25/03/2022
Big week and a big few weeks coming up.
1) Body scans by Thursday the 7th, from 2.30 – 6.30pm
2) I gave Keeto a little update on his plan for the next few weeks while he works his way up to running 80km.
Firstly, the body scan. Always numbers do not define you! Numbers cannot measure if you are a nice human/parent or anything else objective, so please remember that. Your first scan is just a starting point, a reference to help create a goal. It is your second scan that will determine which direction you are heading. It can measure body weight, muscle weight, water weight, height your BMR, an entire range of measures. The effort and habits you work on/create/leave behind you during the 9 weeks between scans is what is truly measured. The idea is that after 9 weeks, a few decent habits have either been learnt or ingrained or instead, some bad habits have been reduced moving you towards a healthier version of yourself, either for performance or life in general.
My advice, spend the $60 for both scans, learn what you can while the opportunity is here. Work on yourself, either by yourself with a friend or with a professional, and set yourself up for the next period of your life
Secondly, The Keeto 80km! Wowsers, a mammoth effort, have you ever ran a Parkrun, imagine doing 16 of them back to back non stop, or played a game of footy, hockey, soccer? Say a team sport (sport and position depending) you run anywhere between 5 & 15 km’s – couple a few of them back to back for a few games non-stop. Or been awake at 6am, not sat down and literally walked for 10/12 hours without sitting or stopping.
So two things for Keeto this week;
1) I’ve had Keeto logging his food in MyFitnessPal (MFP), and now that he has that skill under control, I have customised it, given him some targets based on his BMR to reach and thrown him in the deep end with his Carb/Protein/Fat (macro) ratio. He doesn’t have too long before his event, so he has to learn fast, in a normal setting these might be explained and worked on over a matter of weeks – but Keeto has to work quickly, no time for that in these scenario! I also mentioned the quality of his logged food, and that that will be an area we work on over the next fortnight or so as we tighten things up as his run gets closer and his nutrition habits improve.
2) I’ve started to think of the actual run day - fuelling a body to move that far, avoid dehydration, recover, replace electrolytes, glycogen, the list goes on... What could go wrong, what do we need to do to minimise that, and maximise the chance of pulling it off. I feel slight pressure in the fact that if I stuff this up, it could make it a whole heap harder for my mate Keith! But I love a bit of pressure, and am enjoying re-reading my S & C and PN1 materials. What foods will sit well while running, any personal intolerances, can a man live on lollies and jelly beans alone? Spag bol? – what if the mince is too fatty, will the fat content be an issue while moving? What would you eat before you ran 5km? a banana? A protein bar, so do I get 16 bananas and 16 protein bars? How many pit stops? what kinds of foods/fuel at each one? Luckily we have as a sponsor and are sponsoring some product which will help, but I’m pretty sure we won’t pull it off without a decent plan.
