Well after a number of requests I thought I better post the lycra pic. Many apologies. Lol Taken this morning after the Huddersfield park run. With a pic taken last June for reference.
Been full of cold and have a chesty cough this week so left the plan 5 to 10k plan alone and have managed to get out 3 times "free running" including this mornings park run. Struggled a bit on Monday but managed my longest run in terms of distance and time on Wednesday evening. Managed 6k in about 44 minutes.
Lovely morning for the park run today still coughing a lot but thought why not, just take it slow. Went off a bit quick though but managed to get round without having to resort to a walk at all. Surprised to beat my pb too by 50 seconds. Havent go the official time yet but my watch timed me at 31min 25 secs. So pleased with that.
Hope everyone is enjoying the lovely spring weather and getting out there.
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What an inspiration you are! You look fantastic. I too am losing weight with my running. I am now at my lowest weigh so far for about 20 years so understand where you're at!
Not Big-Andy any more! That is really amazing. You must feel so much better and fitter. Sometimes it takes pictures like this to remind us how far we've come (or how far we still have to go!).
Hi Chris, don't mean to jump in someone else's post but how are you? Have you been running lately as I haven't seen you on connect, or are you on the IC? 🤔 xxx
Really well done Andy. It takes more than just running to loose weight, you've got to watch what you eat too ofcourse. Clearly you have done just that. It's not easy at all and you have done amazingly well
Getting your weight down to a healthy level also helps your running ofcourse. Easier on your joints, and less to carry around with you.
Holy mother of God- you look like a totally different person! You must be thrilled with your accomplishment. I've lost a stone and a half so I get how tough losing weight can be (though I'm in awe of you!). Well done and happy running!
I'm confused... So the big fella on the left ate the dapper Lycra-clad fit bloke on the right... Right?! Fantastic Andy, you're an inspiration Very well done to you.
OMG you are incredible. The difference is unbelievable. You have added so many years to your life that cannot have been easy. Well done on parkrun too, I hope you get better soon and thanks for sharing....
Thanks for the kine words and encouragement everyone, the advice, support and encouragement from here is awesome.
It has been a long overdue lifestyle change and I suppose like with many things in life the first step is often the hardest, thankfully I have had the support of my darling wife along the way, we joined Slimming World together, although she didn't really need to, Siobhan is now contemplating having a go at C25K too so I may be going back to week 1 on my rest days to run with her, she does have hip problems though so we will need to take it very steady.
The extra sessions will be good for me too though as the steps will all count in the Million step challenge I have set myself for April and May. I decided that as a way of keeping the motivation levels high I would set myself the goal of a million steps in two months andd try to rasie money for Help for Heroes along the way, I will need to average 16130 steps a day to reach target which is an average increase of about 6000 so will be a real challenge especially on my "office" days when I can often finish at work about 7pm only having done a couple of thousand steps.
I will keep everyone here updated as to my progress and you can follow progress on facebook and my just giving page too if you wish. I will probably be needing the encouragement of you all on days where my setep count is low!! lol
OK: newbie here, haven't followed your journey at all but WOW you look 100 times more healthy! And I bet it gives you a lot of confidence. Definitely inspiring me!!!!
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