Sunday Morning Penitence

John — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:39:52 +0000

This is from my Sunday morning run… If I’m slowing down to take pictures, you can be sure I’m hurting… This is a view of the Ilıca Bay on the way up the hill.

The hill I just mentioned…

and finally some relief…

2 Failed Goals… and 1 New Goal to Achieve

John — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:00:06 +0000

Well, it is official. I haven’t lost the weight, so I won’t be running in Istanbul on the 5th of November. This will make it two goals that I have not achieved for that very same date. Originally, a little over a year ago I had it in my mind to train for an Ironman. After discussing it with a coach, she had said the Florida Ironman is good for beginners. It also is scheduled for Nov. 5th. When I realised I would not be ready for the triathlon, I had modified my goal to run the Istanbul Marathon. I can and have finished a marathon before, but I do not want to do it at my present weight of 100 Kg. A marathon is plenty of work in of itself, I don’t want to carry 20 extra kilos for 42,2 Km.

I still don’t plan on giving up though… I will get my act together…

My new goal is to run in Antalya, on March 18th. I hope to run the marathon, but there is a half marathon that I can run too. I will wait until the new year to make that decision…

Carrot, Apricot & Nectarine Juice for Breakfast

John — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:25:51 +0000

I just bought a cheapo juicer to give the idea a try. I got this recipe out of a book that I could not find at Amazon though… Do I get any points for that. The name of the book is “Fitness Food: The Essential Guide to Eating Well and Performing Better” by Murdoch Books.

Ingredients:

1 Kg of carrots
10 apricots, seeds removed
4 large nectarines, seeds removed
ice
lemon slices

Preparation:

OK here is the hard part… Juice the carrots, apricots and nectarines together. Serve on ice with the lemon slices. I actually skipped the lemon slices.

I’d like to say that it is my favorite, but I’m just getting started with this stuff…

Change of plans…

John — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:01:05 +0000

Well after having trained for a while now, I am changing my plans to run the full marathon to running the 15K on Nov 5, 2006 in Istanbul. I will then continue to train for the Antalya Marathon which is mid March. I will stick with the training plan I already have for now, but I will concentrate on proper nutrition and fat loss, so I can actually run rather than roll. Let the diet begin… (proper name for it should be “Nutrition Plan”)

A New Challenge, The Istanbul Marathon…

John — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:57:46 +0000

Well, after a disastous last week, in which there is practically nothing that did not break down and need fixing, including me… I have decided to submit myself to training for my second marathon. This is my solution to having to fix me of course. Over weight and irrate… Not a good combination. So, 16 weeks of training and losing weight. Bellow is a copy of the training prog I plan to follow. It is actually the intermediate program on the Runners World Site. I won’t be running the whole thing though… more of a run/walk deal for me. I also plan to lose some weight while I’m at it. Hopefully somewhere between .7 Kg to 1 Kg a week. The low end figure is something I can do for sure, but with the added training I hope to achieve the higher end.

John Serra» John Serra

Sunday Morning Penitence

2 Failed Goals… and 1 New Goal to Achieve

Carrot, Apricot & Nectarine Juice for Breakfast

Change of plans…

A New Challenge, The Istanbul Marathon…