The past 2 weeks

The past 2 weeks I've been minding my diet and picking up jogging and skating.

Last Thursday, the first time I jogged before breakfast AND went for an hour Nordic Blading late in the evening. I proved to myself that I survived. This body will not die from a bit of workout.
I kew that, but got out of the self-punishing mood long ago.

Tuesday night, I ran 7.6km non-stop, a new mile stone. Pace was a bit over 12.7kph, and more importantly : a negative split. I turned around after 18:00, and did the way home 17s faster. Near the end, I started feeling the burning in my throat from the breathing. It felt good.

To put things in perspective : duration is okay, but I need to cover 2.4km more in just 1 minute more to meet my 10km goal by 1-1-2009. <37:00 over 10km should not be impossible though, however it will only be a part of a training scheme, not a real goal by itself. Jogging is there to increase my VO2Max, bring it higher than it ever was. for now, Nordic Blading is too much of a muscle excersize to be able to train hard into the red zone. I'm glad if I stay upright and break a sweat other than from fear alone :-)

It's been great to have these slow K2 90mm wheels, and finally having gotten out for what I'd call a skiing session again. Inlines are highly manoeuvrable, you don't just crash too easily. Downside is that you need decent asphalt to ski smoothly and not trip all the time. I need to fine me some off-road skates with air tires that are easier to manage than my Jenex Aero V2 150 SC's.

I have gotten new high-tech inlay soles for my Salomon cross running shoes, intend to go out for a jog in the park, over trails of various composition soon, to improve coordination, trength, and musclular stability.