.. although the first days of March have been very lamb-like, actually. After three and half weeks in Melbourne and Christchurch (pre-quake by 10 days) I weighed in at 205. Disappointing but not surprising; undoubtedly would have been more if not for the daily 3+ mile round trip to the venue. Three weeks later I'm back down to 198 - 200, depending on the day. No calf cramps. Sore shoulder, can't do presses and things like that.
Have focused mostly on jogging. Have slowly built up to 30+ min continuous jog while keeping BPM under 160(ish). Way more than recommended 136 max, but feels comfortable and not exhausted afterwards. Which is important - if I push too hard, I start finding excuses to not exercise, and the downward spiral sets in. Or upward, I guess, weightwise. So far, I find myself looking forward to jogging, surprisingly enough. Hope it stays like that.
For a while, I despaired of ever being able to jog again. Anytime I tried to move up from walking to slow jog on treadmill, heartrate went ballistic. Eventually, I just tried walk/jog along the greenways and have been able to manage it pretty well. Kept BPM under 150 for first couple weeks, but as I've grown more comfortable and accustomed to jogging 160 BPM seems to be a good ceiling. And close to an 11 min pace, which I'm happy about. Along the creek, so no hills, helps a lot. It will be interesting to see how much damage is wrought in the course of my upcoming sojourn in Augusta. We shall see.
Peace. ... Steve
