Another personal record

After a Babysit-and-Party-Weekend, what would be the best thing to do on a Sunday evening? Exactly: Jogging. After Laura's threat of running 10k together on Monday, I begged my dad to play my personal trainer again. He did and joined me on his bike, giving advice on my running style, pointing out dangerous roots on the path and guiding me through the forest. The wonderful result: 9k in 59min ! This is the longest I have ever run in my life. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 

But, ehm, Laura, maybe we go running together on Tuesday? I still haven't moved away from where I sat down after the run - which was 4 hours ago. My legs feel like stone.

Recovery after a crisis.

It was quiet here, Laura was on holidays, some thought already that this was it, but the training went on. Actually, it finally really started. And today was a special training event: running with daddy. We made 5.7k in 32min, which is a pace of less than 6min! This fact alone is worth being celebrated but additionally I didn't feel too bad, more like a young deer jumping over the lush green summer meadow.

So much for now. I'm happy. The next post will finally show some pictures. Laura and me thought that a before-after-comparison might increase our motivation even more. So, stay tuned. Good night. I'll collapse into bed now.

The jogging diet...

... looked really promising in the beginning. I had tasty roasted aubergines, tomatoes, paprika and zucchinis, steamed salmon, whole grain pasta and in the mornings fresh yoghurt with banana and honey. That didn't feel at all like a strict diet and I was optimistic that it might motivate me to practice a bit more and eventually catch up with Laura.

But then I went to the UK. And suddenly I saw myself eating 6oz beef burger, Haggis, Neeps and Tatties, baked beans and sausages, sandwiches with more mayonnaise than anything else in them, everything always accompanied by chips and ketchup; and also cupcakes, carrot cakes (none as good as the one my roomie makes), shortbread with toffee on top and covered in chocolate (!) and not to forget: beer, beer and beer. But the really bad thing always came after eating: I was completely stuffed, couldn't move anymore and still, I wanted more! Luckily, they sell salty, fatty crisps in the pubs.

Sooo, you're free to vote against me. However, Laura is also on holiday, so I have ten more days to catch up. Too bad that I've just found this long forgotten ice cream in my freezer...

The next step

Last weekend I tried a new jogging trail, this time in Bochum with Elliot. When we started to run, he began his support by asking whether I wanted to go for a walk or for a run. Well, well, in the end we saw that ... he was right.

Awful result, I was red like a tomato and it occurred to me that maybe, maybe I have been a little bit too optimistic. 15km!!! In less than 90 minutes??? Holy moly, I'm getting scared.

However, I decided to wipe away these thoughts and to concentrate on something different, but equally important: Food. After hours of reading about running, nutrition etc here is what I found:

Carbs: 60% of daily calories intake
Proteins: 20% of daily calories intake
Fat: less than 20% of daily calories intake
Vitamins: C, E and A
Calcium: 1000 mg per day
Iron: 18 mg per day
Sodium: just enough to avoid cravings for salty food

So far so good. But I don't know my daily calories intake and I certainly won't start counting every calorie that wanders into my mouth. And how the hell should we measure 1000 mg of calcium per day? And 18 mg of iron? I start to understand why proper athletes take supplements: it's just so much easier to follow the recommended nutrition guidelines.

So, I also wiped away those rules and read and googled even more to find the type of food that naturally fits to a jogging diet and now proudly present our menu for the coming weeks:

Breakfast
Low-fat yoghurt (proteins, carbs, calcium) with banana (carbs, potassium - important to prevent cramps)
or
Whole grain bread (fibres) with peanut butter, yes, peanut butter (protein, fibres)

Lunch/Dinner
Salmon (protein, omega3fats, vitamins A, B and D) with spinach
or
Poultry with carrots (vitamin A) and nuts, sweet potatoes (potassium, iron, vitamin A and C), eggs (vitamin K, protein, of course) etc...

Any suggestions welcome! And if that all gets to complicated, we will just do it like Rocky.