Hi friends!!
How has your Tuesday been going? Mine has been wonderful! Great run, 30C+ and too many strawberries!!
The alarm went off at 5 AM this morning, and I was actually contemplating going back to sleep! GASP!
I changed it to 5:30 (the time I get up when I run around 7 KM) but as soon as I closed my eyes I told myself “Who are you kidding?”
Yea, I am not kidding anybody. Turned off the alarm and went to brush my teeth.
So I set out with the aim of covering 12 laps.
Now here is where it gets tricky: I crossed the 7th lap at 32 minutes.
I have never ran this fast and thus something is wrong in my opinion because I was running fairly steadily and my HR was not that high (which in my book means I was not running too hard). So I could be miscounting my laps which I doubt because I am not senile. But then again it is 5 AM and my head is in planet “Oh gosh I have exams next week” .
Anyhow, here are my stats for the assumed 10.7 KM:
| Time | Average HR | Highest HR |
| 1 hour, 4 minutes | 159 BPM | 168 BPM |
I think I really need a Garmin.
Gina’s amazing challenge keeps kicking my bootie and today was no exception! I think that any upper body workout suits me best. You know I am not a fan of the abdominals….
- Tricep kickback with pronation – 1 set of 45 reps per hand
- Diamond push ups – 3 x 15 . These were amazing!
- Shoulder “flys” – 3 x 1 minute. KILLER!!!
- Vogue press – 3 x 15 per hand, holding a 2 kg dumbbell
- Tricep dips – 3 x 15
- Chest press – 2 sets of 45 reps
So since I went shopping this afternoon, I decided I may share with you what was in my trolley.
Note that:
- I buy for the entire house (i.e. myself, my padres, my 8 year old I-can-eat-anything-and-not-gain-weight brother and my 16 year old I-just-don’t-really-care-too-much-about-food sister)
- I visit a grocery store every.single.day. I mean it. This is because we always run out of items and because there are so many chains selling particular products that I have to make rounds. Tortillas can only be found at this store, whilst my frozen veggies are found at another
- High fiber cereals (x2)
- BBQ sauce (x2)
- 2 low fat strawberry yogurts
- Sweet and Sour Cooking Sauce (this is new, I will give it a shot)
- 1 Chocolate Duo Spread (for the brother, and, well, the rest of the house sans moi)
- Mustard
- Ketchup (x2)
- 1.5% fat milk – there is not “skim” milk here. There is 0.5%, but my mother hates it. In Israel, by the way, there is only 3% fat milk and 1% is rarely available
- 5 DUO Mix desserts – for the brother
- 5 packages broccoli florets, 350 grams each
- 5 packages cauliflower florets, 450 grams each
As you know, these are the loves of my life. I eat a whole bag in one sitting.
- 3 parsley cottage cheese, 150 grams each
- Pickles in vinegar – I normally can’t stand these, but there are no pickles in brine here like in Israel
- Another Chocolate Duo Mix
- 3 tablet sweeteners (I am a splenda whore as you know)
- Grounded sweeteners (see above excuse)
- 1 President Radish Cheese Spread – which stars daily in my food recaps
So I am wondering:
- Would you like me to post my shops? I know its European and most of my readers are from the US, but do let me know if you find it interesting!
- Are there any questions you would like me to answer in particular regarding my recent running/eating/Europe-in-general
Off to bed, I am hoping for another early rise tomorrow!
