Week 0 - Setting the Baseline

Never Forget the Rule of the P's

Planning and Preparation Prevent Piss Poor Performance.  I have never run a marathon before, I have never run any significant distance in more than quarter of a century, so if I am going to do this, I am going to have to put some thought into it.

The Planned Programme

I work as an IT project manager, so planning is something that I do a lot of (although whether those plans are followed is another matter), so I decided to break it down into phases:

• Phase 1: Couch to 10Km. This is the initiation phase getting me moving for the first time and is spread over 14 weeks, with the objective of completing 10Kms in an hour at the end of it.
• Phase 2: 10Km to Half Marathon (21Km).  This is the next phase, intended to build the endurance to run a half marathon. I expect this to take another 14 weeks or so, and will get me doing a half marathon in 2 to 2.5 hours.
• Phase 3: Half to Full Marathon. This stage I have not planned out extensively, but I expect it to be more of the same building me up to being able to do a full marathon.

Weighing In

Now the depressing part: measuring myself on the scales.  Using the Fitbit Aria, I get the depressing figure:

30% body fat?! I am going to have to do something about that. It does make the blog name highly appropriate though.