Andrew is getting fit

Andrew is getting fit One day at a time. 2012-02-07T00:08:02Z http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/feed/atom/ WordPress AndrewIsGettingFithttp://feedburner.google.com Andrew http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com <![CDATA[Why we get fat]]> http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/?p=1563 2012-02-07T00:08:02Z 2012-02-07T00:07:50Z

I like to listen to audiobooks while I’m out running and the latest one I’ve listened to is Gary Taubes’s “Why We Get Fat:  And What to Do About It.” To be honest I didn’t really learn a lot from the book because I read “Good Calories, Bad Calories” which was his earlier book. Good [...]

<p>I like to listen to audiobooks while I’m out running and the latest one I’ve listened to is Gary Taubes’s “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307272702/andreisgettif-20" target="_blank">Why We Get Fat:  And What to Do About It</a>.”</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307272702/andreisgettif-20" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 9px 0px 0px; display: inline; float: left" alt="Why We Get Fat (paperback)" align="left" src="http://garytaubes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/why_we_get_fat-100x150.png" /></a></p> <p>To be honest I didn’t really learn a lot from the book because I read “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400033462/andreisgettif-20" target="_blank">Good Calories, Bad Calories</a>” which was his earlier book. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400033462/andreisgettif-20" target="_blank">Good Calories, Bad Calories</a> goes into much more detail and in his forward to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307272702/andreisgettif-20" target="_blank">Why We Get Fat</a> he states that <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307272702/andreisgettif-20" target="_blank">Why we Get Fat</a> is an updated and simplified version of the book that you can give to friends and family in order to spread the word.</p> <p>Taubes’ central premise is that the key to living a leaner and healthier life is to avoid processed/refined carbohydrates (i.e. white flour, sugar and other easily digested starches).  </p> <p>He also goes through a lot of studies showing that our traditional advice to eat low fat and exercise more in order to lose weight is not really based on good science and that low carb lifestyles have consistently proven to be more healthy and effective.</p> <p>I’m not an expert in the field but I can say that every time I’ve chosen to lose weight all I have to do is cut out wheat and sugar and then the weight sort of just disappears.  </p> <p>Of course I do run close to 50 miles a week but I’ve managed to gain weight before while running even more than that so I think there is something to it.</p> <p>Overall I think this book is very good and I would strongly recommend that anyone who wants to live healthier reads it.</p> <hr /> <p><small>© ebsfwan for <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com">Andrew is getting fit</a>, 2012. | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2012/02/07/why-we-get-fat/">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2012/02/07/why-we-get-fat/#comments">No comment</a> | Add to <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2012/02/07/why-we-get-fat/&title=Why we get fat">del.icio.us</a> <br/> Post tags: <br/> </small></p><a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2012/02/07/why-we-get-fat/" title="Linking blogs to this article, on Technorati">Who is linking?</a> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p><small>Feed enhanced by <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/'>Better Feed</a> from <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/'>Ozh</a></small></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lEbZpzcb8WoBR4vyLa6hTHEFJwo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lEbZpzcb8WoBR4vyLa6hTHEFJwo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lEbZpzcb8WoBR4vyLa6hTHEFJwo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lEbZpzcb8WoBR4vyLa6hTHEFJwo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AndrewIsGettingFit/~4/H5VbkByR9Hg" height="1" width="1"/> 0 Andrew http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com <![CDATA[A good streak]]> http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/?p=1558 2012-01-26T19:45:27Z 2012-01-26T19:39:11Z

In 2011 I let myself regain about 9 kgs (about 20 pounds) of weight which was probably not a good idea in hindsight! Most of this was gained in the last 5 months of 2011 due to excessive snacking. Having said that I’ve made a commitment with myself to get back down to the normal [...]

<p>In 2011 I let myself regain about 9 kgs (about 20 pounds) of weight which was probably not a good idea in hindsight! Most of this was gained in the last 5 months of 2011 due to excessive snacking.</p> <p>Having said that I’ve made a commitment with myself to get back down to the normal BMI again in 2012. To do that I need to lose about 14kgs (about 31 pounds). My main meals are generally very healthy and my exercise regime is sound so to do that all I really have to do is abstain from unhealthy snacks.</p> <p>I’ve cut out the lattes and mochachinos at work and the evening chips and the results have been as expected. I’ve managed to consistently lose weight. The only blip on my chart for this year has been Chinese New Year where I indulged in the family feast but even then not excessively.</p> <p><a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/image.png"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="image" src="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/image_thumb.png" alt="image" width="474" height="323" border="0" /></a></p> <p>My running over the same period has been very consistent as well:</p> <p><a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/image1.png"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="image" src="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/image_thumb1.png" alt="image" width="476" height="316" border="0" /></a></p> <p>In fact I’ve averaged more than 10km a day over the last 30 days which is not too shabby.</p> <p>I’d really like to get my weight down as I would love to smash my marathon PR this year. Last year I failed to even come close to a PR and I believe that was mainly down to carrying excess flab.</p> <p>Here’s hoping the streak continues!</p> <hr /> <p><small>© ebsfwan for <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com">Andrew is getting fit</a>, 2012. | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2012/01/27/a-good-streak/">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2012/01/27/a-good-streak/#comments">6 comments</a> | Add to <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2012/01/27/a-good-streak/&title=A good streak">del.icio.us</a> <br/> Post tags: <br/> </small></p><a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2012/01/27/a-good-streak/" title="Linking blogs to this article, on Technorati">Who is linking?</a> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p><small>Feed enhanced by <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/'>Better Feed</a> from <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/'>Ozh</a></small></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BTab1d9hX-XOyW2ySyFwv3OblyA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BTab1d9hX-XOyW2ySyFwv3OblyA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BTab1d9hX-XOyW2ySyFwv3OblyA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BTab1d9hX-XOyW2ySyFwv3OblyA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AndrewIsGettingFit/~4/IFbXhWAzqqE" height="1" width="1"/> 6 Andrew http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com <![CDATA[Christchurch Marathon 2012]]> http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/?p=1552 2012-01-09T22:15:54Z 2012-01-09T22:15:43Z

I’ve just entered the Christchurch Marathon which will be held on the 3rd of June this year.  I’ll be aiming for a PR but to do that I’ll need to shed a few more pounds.  Let’s see how it goes! © ebsfwan for Andrew is getting fit, 2012. | Permalink | 8 comments | Add [...]

<p>I’ve just entered the <a href="http://www.christchurchmarathon.co.nz/">Christchurch Marathon</a> which will be held on the 3rd of June this year.  I’ll be aiming for a PR but to do that I’ll need to shed a few more pounds.  Let’s see how it goes!</p> <hr /> <p><small>© ebsfwan for <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com">Andrew is getting fit</a>, 2012. | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2012/01/10/christchurch-marathon-2012/">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2012/01/10/christchurch-marathon-2012/#comments">8 comments</a> | Add to <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2012/01/10/christchurch-marathon-2012/&title=Christchurch Marathon 2012">del.icio.us</a> <br/> Post tags: <br/> </small></p><a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2012/01/10/christchurch-marathon-2012/" title="Linking blogs to this article, on Technorati">Who is linking?</a> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p><small>Feed enhanced by <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/'>Better Feed</a> from <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/'>Ozh</a></small></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rsfCQiZQTiTIeJ4GGfFKtjLedqc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rsfCQiZQTiTIeJ4GGfFKtjLedqc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rsfCQiZQTiTIeJ4GGfFKtjLedqc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rsfCQiZQTiTIeJ4GGfFKtjLedqc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AndrewIsGettingFit/~4/baBppavgfQc" height="1" width="1"/> 8 Andrew http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com <![CDATA[Get out and walk]]> http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/12/19/get-out-and-walk/ 2011-12-19T08:36:28Z 2011-12-19T08:22:50Z

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<p><iframe width="450" height="259" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aUaInS6HIGo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <hr /> <p><small>© ebsfwan for <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com">Andrew is getting fit</a>, 2011. | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/12/19/get-out-and-walk/">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/12/19/get-out-and-walk/#comments">3 comments</a> | Add to <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/12/19/get-out-and-walk/&title=Get out and walk">del.icio.us</a> <br/> Post tags: <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/tag/health/" rel="tag">Health</a><br/> </small></p><a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/12/19/get-out-and-walk/" title="Linking blogs to this article, on Technorati">Who is linking?</a> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p><small>Feed enhanced by <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/'>Better Feed</a> from <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/'>Ozh</a></small></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4yUGhM7j7LxnCHrh6hOfJ17zts4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4yUGhM7j7LxnCHrh6hOfJ17zts4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4yUGhM7j7LxnCHrh6hOfJ17zts4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4yUGhM7j7LxnCHrh6hOfJ17zts4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AndrewIsGettingFit/~4/CE5PnTVXZGk" height="1" width="1"/> 3 Andrew http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com <![CDATA[Run less, run faster]]> http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/12/06/run-less-run-faster/ 2011-12-06T05:22:04Z 2011-12-06T05:20:33Z

My good friend Peter has become a bit of a devotee of the “Run less, run faster” method of marathon training ever since I loaned him the book “Runner’s World Run Less, Run Faster: Become a Faster, Stronger Runner with the Revolutionary FIRST Training Program”. It has certainly worked for him as he smashed all [...]

<p>My good friend <a href="http://www.petersmith.org/blog/" target="_blank">Peter</a> has become a bit of a devotee of the “Run less, run faster” method of marathon training ever since I loaned him the book “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/159486649X/andreisgettif-20" target="_blank">Runner’s World Run Less, Run Faster: Become a Faster, Stronger Runner with the Revolutionary FIRST Training Program</a>”.</p> <p>It has certainly worked for him as he smashed all his PBs this year.</p> <p>He’s cobbled together a <a href="http://www.petersmith.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/FirstMarathon.xlsx">spreadsheet</a> that does most of the heavy lifting in terms of working out the timings that one needs to do. I’d strongly recommend heading over to <a href="http://www.petersmith.org/blog/2011/12/run-less-run-more/" target="_blank">his blog</a> and having a look.</p> <p>It’s currently metric but if you ask him nicely I’m very sure he’d modify it to include imperial units.</p> <hr /> <p><small>© ebsfwan for <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com">Andrew is getting fit</a>, 2011. | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/12/06/run-less-run-faster/">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/12/06/run-less-run-faster/#comments">14 comments</a> | Add to <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/12/06/run-less-run-faster/&title=Run less, run faster">del.icio.us</a> <br/> Post tags: <br/> </small></p><a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/12/06/run-less-run-faster/" title="Linking blogs to this article, on Technorati">Who is linking?</a> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p><small>Feed enhanced by <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/'>Better Feed</a> from <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/'>Ozh</a></small></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EQQxpkVnGUTJAUC6KRbvRoqAKy0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EQQxpkVnGUTJAUC6KRbvRoqAKy0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EQQxpkVnGUTJAUC6KRbvRoqAKy0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EQQxpkVnGUTJAUC6KRbvRoqAKy0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AndrewIsGettingFit/~4/NxeHe_d0JJk" height="1" width="1"/> 14 Andrew http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com <![CDATA[A view from the sidelines]]> http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/12/04/a-view-from-the-sidelines/ 2011-12-06T07:30:07Z 2011-12-04T04:58:01Z

One big advantage of being injured and having to take a bit of time off from running has been that I’ve been able to support my wife’s running a bit more. Last week she did the ADRA half marathon. Originally we were both going to do it but I wasn’t running anymore so she had [...]

<p>One big advantage of being injured and having to take a bit of time off from running has been that I’ve been able to support my wife’s running a bit more.</p> <p>Last week she did the ADRA half marathon. Originally we were both going to do it but I wasn’t running anymore so she had to do it by herself. This worked out really nicely in a way in that I could take our daughter along to cheer for her. And boy did we cheer. We drove our to a few spots around the course and cheered her on. I’m pleased to report that it seemed to help as she smashed her half marathon PR by about 5 minutes. Worryingly, the first words out of her mouth at the finish line were “Damn, I didn’t quite beat your PR!” I think I’m going to have to do a bit of speed work!</p> <p>Today she did the Women’s Sculpt 6K (should be called the Sculpt 6.5K!) and we were onsite to cheer again. She was doing it with a friend from my daughter’s daycare and I got volunteered to look after the kids:</p> <p><a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/6450666269_e5975efe13.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0pt none;" title="6450666269_e5975efe13" src="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/6450666269_e5975efe13_thumb.jpg" alt="6450666269_e5975efe13" width="484" height="314" border="0" /></a></p> <p>They were real little angels and had a great time.</p> <hr /> <p><small>© ebsfwan for <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com">Andrew is getting fit</a>, 2011. | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/12/04/a-view-from-the-sidelines/">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/12/04/a-view-from-the-sidelines/#comments">2 comments</a> | Add to <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/12/04/a-view-from-the-sidelines/&title=A view from the sidelines">del.icio.us</a> <br/> Post tags: <br/> </small></p><a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/12/04/a-view-from-the-sidelines/" title="Linking blogs to this article, on Technorati">Who is linking?</a> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p><small>Feed enhanced by <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/'>Better Feed</a> from <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/'>Ozh</a></small></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mRFk5KwAF7f9r7yjyBciFTLGylg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mRFk5KwAF7f9r7yjyBciFTLGylg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mRFk5KwAF7f9r7yjyBciFTLGylg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mRFk5KwAF7f9r7yjyBciFTLGylg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AndrewIsGettingFit/~4/-KUU40mGMVM" height="1" width="1"/> 2 Andrew http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com <![CDATA[Les Mills Britomart]]> http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/?p=1533 2011-12-06T07:36:38Z 2011-11-30T01:17:37Z

I got contacted by Les Mills Britomart on the weekend and they asked me if I would be keen to give their gym a whirl. I decided that I would even though I suspected I wouldn’t be joining long term. I’ve been a member of the gym at my work (I work at the University [...]

<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/1104/e556889df8b85f673729.jpeg" alt="" width="593" height="204" /></p> <p>I got contacted by<a href="http://www.lesmillsbritomart.co.nz/"> Les Mills Britomart</a> on the weekend and they asked me if I would be keen to give their gym a whirl. I decided that I would even though I suspected I wouldn’t be joining long term.</p> <p>I’ve been a member of the gym at my work (I work at the University of Auckland) for years and it’s ok. It’s got everything I need but it is a student gym so it’s not particularly flash. However, it is extremely convenient as it takes me bugger all time to get to before or after work.</p> <p>This gym is about 2 and a bit km away so it’s about a 15 minute walk each way. This is quite nice as it is a good warm up and cool down but I could imagine if it was raining then it would be rather annoying.</p> <p>The gym itself was very nice. It’s quite a different demographic to the Uni one as it is what I would consider rather pricey. Just for comparison purposes its about 3-4 times the price of my current gym.</p> <p>The equipment is very nice however. The cardio machines are fantastic as they have touchscreen tvs, ipod docks, pretty graphs and games built in. I didn’t use the TV but I did enjoy seeing my heart rate, speed and incline graphs while running on the treadmill.</p> <p>My physio has ordered me to cycle (and I hate indoor cycling!) but the 30 minutes I did today flew by as I discovered some maths games and was quite happily doing those and was actually annoyed when the half hour on the bike was up.</p> <p>Overall I enjoyed my visit and I’ll be going back a few more times but I don’t think I could justify the price for a full membership. The gear and stuff at my current gym is not quite as nice or advanced but it gets the job done for a lot less money. It is also really hard to beat the convenience factor.</p> <hr /> <p><small>© ebsfwan for <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com">Andrew is getting fit</a>, 2011. | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/11/30/les-mills-britomart/">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/11/30/les-mills-britomart/#comments">One comment</a> | Add to <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/11/30/les-mills-britomart/&title=Les Mills Britomart">del.icio.us</a> <br/> Post tags: <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/tag/gym/" rel="tag">gym</a><br/> </small></p><a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/11/30/les-mills-britomart/" title="Linking blogs to this article, on Technorati">Who is linking?</a> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p><small>Feed enhanced by <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/'>Better Feed</a> from <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/'>Ozh</a></small></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TOyMwBpW3zjWyy7d_XbstAlMmC0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TOyMwBpW3zjWyy7d_XbstAlMmC0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TOyMwBpW3zjWyy7d_XbstAlMmC0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TOyMwBpW3zjWyy7d_XbstAlMmC0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AndrewIsGettingFit/~4/cM8R-18EReE" height="1" width="1"/> 1 Andrew http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com <![CDATA[Everything is going to be alright]]> http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/?p=1529 2011-11-28T03:12:47Z 2011-11-28T03:11:29Z

This year has been a bit of a dud in terms of fitness achievements. I did two marathons and they were both very slow and while there were valid excuses reasons for my poor performances it still rankles a bit. I’ve had to stop running (for 3 weeks before one of the marathons) due to [...]

<p>This year has been a bit of a dud in terms of fitness achievements.</p> <p>I did two marathons and they were both very slow and while there were valid <del>excuse</del>s reasons for my poor performances it still rankles a bit. I’ve had to stop running (for 3 weeks before one of the marathons) due to a chest infection and that really knocked me back mentally and I resorted to a bit too much <del>comfort</del> food. I then picked up an injury and haven’t been running for pretty much the whole of November. So I’m finishing the year slower and fatter than I started it.</p> <p>On the other hand, I did finish in the top half of an (awesome) ULTRA MARATHON! Plus, I did complete two full marathons on top of that. So it’s not like I’ve been slacking off or anything.</p> <p>The good news is that I got the all clear to start running again today so I’m back. I just signed up to try and run at least 2012 km in 2012 on <a href="http://www.dailymile.com/challenges/4292-run-at-least-2012km-in-2012">DailyMile</a>. Having said that I wonder if I can get 2011km in 2011? 52km in 4 weeks…I can do that! <img src='http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p> <hr /> <p><small>© ebsfwan for <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com">Andrew is getting fit</a>, 2011. | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/11/28/everything-is-going-to-be-alright/">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/11/28/everything-is-going-to-be-alright/#comments">4 comments</a> | Add to <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/11/28/everything-is-going-to-be-alright/&title=Everything is going to be alright">del.icio.us</a> <br/> Post tags: <br/> </small></p><a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/11/28/everything-is-going-to-be-alright/" title="Linking blogs to this article, on Technorati">Who is linking?</a> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p><small>Feed enhanced by <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/'>Better Feed</a> from <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/'>Ozh</a></small></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IyUZwtA_rdpMbpYR39CqvrKPICw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IyUZwtA_rdpMbpYR39CqvrKPICw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IyUZwtA_rdpMbpYR39CqvrKPICw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IyUZwtA_rdpMbpYR39CqvrKPICw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AndrewIsGettingFit/~4/I28VGq82xtQ" height="1" width="1"/> 4 Andrew http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com <![CDATA[Auckland Marathon!]]> http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/?p=1522 2011-10-26T07:54:21Z 2011-10-26T07:54:21Z

The Auckland Marathon is on this Sunday and I can’t wait. I’m fairly certain that I’ll be running slower this year than last as I missed pretty much all my 20 milers (except 1) due to 3 weeks off all running with a fairly nasty chest infection. I still plan on having a blast though! [...]

<p>The Auckland Marathon is on this Sunday and I can’t wait.</p> <p>I’m fairly certain that I’ll be running slower this year than last as I missed pretty much all my 20 milers (except 1) due to 3 weeks off all running with a fairly nasty chest infection.</p> <p>I still plan on having a blast though!</p> <hr /> <p><small>© ebsfwan for <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com">Andrew is getting fit</a>, 2011. | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/10/26/auckland-marathon/">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/10/26/auckland-marathon/#comments">19 comments</a> | Add to <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/10/26/auckland-marathon/&title=Auckland Marathon!">del.icio.us</a> <br/> Post tags: <br/> </small></p><a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/10/26/auckland-marathon/" title="Linking blogs to this article, on Technorati">Who is linking?</a> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p><small>Feed enhanced by <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/'>Better Feed</a> from <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/'>Ozh</a></small></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vrGTLqLWrbpHETWqOSuDKx6aW0I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vrGTLqLWrbpHETWqOSuDKx6aW0I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vrGTLqLWrbpHETWqOSuDKx6aW0I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vrGTLqLWrbpHETWqOSuDKx6aW0I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AndrewIsGettingFit/~4/qwp0GzZH-B4" height="1" width="1"/> 19 Andrew http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com <![CDATA[North Shore Marathon]]> http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/08/31/north-shore-marathon/ 2011-08-31T02:16:41Z 2011-08-31T02:16:41Z

I ran in the inaugural North Shore marathon on Sunday.  This was marathon number 7 for me (8 if you include the Ultra). The weather appeared to be quite perfect on the drive to the start as there was a thick fog blanketing Auckland.  Unfortunately it burnt off reasonably quickly and we had the hottest [...]

<p>I ran in the inaugural <a href="http://www.northshoremarathon.co.nz/">North Shore marathon</a> on Sunday.  This was marathon number 7 for me (8 if you include the Ultra).</p> <p>The weather appeared to be quite perfect on the drive to the start as there was a thick fog blanketing Auckland.  Unfortunately it burnt off reasonably quickly and we had the hottest day of the winter for most of the marathon.</p> <p>The marathon course was two loops of the half marathon course and I found it pretty tough. Most of the course was undulating with a particularly nasty hill climb up North Head which is a small steep volcano cone. I found going up that really drained all energy <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/3df0dc072ebcb6b81cd235c205454c05.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="3df0dc072ebcb6b81cd235c205454c05" border="0" alt="3df0dc072ebcb6b81cd235c205454c05" align="left" src="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/3df0dc072ebcb6b81cd235c205454c05_thumb.jpg" width="237" height="162" /></a>and enthusiasm and the slippery grass coming down was rather treacherous. Other than that it wasn’t too bad.  Lots of scenic views and the last km of each loop along the beach was pretty if not always firm underfoot.</p> <p>I hit the first half bang on my target of about 2 hours.  The plan had been to do a negative split but my dreams of maintaining that hit reality pretty quickly into the second loop.  </p> <p>I personally think I was undertrained for this marathon as my last long run was in mid June as I spent most of July wrestling with a chest lurgy.  The second loop took about 2:48 which involved a fair bit of run/walking towards the end.</p> <p>Overall a disappointing time but on the day I was just happy to finish. I finished 25th in my age group and 81st overall. </p> <p>It was great to see fellow daily miler <a href="http://www.dailymile.com/people/DaniloC">Danilo</a> out on the course.  He snapped the photo!  I ran the first half with my running buddy Peter who did an outstanding PB of 4:03:00.</p> <p>8 and a half weeks to the <a href="http://www.aucklandmarathon.co.nz/">Auckland Marathon</a>!</p> <hr /> <p><small>© ebsfwan for <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com">Andrew is getting fit</a>, 2011. | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/08/31/north-shore-marathon/">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/08/31/north-shore-marathon/#comments">27 comments</a> | Add to <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/08/31/north-shore-marathon/&title=North Shore Marathon">del.icio.us</a> <br/> Post tags: <br/> </small></p><a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/08/31/north-shore-marathon/" title="Linking blogs to this article, on Technorati">Who is linking?</a> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p><small>Feed enhanced by <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/'>Better Feed</a> from <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/'>Ozh</a></small></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XnT1mrA3OaGRPzZtZSqY-DMguxY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XnT1mrA3OaGRPzZtZSqY-DMguxY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XnT1mrA3OaGRPzZtZSqY-DMguxY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XnT1mrA3OaGRPzZtZSqY-DMguxY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AndrewIsGettingFit/~4/qaMyhMi8ItM" height="1" width="1"/> 27 Andrew http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com <![CDATA[Helicopters!]]> http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/?p=1515 2011-07-11T19:24:19Z 2011-07-11T19:21:42Z

I ran past the Rescue Helicopter base yesterday as one was taking off. I still get that childhood thrill from watching helicopters! Terrible run as it was extremely windy and I’m still coughing up green stuff. 11Km in 1:12:31. Posted from WordPress for Windows Phone © ebsfwan for Andrew is getting fit, 2011. | Permalink [...]

<p>I ran past the Rescue Helicopter base yesterday as one was taking off. I still get that childhood thrill from watching helicopters!<br /> <img src="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/201171271738.jpg" style="height:375px; width:500px;" /><br /> Terrible run as it was extremely windy and I’m still coughing up green stuff. 11Km in 1:12:31.<br /> Posted from WordPress for Windows Phone</p> <hr /> <p><small>© ebsfwan for <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com">Andrew is getting fit</a>, 2011. | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/07/12/helicopters/">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/07/12/helicopters/#comments">9 comments</a> | Add to <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/07/12/helicopters/&title=Helicopters!">del.icio.us</a> <br/> Post tags: <br/> </small></p><a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/07/12/helicopters/" title="Linking blogs to this article, on Technorati">Who is linking?</a> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p><small>Feed enhanced by <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/'>Better Feed</a> from <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/'>Ozh</a></small></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X3tlhSEaohjaNt0-hiERSYHEXgA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X3tlhSEaohjaNt0-hiERSYHEXgA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X3tlhSEaohjaNt0-hiERSYHEXgA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X3tlhSEaohjaNt0-hiERSYHEXgA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AndrewIsGettingFit/~4/jyv4q11FaTU" height="1" width="1"/> 9 Andrew http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com <![CDATA[Pictures from my runs]]> http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/07/10/pictures-from-my-runs/ 2011-07-10T03:39:38Z 2011-07-10T03:39:38Z

I’m going to go back to posting pictures from my runs for a bit. I ran inside today as I’ve had a bit of a chest condition and I’m easing back into things. 10km in 55 mins. © ebsfwan for Andrew is getting fit, 2011. | Permalink | 11 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post [...]

<p><a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110710-033745.jpg"><img src="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110710-033745.jpg" alt="20110710-033745.jpg" class="alignnone size-full" /></a></p> <p>I’m going to go back to posting pictures from my runs for a bit. I ran inside today as I’ve had a bit of a chest condition and I’m easing back into things. 10km in 55 mins.</p> <hr /> <p><small>© ebsfwan for <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com">Andrew is getting fit</a>, 2011. | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/07/10/pictures-from-my-runs/">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/07/10/pictures-from-my-runs/#comments">11 comments</a> | Add to <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/07/10/pictures-from-my-runs/&title=Pictures from my runs">del.icio.us</a> <br/> Post tags: <br/> </small></p><a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/07/10/pictures-from-my-runs/" title="Linking blogs to this article, on Technorati">Who is linking?</a> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p><small>Feed enhanced by <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/'>Better Feed</a> from <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/'>Ozh</a></small></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/65L8Yd7ABXfehcIcAOJG-OOkQjg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/65L8Yd7ABXfehcIcAOJG-OOkQjg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/65L8Yd7ABXfehcIcAOJG-OOkQjg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/65L8Yd7ABXfehcIcAOJG-OOkQjg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AndrewIsGettingFit/~4/TyLn9tZOxak" height="1" width="1"/> 11 Andrew http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com <![CDATA[It’s Wednesday which means intervals!]]> http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/06/01/its-wednesday-which-means-intervals/ 2011-06-01T06:58:23Z 2011-06-01T06:58:23Z

Peter and I did intervals in the Auckland Domain again today. We upped it to ten quarter km repeats. He did them in well under a minute whereas I was hovering around the minute mark. I remembered to wear my HR strap and you can definitely see that I had to work a bit harder [...]

<p><a href="http://www.dailymile.com/people/PeterS6">Peter</a> and I did intervals in the Auckland Domain again today. We upped it to ten quarter km repeats. He did them in well under a minute whereas I was hovering around the minute mark.</p> <p><a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/My-Activities-1-06-2011-Split-pace.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="My Activities 1-06-2011, Split pace" border="0" alt="My Activities 1-06-2011, Split pace" src="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/My-Activities-1-06-2011-Split-pace_thumb.png" width="538" height="324" /></a></p> <p>I remembered to wear my HR strap and you can definitely see that I had to work a bit harder at times!</p> <p><a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/My-Activities-1-06-2011-Heart-rate-Time.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="My Activities 1-06-2011, Heart rate - Time" border="0" alt="My Activities 1-06-2011, Heart rate - Time" src="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/My-Activities-1-06-2011-Heart-rate-Time_thumb.png" width="538" height="324" /></a></p> <p>I think the intervals are pretty good.  You definitely know you’re getting a workout while doing them. <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" alt="Smile" src="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/wlEmoticon-smile.png" /></p> <hr /> <p><small>© ebsfwan for <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com">Andrew is getting fit</a>, 2011. | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/06/01/its-wednesday-which-means-intervals/">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/06/01/its-wednesday-which-means-intervals/#comments">13 comments</a> | Add to <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/06/01/its-wednesday-which-means-intervals/&title=It’s Wednesday which means intervals!">del.icio.us</a> <br/> Post tags: <br/> </small></p><a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/06/01/its-wednesday-which-means-intervals/" title="Linking blogs to this article, on Technorati">Who is linking?</a> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p><small>Feed enhanced by <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/'>Better Feed</a> from <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/'>Ozh</a></small></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/I9xBmPPR35ag6g0yID7Bv_iLHwo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/I9xBmPPR35ag6g0yID7Bv_iLHwo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/I9xBmPPR35ag6g0yID7Bv_iLHwo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/I9xBmPPR35ag6g0yID7Bv_iLHwo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AndrewIsGettingFit/~4/L2BcX5Aa97M" height="1" width="1"/> 13 Andrew http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com <![CDATA[The joy of early morning runs]]> http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/05/30/the-joy-of-early-morning-runs/ 2011-05-29T20:40:22Z 2011-05-29T20:40:22Z

I love running first thing in the morning.  I find it just sets the day up right.  I especially like runs where I am out and about as the sun comes up.  This is the view from my run: How can you not enjoy running when you have a view like this? © ebsfwan for [...]

<p>I love running first thing in the morning.  I find it just sets the day up right.  I especially like runs where I am out and about as the sun comes up.  This is the view from my run:</p> <p><a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/DSC03475.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC03475" border="0" alt="DSC03475" src="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/DSC03475_thumb.jpg" width="532" height="400" /></a></p> <p>How can you not enjoy running when you have a view like this?</p> <hr /> <p><small>© ebsfwan for <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com">Andrew is getting fit</a>, 2011. | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/05/30/the-joy-of-early-morning-runs/">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/05/30/the-joy-of-early-morning-runs/#comments">19 comments</a> | Add to <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/05/30/the-joy-of-early-morning-runs/&title=The joy of early morning runs">del.icio.us</a> <br/> Post tags: <br/> </small></p><a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/05/30/the-joy-of-early-morning-runs/" title="Linking blogs to this article, on Technorati">Who is linking?</a> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p><small>Feed enhanced by <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/'>Better Feed</a> from <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/'>Ozh</a></small></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D1tqxftXiroG-xDOBtfULognxJ0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D1tqxftXiroG-xDOBtfULognxJ0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D1tqxftXiroG-xDOBtfULognxJ0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D1tqxftXiroG-xDOBtfULognxJ0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AndrewIsGettingFit/~4/ZKWVLme0N54" height="1" width="1"/> 19 Andrew http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com <![CDATA[A wee hill run]]> http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/05/28/a-wee-hill-run/ 2011-05-27T20:59:20Z 2011-05-27T20:59:20Z

Peter and I have started a good habit.  Every second Friday we do a wee hill run.  Our route takes us up through through the Auckland Domain, up the aptly named Mountain Rd and then we do 3 times up and down Mt Eden’s volcanic cone.  On our way back through the Domain we also [...]

<p><a href="http://www.dailymile.com/people/PeterS6">Peter</a> and I have started a good habit.  Every second Friday we do a wee hill run.  Our route takes us up through through the Auckland Domain, up the aptly named Mountain Rd and then we do 3 times up and down Mt Eden’s volcanic cone.  </p> <p><a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/My-Activities-27-05-2011-Elevation-Distance.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="My Activities 27-05-2011, Elevation - Distance" border="0" alt="My Activities 27-05-2011, Elevation - Distance" src="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/My-Activities-27-05-2011-Elevation-Distance_thumb.png" width="546" height="329" /></a></p> <p>On our way back through the Domain we also do a quarter km sprint.  Just because we can.</p> <hr /> <p><small>© ebsfwan for <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com">Andrew is getting fit</a>, 2011. | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/05/28/a-wee-hill-run/">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/05/28/a-wee-hill-run/#comments">6 comments</a> | Add to <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/05/28/a-wee-hill-run/&title=A wee hill run">del.icio.us</a> <br/> Post tags: <br/> </small></p><a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/05/28/a-wee-hill-run/" title="Linking blogs to this article, on Technorati">Who is linking?</a> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p><small>Feed enhanced by <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/'>Better Feed</a> from <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/'>Ozh</a></small></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lAc7M8qSTPdW2-6P9W9mve8zCMI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lAc7M8qSTPdW2-6P9W9mve8zCMI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lAc7M8qSTPdW2-6P9W9mve8zCMI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lAc7M8qSTPdW2-6P9W9mve8zCMI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AndrewIsGettingFit/~4/ze9rqiNAHjU" height="1" width="1"/> 6 Andrew http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com <![CDATA[Time to get priorities right]]> http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/05/24/time-to-get-priorities-right/ 2011-05-24T06:11:36Z 2011-05-24T06:11:36Z

The last few months have been crazy busy and I’ve been neglecting my blog somewhat. I find that when I do this that my motivation to focus on healthy living tends to diminish. This results in more eating and of the wrong stuff. I’m a good 3kgs heavier than I was when I ran the [...]

<p>The last few months have been crazy busy and I’ve been neglecting my blog somewhat. I find that when I do this that my motivation to focus on healthy living tends to diminish. This results in more eating and of the wrong stuff. I’m a good 3kgs heavier than I was when I ran the Taipei marathon last year and about 7kgs heavier than this time last year.</p> <p>As such, I have decided that it is time to get my priorities right and refocus on eating healthy. The way to do this is by making good choices from moment to moment. I’ve been using the “I’ll start next week routine” for the last 6 months with predictable results. I’m going to make an effort to check in more here and on other blogs. I really value the shared sense of accountability.</p> <hr /> <p><small>© ebsfwan for <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com">Andrew is getting fit</a>, 2011. | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/05/24/time-to-get-priorities-right/">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/05/24/time-to-get-priorities-right/#comments">15 comments</a> | Add to <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/05/24/time-to-get-priorities-right/&title=Time to get priorities right">del.icio.us</a> <br/> Post tags: <br/> </small></p><a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/05/24/time-to-get-priorities-right/" title="Linking blogs to this article, on Technorati">Who is linking?</a> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p><small>Feed enhanced by <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/'>Better Feed</a> from <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/'>Ozh</a></small></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5AlurnkWheiiOvLslwp0tNoGft8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5AlurnkWheiiOvLslwp0tNoGft8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5AlurnkWheiiOvLslwp0tNoGft8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5AlurnkWheiiOvLslwp0tNoGft8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AndrewIsGettingFit/~4/S9xuwhlW334" height="1" width="1"/> 15 Andrew http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com <![CDATA[Missed the Huntly Half]]> http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/05/22/missed-the-huntly-half/ 2011-05-22T06:02:25Z 2011-05-22T06:02:25Z

I had to miss the Huntly Half Marathon today as my wife has the flu and it would have been a bit rough for me to have left her alone with our 3 year old. I need to find a replacement challenge I think! © ebsfwan for Andrew is getting fit, 2011. | Permalink | [...]

<p>I had to miss the Huntly Half Marathon today as my wife has the flu and it would have been a bit rough for me to have left her alone with our 3 year old. </p> <p>I need to find a replacement challenge I think!</p> <hr /> <p><small>© ebsfwan for <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com">Andrew is getting fit</a>, 2011. | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/05/22/missed-the-huntly-half/">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/05/22/missed-the-huntly-half/#comments">7 comments</a> | Add to <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/05/22/missed-the-huntly-half/&title=Missed the Huntly Half">del.icio.us</a> <br/> Post tags: <br/> </small></p><a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/05/22/missed-the-huntly-half/" title="Linking blogs to this article, on Technorati">Who is linking?</a> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p><small>Feed enhanced by <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/'>Better Feed</a> from <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/'>Ozh</a></small></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jztml8Is2AeQZ8ePQuvUMsO5fW8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jztml8Is2AeQZ8ePQuvUMsO5fW8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jztml8Is2AeQZ8ePQuvUMsO5fW8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jztml8Is2AeQZ8ePQuvUMsO5fW8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AndrewIsGettingFit/~4/wtjUSJB5YsI" height="1" width="1"/> 7 Andrew http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com <![CDATA[This week’s intervals]]> http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/04/27/this-weeks-intervals/ 2011-04-27T09:13:30Z 2011-04-27T09:13:30Z

They were a little different this week as we ran on the road rather than the grass in the Domain. Both of us found it easier to go slightly faster.  I’m not sure if that was because of running on the road instead of the grass, being slightly fitter, or mis-measuring the distance.  It’s probably [...]

<p>They were a little different this week as we ran on the road rather than the grass in the Domain.</p> <p><a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/image2.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/image_thumb2.png" width="551" height="257" /></a></p> <p>Both of us found it easier to go slightly faster.  I’m not sure if that was because of running on the road instead of the grass, being slightly fitter, or mis-measuring the distance.  It’s probably some weird combination of the above.  </p> <hr /> <p><small>© ebsfwan for <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com">Andrew is getting fit</a>, 2011. | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/04/27/this-weeks-intervals/">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/04/27/this-weeks-intervals/#comments">3 comments</a> | Add to <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/04/27/this-weeks-intervals/&title=This week’s intervals">del.icio.us</a> <br/> Post tags: <br/> </small></p><a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/04/27/this-weeks-intervals/" title="Linking blogs to this article, on Technorati">Who is linking?</a> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p><small>Feed enhanced by <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/'>Better Feed</a> from <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/'>Ozh</a></small></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/75BzSYjOuFU5PluB3pdXWao8leY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/75BzSYjOuFU5PluB3pdXWao8leY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/75BzSYjOuFU5PluB3pdXWao8leY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/75BzSYjOuFU5PluB3pdXWao8leY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AndrewIsGettingFit/~4/fsa8dyZD4uA" height="1" width="1"/> 3 Andrew http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com <![CDATA[Marathon thoughts]]> http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/04/23/marathon-thoughts/ 2011-04-22T21:05:01Z 2011-04-22T21:05:01Z

Stupid but it made me laugh. © ebsfwan for Andrew is getting fit, 2011. | Permalink | 8 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Who is linking? Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh

<p>Stupid but it made me laugh.</p> <p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:c59ce260-0747-46d6-9f5b-b54fbccc0834" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"> <div><object width="448" height="252"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NsMw10KVVCk?hl=en&hd=1"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NsMw10KVVCk?hl=en&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="448" height="252"></embed></object></div> </div> <hr /> <p><small>© ebsfwan for <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com">Andrew is getting fit</a>, 2011. | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/04/23/marathon-thoughts/">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/04/23/marathon-thoughts/#comments">8 comments</a> | Add to <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/04/23/marathon-thoughts/&title=Marathon thoughts">del.icio.us</a> <br/> Post tags: <br/> </small></p><a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/04/23/marathon-thoughts/" title="Linking blogs to this article, on Technorati">Who is linking?</a> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p><small>Feed enhanced by <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/'>Better Feed</a> from <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/'>Ozh</a></small></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9odEy62Zj-90iuHTehVyZGwrem4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9odEy62Zj-90iuHTehVyZGwrem4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9odEy62Zj-90iuHTehVyZGwrem4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9odEy62Zj-90iuHTehVyZGwrem4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AndrewIsGettingFit/~4/6WY7z4LIaeY" height="1" width="1"/> 8 Andrew http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com <![CDATA[I’m not that fast!]]> http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/04/21/im-not-that-fast/ 2011-04-21T07:15:00Z 2011-04-21T07:15:00Z

It turn out that Peter and I are not elite sprinters after all!  We’ve been doing quarter km not quarter mile repeats in just under 60 seconds.  That makes a bit of a difference doesn’t it?  Anyway we’re still very happy with our progress. Got a nice long weekend coming up.  I’m not back at [...]

<p>It turn out that <a href="http://www.dailymile.com/people/PeterS6">Peter</a> and I <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/04/19/intervals-are-good-for-the-soul/">are not elite sprinters</a> after all!  We’ve been doing quarter km not quarter mile repeats in just under 60 seconds.  That makes a bit of a difference doesn’t it?  <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" alt="Smile" src="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/wlEmoticon-smile.png" /></p> <p>Anyway we’re still very happy with our progress.</p> <p>Got a nice long weekend coming up.  I’m not back at work till next Wednesday.</p> <hr /> <p><small>© ebsfwan for <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com">Andrew is getting fit</a>, 2011. | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/04/21/im-not-that-fast/">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/04/21/im-not-that-fast/#comments">15 comments</a> | Add to <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/04/21/im-not-that-fast/&title=I’m not that fast!">del.icio.us</a> <br/> Post tags: <br/> </small></p><a href="http://www.technorati.com/search/http://www.andrewisgettingfit.com/2011/04/21/im-not-that-fast/" title="Linking blogs to this article, on Technorati">Who is linking?</a> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p><small>Feed enhanced by <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-plugin-better-feed-rss/'>Better Feed</a> from <a href='http://planetozh.com/blog/'>Ozh</a></small></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gvpIESW4MH0P11LBw__XGueKvjk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gvpIESW4MH0P11LBw__XGueKvjk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gvpIESW4MH0P11LBw__XGueKvjk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gvpIESW4MH0P11LBw__XGueKvjk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AndrewIsGettingFit/~4/0sxa0pM_vyg" height="1" width="1"/> 15