oh no, why did I have to read that!

Interestingly, fit female athletes have the capacity to do nearly 100% of their training at an intensity that shuts down most of their fat burning…. By “fit” I mean a woman that has been training for a few years, is active and can get through a triathlon of any distance. http://www.gordoworld.com/gblog/index.html

So basically what he is saying the “fit” female athletes will efficiently burn calories when at “normal” intensity during a work out. To burn fat we have to train at a lot lower frequency… oh how boring! I knew this to a certain extent but he’s got a graph and everything.

I know I have said that I will not talk about my weight on this blog. But that’s just too much. Oh dear…

… lets move on…

Today, I decided to copy Nades, and bus into work and run home. I haven’t bused (is that a word?) in years. Found my Metro card at the bottom of the draw, and hoping that it still works made my way to bus stop, luckily, I live close to a intersection of 2 major roads, so as I saw my normal bus disapear off down the road, there is a alternative bus I can take that comes along a couple of minutes later. It seems strange but it was a little exciting taking the bus for a change, but really I know that the appeal will wan.

.. jeez, i am talking about catching the bus… that’s really exciting, people will be falling asleep at their desks…

Well the run home was just a exciting, its only 4K home, so I took a slightly longer route home, today was only a 5K easy run anyway so not much too it, with a few core exercises when I got home. What is it about Hagley park? I have to cross it to get home, but it always does my head in, 1K max I spent in it, but was like wading through mud (A runner did pass me, going almost twice as fast as me… felt like i was standing still). So I can see that last 3K for the half this weekend being a easy as quantum physics…

So heres what I am thinking… over winter I need to build up a lot more base for running, so I am thinking if I run to and from work a couple of times a week, maybe build up to 10K, that will allow me to fit things in especailly during mid winter when cold and dark. But the only problem with this plan, is getting my stuff to and from work, I can only carry so much.. hmmm… must think more on this plan…