exercise, Exercise, Exercise

The pressure is on.  The Three Bridges Half Marathon in Wanganui is three weeks away.  A 1.5 hour hill run yesterday indicates the training is on track. 

I am aiming for 1 hour 45 minutes.  To a runner this will seem a very modest target however the point is I’m not an athelete.  If I can achieve this so can most people.

I have got to this point through two steps.  Firstly I lost over 25 kgs.  This rekindled an interest in getting and keeping fit.  Since then I have been jogging and, in October, ran a half marathon to test my fitness.  With little idea how well I would go I finished in 1 hour 50 minutes.  To maintain this fitness I then selected completing the Three Bridges run as the next goal.  Having a relatively short term goal helps keep the interes7t and motivation up. 

I see a large number of overweight people out training – mainly walking, running and cycling.  However from my experience exercise alone wont get your weight down.  I found to lose weight I first needed to change my eating habits.  In addition, once you have achieved the weight loss you don’t put the same stress on your body, particularly joints, when you are out training.

Go for a run, eat an apple.  And, if you are looking for a goal consider participating in an event like  The Three Bridges Marathon, Half Marathon or Walk.

cheers, Keith