Endless summer rain
Sheesh it’s been raining like crazy in SA’s capital. We’ve had two or three days of sunshine within the last two weeks. Guess this is what training in Seattle, Vancouver or Christchurch must feel like.
Every morning I’m hoping to jump on the mtb, but alas… rain. Not that I mind riding in the rain, but water is like cancer for my bike. I always need to fix something after its been wet a couple of times. I’ve therefore decided not to take it out when it is very wet. So I’m sticking to swimming and running.
The forecast looks better for tomorrow. Lets hope I can get a 20-25km in.
Filed under: Swim, Run, Cycle
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Run - 0.5 hours - 01/22/2008
Logbook Activity
- Type: Run
- Date: 01/22/2008
- Time: 06:16:59
- Total Time: 00:30:00.00
- Calories: 367
- Distance: 5 km
- Average Pace: 6:00/km
Filed under: Run
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Swim - 0.3 hours - 01/22/2008
Logbook Activity
- Type: Swim
- Date: 01/22/2008
- Time: 06:16:15
- Total Time: 00:18:00.00
- Calories: 132
- Distance: 400 m
- Average Pace: 4:30.68/100m
Filed under: Swim
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Swim - 0.3 hours - 01/20/2008
Logbook Activity
- Type: Swim
- Date: 01/20/2008
- Total Time: 00:19:00.00
- Calories: 140
- Distance: 400 m
- Average Pace: 4:45.71/100m
Filed under: Swim
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Too light
I haven’t really been eating much over the last couple of weeks. It is part of an experiment to see how much food my body needs.
It all started out around October 2006 when I started counting the amount of calories I used/needed. After a quick study, I calculated that I burned around 3000 calories per day. (The average 80kg guy, burns around 2200 when not exercising). This figure seems fine, since I burned around 700-1000 calories on a bike ride, which roughly adds up to the 3000 calories needed.
The part where I loose the plot is the way in which one determines the amount of calories in food. Every type of food has a different calorie count per kilojoule, but I’m lazy and only want an average. Again a Google search showed that 1 cal is roughly equal to 4.2 kJ.
So the bottom line is that I need around 12,000 kJ per day. That seems like an awful lot. Usually for dinner I have some microwave meal that has around 1,500-2,000 kJ. Do I really have to eat the equivalent of 6-8 of these per day? Can’t be. I’ll need to enter Sumo competitions rather than endurance events.
After reading this article by Brad, I decided to see with how little food my body could function normally. I still eat 3 meals per day, with a small snack in between. As Brad suggests, you should be hungry at times which is the case. I have gotten used to it now and I hardly notice it anymore.
Furthermore, I lost 3kg in 2 weeks. My body weight hasn’t fluctuated by more than 2kg’s in the last 2-3 years. I guess this isn’t too healthy and I won’t continue with the experiment much longer. However, I don’t feel much different from before. I don’t feel tired or drained. No headaches or anything. This makes me wonder if I shouldn’t cut my diet down just slightly. Perhaps I’ve been eating a bit too much in the past.
Anyhow, it is just interesting to see what happens when you make small changes to your diet.
Filed under: Weight, Diet
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Hectic week
The last three days of my week was crazy I did not manage to excercise properly. I did some quick weight training sets, but nothing worth mentioning.
This swimming session was a bit easier and I think I’m slowly starting to get a bit more fit.
Logbook Activity
- Type: Swim
- Date: 01/19/2008
- Total Time: 00:23:00.00
- Calories: 169
- Distance: 500 m
- Average Pace: 4:36.92/100m
Filed under: Swim
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Run - 0.7 hours - 01/15/2008
Logbook Activity
- Type: Run
- Date: 01/15/2008
- Total Time: 00:40:00.00
- Calories: 392
- Distance: 5 km
- Average Pace: 8:00/km
Filed under: Run
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Swim - 0.4 hours - 01/15/2008
Logbook Activity
- Type: Swim
- Date: 01/15/2008
- Total Time: 00:25:00.00
- Calories: 187
- Distance: 500 m
- Average Pace: 5:00/100m
Filed under: Swim
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Swim - 0.3 hours - 01/14/2008
Logbook Activity
- Type: Swim
- Date: 01/14/2008
- Total Time: 00:15:00.00
- Calories: 110
- Distance: 300 m
- Average Pace: 5:00/100m
Filed under: Swim
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Run - 0.7 hours - 01/13/2008
Logbook Activity
- Type: Run
- Date: 01/13/2008
- Total Time: 00:40:00.00
- Calories: 421
- Distance: 6 km
- Average Pace: 6:40/km
Filed under: Run
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