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V50 Comeback - Week 4 - The sudden stop

2 Weeks of eating pretty clean. Minimal snacks, minimal booze, low calory, steps in etc. etc. Net result - pretty much same fucking weight this morning haha - 70.1kg Straight fact is that diet will help but miles make the diet. I need to go from 35 to 50-60 no getting around it. I much prefer doing 5 run days per week but I think I need to add in some super easy running to get the fat burning, simple as that. Still a few aches and pains. Right achilies and foot I am very confident is cleared up now. Left foot I am pretty confident won't be an issue. The only thing I am hessitant about is my left glute / piriformis so paying extra close attention to that. Plan this week. Just roll the easy miles easy, lift it slightly and based on everything happening I will keep the 2 sessions fully under control. I have 3 paces I work to. So 1500 pace for example - pace is 74 per 400. Target pace is 72 and stretch pace is 69. This week I will favor staying closer to pace which is what I would run ...

V50 Comeback - Week 3 (The science part)

Writing the start of this post on a Sunday evening so technically still week 2! Going to take a more scientific approach to recording progress. I think I have to look at these factors and not just weekly mileage or paces. Weight Talking to Slater and it's obvious that at 67kg with around 18% body fat that is around 12kg of fat that I am carrying. IF I can get this down to around 10% that is 6kg of fat. This is a healthy BMI. I am currently 22.7 BMI and losing the fat would take me to around 9 st 10 lbs which would be around 21 BMI so I don't think this is crazy thing to look at. I cannot build a big enough engine at this weight to run quick enough. This is a final shot here, I have discussed it many times over the years BUT I have to sort that diet now and get the excess fat off. If I can currently run around 17.25 at 67.3 kg then loosing 5 kg would give me 16.20 for same effort. Possibly ambitious but I can see that. SO - without going crazy I need to track and loose weight in...