Crap paddle

Well I just went for a paddle this morning. Last night I started to get a sore throat and thought that maybe I was coming down with what the boys have had. I was hoping that I would feel better this morning. I felt pretty ordinary but thought I'd still go for an easy paddle with Anton (my training buddy) as we had arranged. Well, 100m into it, I realised that I felt pretty crap. We paddled the 8km loop together and stopped several times for Anton to try different seats and for me to have a much needed rest. Man I felt bad! My balance was off, I had no energy and really shouldn't have paddled, but I didn't want to miss the opportunity of a session. Anyway, it was the worst I have felt paddling for a long time. Hopefully I'll get over this quickly and can do another session during the week. It was great to catch up with Anton though and hear all the stories from the Murray Marathon.

Past Female Marathon Results

I decided to do some more research about past results to get some specific information about average speeds etc. I basically just recorded all the times from various events and did some calculations to work out minutes per kilometre and kilometers per hour. I must say it was a jolt back to reality and made me realise that I've got some serious hard work ahead of me.

Back on the wagon

The last couple of days hasn't been good with the eating plan. I find it easiest when I'm home, but we've been out a lot catching up with everyone staying at the Caravan Park and I haven't planned my food well. So it's back on the wagon today. I've decided to try having a meal replacement drink for breakfast. Breaskfast is the hardest meal of the day for me, so hopefully something easy like this might help.
I went for my run at around 7:30am and it was already humid. I pushed the boys in the double pram and did the 3rd session for this week (5min W, 10min R, 4min W, 10min R, 5 min W). Felt good despite the heat, and could have run again after only 2 min rest. I'm definately ready to step it up next time.

Holiday run with Mum

We stayed overnight at a Caravan Park with Mum, so this morning we left Chris in charge of the boys and Mum and I went for our run (shuffle) together. We did the same session I did on Friday...5 min walk, 10 min run, 5 min walk, 10 min run, 5 min walk. I always appreciate being able to run without having to push the double pram, and it's always nice having someone to run with (Mum's a little machine, but we are pretty well matched with our speed). It was also nice running somewhere different.

The Plan

Well, time to sketch out a rough plan. This will get more detailed and more extensive as I go along, but for now...

Goals

1) Be confident in a K1 (confident enough to train and race in most conditions)

2) Race successfully in State Marathon Series

3) Compete in State Marathon Championships in March

4) Compete in the World Masters Games in Kayaking, marathon event, not sure of craft yet (possibly TK1 or K1)

5) Get to goal weight a) 68kg b) 62kg



Each week

1) 3 runs

2) At least 1 kayaking session (hopefully more)

Each day

1) Stretching

2) Stick to eating plan - basically Weight Watchers Core Plan with occasional meal replacement drink.

* With Chris's (my Husband) work being so unpredictable at the moment it's hard to be more specific than this at the moment. I'd like to have specific days and sessions planned but just have to be flexible at the moment.

Getting back into running

Well the plan at the moment is to get back into running 3 days a week, and paddle at least once (hopefully more) a week. In previous months I completed the C25K program, but was still finding the 30 minute runs very challenging. Due to sickness and the festive season I have not been running much at all. So today started my return to running.
I drove down to the usual lake parking spot and walked to the double bridge, ran to the end of the path, walked about 5 minutes, and ran back to the double bridge again, with a cool-down walk and stretch afterwards. So generally, a 5 minute walk, 10 minute run, 5 minute walk, 10 minute run, 5 minute walk and stretch. I felt pretty good and will be ready to increase the running next time.
*Please note that when I say running - at the moment I am referring to plodding/shuffling.

'Before' measurements

Well, as you can tell by my 'before' photos I am far from being a good weight and physique for kayak racing. My current measurements which I will update regularly are...

Weight: 82.0kg
Axillary: 100cm
Waist: 91.5cm
Naval: 105.5cm
Hips: 107cm
R.Thigh: 56cm