It's becoming quite warm again. When I went out jogging there was around -3C but now the temperature is close to zero. I've opened the week with weight of 103 kg and 11 km of rather slow running. I decided that for the time being I am not going to worry about speed. I will be doing long slowish runs and just be careful to stay in a zone between 120 and 160 bpm. Evidently this strategy has worked so far.
Besides cutting down on sugar and sweets I eat quite normally and definitely don't go around hungry. Still I managed to shed some 3-4 kg. So far I am quite happy with the progress. Hopefully by the time of my first halfmarathon I'll be close to 100 kg.
Btw. I was really surprised on Sunday - after running over 19 km on Saturday, on the next day I woke up almost with no pain in legs but my hands really hurt! I guess that I can't avoid doing some extra exercises for my upper body.
Good news is also that I have confirmation of my registration for 10k run Maniacka Dziesiątka and halfmarathon in Warsaw - March is going to be interesting :)
Monday 28 February 2011
New week
I've finished the last week with a trip through Wielkopolski Park Narodowy. On Friday night I was falling asleep with one dream only: find a position in which my hip won't hurt. but On Saturday I woke up feeling quite OK. However I decided that running to Jaroslawieckie Lake and back (18 km) could be too much so I decided that I'll take a train to Szreniawa and from there I'll rung along the green trail to Lake Jaroslawieckie and from there along the well known route home.
Boulder in front of the Museum of Agriculture
The weather was rather cold (-10C) and from the beginning the trip proved to be more difficult than I expected. I had to run some 2 km in order to find the beginning of the green trail and once I found it I kept loosing it quite often. After some 20 minutes I passed the first landmark on my way - Mausoleum of the first owners of Szreniawa - Bierbaums circa 1860.
It turned out that on that day I did one smart thing (besides a few stupid ones) I took with my mobile a picture of a detailed map of that area and on my way I was able to zoom it in and check the trail. This help proved priceless as there were very few marks on the trail and worst of all - very seldom the turns were marked as such so I frequently had to trot back when I realized that I took the wrong turn.
By the time I reached Lake Jaroslawieckie I had already covered almost 10 km and was quite scared how am I going to reach home.
Most beautiful view of the day - Lake Jaroslawieckie behind the trees - at least I knew where I was!
Once I reached Lake Jaroslawieckie I knew more or less what to expect and I begun slow jogging home. The first few kilometres were quite good but during the last 4 or 5 I had only one ambition - to maintain a hart rate of at least 120 bpm.
By the time I reached home my Forerunner was showing over 19 km. As I checked later I burned over 2000 calories - not bad :)
Altogether I run last week over 52 kilometres - I hope that I'll match it this week.
Friday 25 February 2011
Different kind of trainig
I did not plan any running for today as on one hand I needed rest after yesterday and second of all as Friday is my day for training entirely different body part - my brain - which good Ms. Eva tries to convince to absorb some German.
Still when it turned out that I need some cash from cash dispenser I decided that it is a perfect opportunity for a brisk jogging. I did not take the shortest route and ended up doing 6.7 km and burning 765 calories. Who knows maybe in a while I'll try checking my weight again :)
Still when it turned out that I need some cash from cash dispenser I decided that it is a perfect opportunity for a brisk jogging. I did not take the shortest route and ended up doing 6.7 km and burning 765 calories. Who knows maybe in a while I'll try checking my weight again :)
Thursday 24 February 2011
24th February, - 14C
All I did yesterday was half an hour of rowing but today morning I set off to try the new route to Wielkopolski National Park. I have checked it yesterday on Google Earth and it looked quite nice. I have to run a few kilometres on the asphalt but at least I don't need to drive and burning petrol in order to breathe fresh air.
It turned out that I have some 5 kilometres to the border of the National Park and 10 to Jaroslawieckie Lake. I decided that I will check how far I can go It was very could and I decided that I want to check how far I can run and still be able to get back home.
After some 3 km I leave the beaten track, and after another cross the railway line which constitutes the border of the National Park. I'm surprised by how well . At first I run along a nice alley between fields, when after a while I see the edge of a forest I smile so broadly that my frozen face hurts.
I am not sure how far can I go and still be able to go back. At first I want to return after 6 km, than after 7, 7.5... Finally I return after 8 km on a large crossing. For a moment I am sorry that I did not try to get to the lake, but soon I am really happy that I returned when I did. The way back was much more difficult. I realize that in light clothes and wet with sweat I cannot stop, not when it's -14.
But returning along the same way has some advantages, half of the way is already passed and there are many known marks along the way.
And now I can gloat that I run over 16 km and burned almost 2000 calories :)
It turned out that I have some 5 kilometres to the border of the National Park and 10 to Jaroslawieckie Lake. I decided that I will check how far I can go It was very could and I decided that I want to check how far I can run and still be able to get back home.
After some 3 km I leave the beaten track, and after another cross the railway line which constitutes the border of the National Park. I'm surprised by how well . At first I run along a nice alley between fields, when after a while I see the edge of a forest I smile so broadly that my frozen face hurts.
I am not sure how far can I go and still be able to go back. At first I want to return after 6 km, than after 7, 7.5... Finally I return after 8 km on a large crossing. For a moment I am sorry that I did not try to get to the lake, but soon I am really happy that I returned when I did. The way back was much more difficult. I realize that in light clothes and wet with sweat I cannot stop, not when it's -14.
But returning along the same way has some advantages, half of the way is already passed and there are many known marks along the way.
And now I can gloat that I run over 16 km and burned almost 2000 calories :)
Tuesday 22 February 2011
40 days to halfmarathon
Yesterday I had regeneration after Sundays run but today I took a break and despite low temperature (around -10 C)had good run. Today I tried a different route - I wanted to run from my regular parking place to Szreniawa, through Jaroslawieckie lake.
I lost my way somewhere close to Jaroslawieckie lake and wasn't able to make the last leg of he run but still had a very pleasant run and opportunity to visit some less popular tracks. On my way back I even managed to see a pack of boars - unfortunately they were moving so fast that I had no chance to take a picture :(
I lost my way somewhere close to Jaroslawieckie lake and wasn't able to make the last leg of he run but still had a very pleasant run and opportunity to visit some less popular tracks. On my way back I even managed to see a pack of boars - unfortunately they were moving so fast that I had no chance to take a picture :(
Frozen Jaroslawieckie lake
Altogether I run almost 10 km on a difficult trail so it was an excellent start to an active week.
Sunday 20 February 2011
Another day, another boulder
Sunday 20th February 2010 - 42 days to halfmarathon in Poznan
Running wise it has not been a good week but today's training made it up to some extent. I decided that apparently the snow and cold are here to stay and I can either train despite them or give up on the idea of running a half marathon. I had a marvellous run :) it was quite could (- 4 C) with a lot of snow on the ground and single snowflakes falling from the sky now and then. The views were magnificent
I will translate the inscription curved in that stone - it will explain everything much better than I could.
The picture below illustrates beautiful surrounding of this boulder.
The route was fantastic - in a few places I met other runners and people training cross-country skiing. Btw. I am very positively surprised by how popular cross-country skiing became in Poland especially here in lowlands. Still the most pleasant were these fragments of the trail were the snow was untouched by neither human foot nor by a ski.
I am sure that I'll go there back soon :)
Running wise it has not been a good week but today's training made it up to some extent. I decided that apparently the snow and cold are here to stay and I can either train despite them or give up on the idea of running a half marathon. I had a marvellous run :) it was quite could (- 4 C) with a lot of snow on the ground and single snowflakes falling from the sky now and then. The views were magnificent
I did the same route as on Tuesday but I extended it a bit because I wanted to take a picture of a special boulder. Wielkopolski Park Narodowy is full of boulders - almost all of them were brought there by glaciers. It is not the case with that one:
To the memory of Władysław count Zamoyski /1853-1924/ The owner of forests of Kórnik and Trzebaw and a part of Tatra mountains. Creator of the Fundation "Zakłady Kórnickie" on the area of which the Wielkopolski Park Narodowy was created. Guiding spirit of creation of Tatrzański Park Narodowy )Tatra National Park.
Kórnik - Mosina - Zakopane, 8th October 1994I may only add that the boulder itself has been transported almost 600 km (400 miles) from the Tatra National Park.
The picture below illustrates beautiful surrounding of this boulder.
The route was fantastic - in a few places I met other runners and people training cross-country skiing. Btw. I am very positively surprised by how popular cross-country skiing became in Poland especially here in lowlands. Still the most pleasant were these fragments of the trail were the snow was untouched by neither human foot nor by a ski.
I am sure that I'll go there back soon :)
Thursday 17 February 2011
Ghastly weather
Yesterday I had a day for regeneration, I was planing a long run today but the weather is so bad that I decided that I will stay indoors.
Not only it's cold and snowing but also there is strong, unpleasant wind - I guess that there is no sense in risking a few days of illness for a training. Still I had a good training on my rowing machine. I rowed for 1h and deed during that time (if to believe my rower's computer) slightly more than 6 kilometres.
The more I read about running the more I am convinced that it is a good idea to supplement running with other exercises strengthening abs, back, hands, etc. It's not very intuitive but for instance strong abs prevent back pains.
Btw. to make rowing more interesting while rowing I watch movies - I find it much easier to keep rowing when I know that if I keep exercising I'll be able to catch the end of an interesting movie :)
Not only it's cold and snowing but also there is strong, unpleasant wind - I guess that there is no sense in risking a few days of illness for a training. Still I had a good training on my rowing machine. I rowed for 1h and deed during that time (if to believe my rower's computer) slightly more than 6 kilometres.
The more I read about running the more I am convinced that it is a good idea to supplement running with other exercises strengthening abs, back, hands, etc. It's not very intuitive but for instance strong abs prevent back pains.
Btw. to make rowing more interesting while rowing I watch movies - I find it much easier to keep rowing when I know that if I keep exercising I'll be able to catch the end of an interesting movie :)
Tuesday 15 February 2011
Busy schedule
I decided that if I want to keep running I need sufficient motivation.
To that end I decided to start in a few runs:
To that end I decided to start in a few runs:
- As I've written before on 3rd April I am starting in 4th Poznan Halfmarathone and before that
- on 19th March I will run in 10k run Maniacka Dziesiątka (Maniac's Ten) and
- on 26th March I will run in the 6th Warsaw Halfmarathone
So I have a bit more than a month to my first run. I am sure that I'll be able to run 10 kilometres (even today I did more than that) but it's something different to run at leisure and it's a different kettle of fish to run in a race :)
Running in this race will be a nice training before a halfmarathone.
47 days to a half-marathon
I set up newly bought scales and it turned out that I am not only slower than I though, I am also heavier. According to my new scales I weight 107 kg.
On the other hand the bright side is that despite I still feel not too well I decided to have a training and I had amazing run in Wielkopolski Park Narodowy. I run for 73 minutes, made over 11 km and burned 1275 calories.
What's even more amazing when I got back to the car park where I left my car I wasn't even dead tired :)
I took today with me my phone so I was able to take some pictures
On the other hand the bright side is that despite I still feel not too well I decided to have a training and I had amazing run in Wielkopolski Park Narodowy. I run for 73 minutes, made over 11 km and burned 1275 calories.
What's even more amazing when I got back to the car park where I left my car I wasn't even dead tired :)
I took today with me my phone so I was able to take some pictures
Partly frozen lake Góreckie
Boulder commemorating Franciszek Jaskowiak
Ruins of a castle built in 1825 on the Castle island on Lake Góreckie by Tytus Działyński
For routes like that one I will always prefer cross-country running to running on a track.
Monday 14 February 2011
48 days to half-marathon (Monday)
My last training was on Friday evening when in unpleasant rain I was testing Garmin Forerunner 305 
, newly borrowed from my friend Jacek. I love this toy! In my everyday life I am so used to being kept up to day that ability to see 4 different information like for instance: time of run, distance, heart rate and rate number of minutes per kilometer.
I always liked statistics and numbers so I hope that Forerunner will give me extra motivation to run more kilometres every week. For the time being though all I found out is that I am significantly slower than I expected. I thought that I am doing some 5 min. per kilometre but in fact running 1 km takes me on average between 6 and 7.
Unfortunately the weekend was cold and I did not sufficiently warm clothes so today instead of opening a week with spectacular run I open it with, not so spectacular, cold.
But now in the afternoon I feel better, I don't want to risk going for a run but at least I'll do some rowing on a rowing machine, additional advantage is that while rowing I can both keep an eye on Skype and email and watch a movie on another screen :)
48 minutes and 5 km of rowing later :)
I have rowed for 5 kilometres and already feel much better. I like in rowing that it exercises almost entire body - I can feel nice tiredness in my hands, legs, arms, even back and abs. The only problem is that rowing uses much less calories than running. In comparable period of running I would use some 600-700 calories and while rowing I used just a half of that.
, newly borrowed from my friend Jacek. I love this toy! In my everyday life I am so used to being kept up to day that ability to see 4 different information like for instance: time of run, distance, heart rate and rate number of minutes per kilometer.I always liked statistics and numbers so I hope that Forerunner will give me extra motivation to run more kilometres every week. For the time being though all I found out is that I am significantly slower than I expected. I thought that I am doing some 5 min. per kilometre but in fact running 1 km takes me on average between 6 and 7.
Unfortunately the weekend was cold and I did not sufficiently warm clothes so today instead of opening a week with spectacular run I open it with, not so spectacular, cold.
But now in the afternoon I feel better, I don't want to risk going for a run but at least I'll do some rowing on a rowing machine, additional advantage is that while rowing I can both keep an eye on Skype and email and watch a movie on another screen :)
48 minutes and 5 km of rowing later :)
I have rowed for 5 kilometres and already feel much better. I like in rowing that it exercises almost entire body - I can feel nice tiredness in my hands, legs, arms, even back and abs. The only problem is that rowing uses much less calories than running. In comparable period of running I would use some 600-700 calories and while rowing I used just a half of that.
Thursday 10 February 2011
Amazing training
It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself.
American BeautyThe weather is so good today that I decided that I am going to make the best of my stay in Poland and decided to drive for a training to Wielkopolski Park Narodowy and enjoy the sun and fresh air.
Quite spontaneously I've chosen quite and ambitious route along lakes - I expected that it will have about 8km. Everything went quite smoothly I even managed quite well to practice running with my back straight - I am not sure if it is not just my impression but I felt much better running like that.
Problems usually occur when one least expects them - suddenly I realized that for quite a while I did not see any trail marks. I ran for another 5 minutes or so but when I reached 30 min. from the starting point I decided that it's time to go back. Running back on the same route would mean that I'll run altogether 1h and I expected that if I try really hard I should make it.
However after a while I've noticed the point where I lost the right trail and suddenly I decided that I'll give it a try, I will run the entire route anyway. After all I am not professional runner - I do it for fun and it would be rather boring if everything was predictable.
In result I had amazing 83 minutes of jogging in beautiful scenery of forests and lakes. I did not run for so long since my younger son was born in August 2008 so I was rather surprised that I managed to get back to my car - but what a nice surprise it was! :)
Wednesday 9 February 2011
53 days to half marathon
Today I needed to go to a cash dispenser and decided that instead of driving there I'll have short training in result I had 34 minutes of intensive jogging (508 calories).
I've decided that this week I'll work harder on increasing my endurance and the goal for the next week will be to burn 1 kg of fat - i.e. 7000 calories over a week (approximately half of it running and half by means of other exercises).
I have been training just for a week now - but I already have better mood :)
I've decided that this week I'll work harder on increasing my endurance and the goal for the next week will be to burn 1 kg of fat - i.e. 7000 calories over a week (approximately half of it running and half by means of other exercises).
I have been training just for a week now - but I already have better mood :)
Tuesday 8 February 2011
54 days left to halfmarathone
There are 54 days left to the halfmarathone but I feel that slowly I am becoming fitter.
Yesterday I run for 42 minutes and today for 46. I still weight some 105 kg so it is not so much running trotting with a heavy backpack.
Yesterday (Monday) I had a stroke of genius and instead of jogging closer to home I drove to a forest nearby and it was just amazing :) I did the same today and it is so much more fun!
Also running on a soft surface takes more energy but is much easier on knees and other joints what is very important to me.
I also started to jog with a chest-band so I know more or less how many calories I use - 550 yesterday and 651 today. It is quite a lot but when one thinks that 1 kg of fat has some 7000 calories all I burned over the last two days is just some 150 gram of fat!
Yesterday I run for 42 minutes and today for 46. I still weight some 105 kg so it is not so much running trotting with a heavy backpack.
Yesterday (Monday) I had a stroke of genius and instead of jogging closer to home I drove to a forest nearby and it was just amazing :) I did the same today and it is so much more fun!
Also running on a soft surface takes more energy but is much easier on knees and other joints what is very important to me.
I also started to jog with a chest-band so I know more or less how many calories I use - 550 yesterday and 651 today. It is quite a lot but when one thinks that 1 kg of fat has some 7000 calories all I burned over the last two days is just some 150 gram of fat!
Sunday 6 February 2011
Weekend off
The weather on Friday was bad - cold and windy with occasional showers. As I was planning a weekend off I decided to have a training and had a good 34 min. workout. The knees hurt me more and more so it looks like a good idea to take the weekend off.
However on Saturday (5th) I took a long fast walk with my younger son (Victor) on my back and pushing my younger one (Chris) in a pushchair. I came back home completely wet so I guess that it counts as an aerobic training :)
I'm looking forward to next week.
However on Saturday (5th) I took a long fast walk with my younger son (Victor) on my back and pushing my younger one (Chris) in a pushchair. I came back home completely wet so I guess that it counts as an aerobic training :)
I'm looking forward to next week.
Thursday 3 February 2011
59 days to half marathon and 38 min. jogging
Today I stretched the training to 38 minutes. My first goal is to reach 1h of continuous jogging even if it meant that I'll go quite slow. After all if I want to run these 21097 meters first of all I need to build endurance.
Besides if I want to avoid seriously hurting myself during trainings and running this distance I need to loose weight to reduce stress on backbone, knees and other joints.
Probably I'll need to think about some dietary sacrifices :(
Besides if I want to avoid seriously hurting myself during trainings and running this distance I need to loose weight to reduce stress on backbone, knees and other joints.
Probably I'll need to think about some dietary sacrifices :(
Wednesday 2 February 2011
Translator on the run
New Year Resolution and all that
Ever since I begun translating I have been gaining weight. Finaly I decided that enough is enough.
I begun 2011 weighting almost 110 kg and knew that I must do something about it. As I am not yet ready to starve myself (actually quite the opposite is true) I decided that I must take more physical exercise.
As I have always been fond of jogging I decided that I will try to jog all the spare kilograms. As I always like to have a clear target I decided that I will try to prepare myself to a half marathon in my hometown Poznan. I have begun my training yesterday. As I am very stiff and out of shape I am doing only short trainings. Both yesterday and today I had about 30 min. long slow trots. Hopefully I'll be able to increase it shortly :)
TBC
Ever since I begun translating I have been gaining weight. Finaly I decided that enough is enough.
I begun 2011 weighting almost 110 kg and knew that I must do something about it. As I am not yet ready to starve myself (actually quite the opposite is true) I decided that I must take more physical exercise.
As I have always been fond of jogging I decided that I will try to jog all the spare kilograms. As I always like to have a clear target I decided that I will try to prepare myself to a half marathon in my hometown Poznan. I have begun my training yesterday. As I am very stiff and out of shape I am doing only short trainings. Both yesterday and today I had about 30 min. long slow trots. Hopefully I'll be able to increase it shortly :)
TBC
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