Fat Kid’s Ironman Fitness Blog

Post by:Brad Hefta-Gaub

Thursday, December 27th, 2007 at 12:00 pm  |  No Comments »

 

Six Mile Run… after long time off.

I’ve been so busy with the holidays and work, that I haven’t been taking time to exercise. Usually, as in the last 4 years or so since I went from overweight to Ironman, this time of year I will take time each day (even Christmas Eve and Christmas Day) for myself to go out for a ride or a run. The exercise helps me clear my mind and keep calm.

But this year, I’ve been held up in the house, mostly doing work on our new product launch, but also spending time with the family for the holidays. It’s been hard on me. I have felt more worn out, and agitated, and I think that it’s been hard on my family as well. They can see that I’m acting differently, and they’d rather I be relaxed and mellow from exercise.

Anyway, I finally got out and went for a run. Just 6 miles… easy… 8min/mile pace. It felt good to get out there. A couple days later, and I’m paying the price… I’m more sore than after my Marathon a couple weeks ago. Almost 2 weeks off has made me collect a few cob webs.

Workout:

  • Type: Run
  • Date: 12/27/2007
  • Total Time: 00:48:30.00
  • Distance: 6 miles
  • Average Pace: 8:05.18/mile
  • Max Pace: 7:45.12/mile

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Me in 2002 - 200lbsThis is my fitness blog. Some people who knew me a long time ago may wonder, what the heck I'm doing writing a blog about fitness. Many of them wouldn't imagine that I'd have anything to do with fitness. You see, up until age 34, I treated my body very poorly. I sat around at home, at work, at play. I ate junk food and lots of it. And the result was what you'd expect 5'4" and 200 lbs with 36% body fat. (more...)

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Distances
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Run : 629 miles
Walk: 17 miles
Swim: 18,799 meters
Hours of Activity
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 Swim: 9.9 - 2.8%
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 Cardio: 1.5 - 0.4%
 Other: 1.0 - 0.3%
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