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Samantha says I "kicked butt" this morning. Molto pittoresco! B210K W2R2 ticked off!

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Great run, bit of drizzle welcome as it is very warm. Have included my warm up and down walks in my 5 X50 total not because I wanted to cheat. Just lazy. Please forgive!

Piccie later as soon as 13-year old daughter (IT whizz kid) gets back from school and my purple face is back to normal :-p

Btw - have put on a kilo. Measurements are the same, jeans ar loose. Hubby says it's muscle. How odd. Any thoughts?

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Stefliser profile image
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Well done!!

As for the weight, throw the scales away and judge progres sby your clothes. We all find that we lose a lot less that we'd hoped in terms purely of kilos/pounds. Personally, I weight a good half stone (3 - 4 kilos) more now than I did last summer, but I'm comfortably wearing clothes that I couldn't get anywhere near fitting in then.

Muscle is apparently 4X denser than fat, so you'll slim down loads before you actually lose any weight.

Makes a complete mockery of BMI, really, but there you go. The way I see it, if we're running 3 times a week and getting thinner, leaner and fitter, that HAS to be a good thing, reagrdless of the scales.

Well done again!! :-)

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DeliaItalyGraduate in reply to Stefliser

Yeah, I don't get it, but who cares!

runner45 profile image
runner45Graduate

you know what they say - diet if you want to look good in your clothes, run if you want to look good naked

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lycranotlikelyGraduate in reply to runner45

Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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SBG356Graduate in reply to runner45

:D :D Well we must all look stunning naked but please dont anyone request any photos! ;)

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DeliaItalyGraduate in reply to SBG356

I suppose Greenlegs could post us all naked? Wouldn't Gok Wan be pleased!

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greenlegsGraduate in reply to DeliaItaly

Ha ha ha! - now I'm worried! It's bad enough trimming round clothed bodies! ;)

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DeliaItalyGraduate in reply to runner45

mmm, I'll use that for my skype profile I think!

in reply to DeliaItaly

Hehe lol

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SBG356Graduate

Doing good Delia! Muscle woman in the making!! ;) As long as those skinny jeans still fit what the heck! :D

Sxx

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DeliaItalyGraduate in reply to SBG356

Actually I think I need a size smaller now!

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SBG356Graduate in reply to DeliaItaly

Even better!!

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Well done Delia! I was thinking of you this morning as I decided not to do week 1 run 3 of B210k with Samantha. She just didn't appeal this morning! BUT, instead I did the 5k+ speed podcast with Laura! Then when it finished I thought I'd carry on running! Then I could hear Laura starting the speed podcast again! So I carried on doing more intervals! All in all I did 40 minutes continuous running including two sets of the intervals, so I am dead chuffed! (Even though another female runner overtook me probably doing at least twice my speed and looking like a sleek greyhound!) Guess it's time to try week 2 of Samantha - what does she want you to do??

And I weighed myself this morning and it had gone up! Shock! I like to think it's muscle mass!

ps hope the knee holds out!

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Wow Petal that is brilliant! Week 2 with Sam is three 15 minute runs with a 1 minute interval between each. It's OK, honest!

A female runner overtook me too this morning. She had a very masculine shape, you know, like a real athlete -- no pony tail -- and her shorts looked soooooo professional.

My knee has come this far, it has to take me all the way! delia xox

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petal51Graduate in reply to DeliaItaly

Hope I don't end up a masculine shape, sleek greyhound much preferred!

45 mins! eeek! Will probably end the run VERY slow, but who cares! Will give it a go Weds.

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BurstcouchGraduate in reply to DeliaItaly

Delia, manged the same as you today, but did not stop at the 1 minute this time and ran the cool down too. it seem to be getting better, despite the stiff legs this evening.

Keep up the good work.

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DeliaItalyGraduate in reply to Burstcouch

Wow, that's brilliant!

Listen, somewhere I was reading we shouldn't be doing 3 long runs a weel but juxtaposing them with say, speed and shorter runs. what do you think?

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BurstcouchGraduate

Agree with you Delia, I am not doing long runs 3 times a week. I do one short run, and one fun run, not sure I could manage those 3 long runs anyway.

muscles still aching a bit today from yesterday.

However, plan to walk the dogs about 10-12km this afternoon.

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DeliaItalyGraduate in reply to Burstcouch

Gosh! I thoght I was good with my measly 5K walks ;-p

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