Hooroo - our mad Waikato fan has bitten a bloody big bullet, and is training for the Auckland marathon.  He thought he might need some motivation to keep going, so we came up with the idea of a weekly report on his training progress.  Here is the first WEEKLY installment (right Hooroo).  You can offer encouragement on the Forums as Hooroo slims down and picks up the pace over the coming weeks and months.  Read on MacBeth - BartMan.

177 days to go and my first week of training has been a shambles.

KM's ran = 0
Food intake = Copius
Exercise = somewhat
Excuses = 1 (I had a cold and had a couple of days off work. Man Cold, maybe, but a cold none the less)

I can hear the smirks of those that shook their heads when I announced I will be doing this Marathon.  Well fear not my dear readers, I have done something this week.  I have managed a full body analysis and joined a 6 week Vibra-Train course which is essentially a machine that shakes the shit out of until you figure that it is best to just go out and start running for yourself.  To be fair though, I am completely knackered after each session (I have done three sessions this week)

Body analysis is as follows:
Height = 189cms
Gender = Male
Weight = 121.1 *sobs*

Total Body Water = 61.6 litres (Should be about 48.3)
Protien Mass (read: Muscle stuff) = 16.6kg (Good for my height is 12.9kg, so that's a positive for me!)
Mineral Mass (read: Bone strength/density) = 5.0kg. Good is 4.5kg, so that is my only other positive)
Body fat Mass 37.9kg (Should be around 12) *sobs uncontrollably

Measurements: (cms)
Chest = 122
Waist = 125
Hips = 123
Quad = 66
Calf = 44
Arm = 43

So nothing much to write home about (So I hope Mum isn't reading this) apart from a lot of motivation to get myself up to speed, slowly but surely!!!

I suppose a positive is that at least I have found out all this information now rather than through an autopsy!!!

Healthy living is my motto now (with a bit of bad thrown in)

The weekend will consist of a game of golf and a day at the races so realistically my first run will be Monday.  (I went for a 7k run 10 days ago, but wasn't thinking of doing a marathon then, so I have a wee bit of an ability to jog)

Have a good weekend all, and if you do see a tall, blond, fat, red-faced muppet plodding along your street, give us a wave as how many of us can there really be!!

Cheers

Your Marathon Man

Hooroo