Why do I bother?
Disgruntlement city!
I’ve been bustin’ my gut (or trying to, at least) in an effort to train for the City to Surf and Bridge Run. In the past eight days I’ve run 60 kms. Over the weekend I ran 29 km.
So why am I getting slower, not faster? And why am I putting on weight, not losing it?
It’s all very disheartening. My head knows that I’m running slower because I’m in hard training, and my body is tired, and after a bit of rest I’ll probably run faster. My head knows that the weight is probably just water retention, or muscle mass.
My heart thinks it’s all a load of bollocks and I should just live with the fact that I suck at this running malarky.
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If your head knows its muscle, then you should convince your heart by ditching the scales in favour of a measuring tape. I bet your waist measurements aren’t going up.
Well see the trouble with exercise is you then feel you have to eat more to make up for all those calories you just burned (else you might starve!), and proteins to build up those running muscles. Better off just sticking to alcoholism.
That’s the weirdest thing - I’ve been very good!
I always knew I had trouble losing weight, but I’ve always blamed my own laziness/lack of self control etc etc. But I’m coming to realise that I just have trouble losing weight. I mean, who runs 60 km in just over a week and PUTS weight on? If I hadn’t seen it myself, I’d have said it was impossible.
Maybe it’s all that extra bone density?!