Week by week goes by and something comes up that is worth blogging about, but I just don't seem to find the time to get it down in type. For instance, I have uploaded pictures from an event at the very start of the month, but never got around to writing about it. I remember thinking that getting the pictures up is the part I always dread because it takes the most time, so I tried to do that first. However, it seems that it has taken me longer to sit down and hash this out.
So, what have I been up to?!
Like I said, the start of the month was the Living Angels Concert. Our friend organised a camping/ music festival weekend to raise money for the Living Angles charity that he set up. The event was held just outside of Tamworth (just outside of Birmingham) on a fantastic summer weekend. The weather was hot and the whole gang managed to make it out for the weekend. The gang + some ex-POWD memebers from Sunderland that Craig and I hadn't seen in a really long time. There was live music all weekend (including Chilli con Queso from the Cosiers) , foot massage (bliss!), Zumba, and some North vs. South cricket.
Next up was the completion of the Global Corporate Challenge event. I took part in this last year and this year. All it really is is a challenge to see what corporate team can take the most steps in the 100-or so days. So from early May, I don a pedometer to track my stepping. This year I beat my daily average from last year with a whopping 13293 steps per day... Most of this stepping came from my 3-Peaks challenge which has significanty skewed my results, but still... I am happy with anything more than 10,000 per day. In the course of the challenge I mustered:
-1,475,620 total steps= daily average of 5.29 miles and 536 calories
-Total calories= 59, 497, which according to the calculator= 367 glasses of wine or 441 pints of beer or 165 bars of chocolate.
For your information (again, according to this calculator): 10,000 steps= 4 miles= 400 calories.
Or, more simply: 100 calories per mile.
One 175mL glass of red wine= 119cal
One 175mL glass of white wine= 130 cal
One bottle of rose wine (Faye)= 533 cal
35mL of JD + Diet Pop= 79 cal
On the topic of mileage and drinkage, I have been running again. I have a second 1/2 marathon of the year coming up on October 23rd. Hooray!! I had been feeling really negative about running againg, but a magic banana and a new route seemed to work that negativity out: I am now feeling really pumped about this race.
So pumped, that I registered for a 10km race the 2nd weekend of October.
Now let's see how this balances out:
If I run an average of 10 miles on the weekend (sometimes more and sometimes less), that = 1000 calories; thereby, on the weekend I can drink 8.4 glasses of wine!! Fantastic!! And on that note and as it is Friday night...
