Weird

It's weird that a Saturday has me absolutely knackered and feeling like I can't run another step, then I wake up on Sunday and feel almost like I'd had a rest day and done nothing. I don't know why that's happening, but I'm grateful for it all the same.
Last week I decided to try and lose 6lb before Kent so it would be like I had done all of my training in my XL vest, which meant I needed to lose 1.5lb per week. William said, "Well, that's one way of looking at it!". I've had a high fat craving recently (which apparently is due to the fat burning I'm doing during training), so it was simply a case of cutting something that is high in fat and eating more or less of what I do now (as I'm pretty healthy anyway!). I found out half a tin of baked beans have more sugar in them than a sugared dougnut, so this is what I cut out. I also reduced my potato intake and swapped potato in my curries for cauliflower. The rest, I pretty much left the same. I got up this morning to find I've lost 2.4lbs in a week, and I can tell as I feel much better about myself. Sometimes, small changes are all you need to make a big difference.

It's bank holiday today, so I drank red wine last night and made myself ill. I drank about a bottle of it and ended up feeling very poorly and had to go to bed. Maybe because I don't drink much I'm becoming more susceptible to its effects? I'll have to drink slower and with less verocity next time! I had a cooked breakfast today, but because I knew the baked bean facts and was so pleased with last weeks fat loss, I didn't enjoy it at all. Smoothies for me from now on I think. I always feel great when I have one of them anyway.

Graeme and I are off to the cinema today, so I'm going to do my recovery run later this afternoon. That way last nights alcohol will have left the system and I'll enjoy it much more than I would if it went out now. The blister that was on my heel after Saturdays long walk got zapped yesterday (in accordance with my foot bible, "How to fix your feet" by John Vonhof) and today it looks amazingly good. Everybody should own that book... seriously!

I'm really looking forward to the weekend too. It will be so lovely to run with company. Kerry will be doing half of my run/walk and some of my walk with me and I'm looking forward to it immensely. If you'd asked me on Saturday evening was I looking forward to the prospect of about 39 miles I would have groaned and turned away, but I'm over that now. Bring it on!