Half Way

Day 64 of 130
Ks covered:437
Ks to go: 665
General mood: happy
Running highlight: 10K in 52:49
Equipment status: Still stinky
Body status: Chafe on wrist… yes, my wrist!
Weight: 144.5

So I may never be Reid or Crazy-Haruki, and I may never weigh 130lbs, but in the world of Becky Gardiner – I’m kicking some serious ass.

It’s been just over two-months since I started fervently training for the Ottawa marathon and tomorrow, I’ll be officially half way done. Today, I’m living in a different body.

Last week I repeated a fitness test that I first undertook in January. The results? In just two-months I’ve lost 10lbs, my body fat percentage has gone from 31% to 28% (finally in the ‘normal’ range!) 6.5cm off my hips, 5.5 cm off my thighs, 8cm off my waist and 5cm off both my shoulders and chest – RIP boobs, you’ll always have a special place in my heart.

Speaking of heart, mine is probably the most well-tuned muscle in my body. In just over 8 weeks my resting heart rate has dropped from 60 bpm to 51. Crazy stuff no? Dr. Oz is right, cardio works.

To boot, I’m a heck of a lot stronger and faster. On January 15, with a 1% incline, I ran 1.5 miles on a treadmill in 13:18. Last week I did it in 11:48. In my January 26th blog I was psyched to run 10K in just under an hour. Today, I ran it in 52:29. Blam!

But enough with the bragging – my point is while I may never compete with the big boys, I’m really wiping the floor with my former self. As each day passes I am becoming more and more Kenyan… at least in my head. By the time I cross the line in Ottawa, I’ll be able to say “Boo-yah!’ in Swahili.

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