I have to tell about a dèjá vu experience recently. About 25 years ago, I was making my military service in the Swedish infantry. Some of us were visiting the gym at the campus and when my room mates once joined me they exclaimed: "and we just thought you were fat!" The green military dress in those days didn't fit very tight so they judged my body posture from what they actually could see. I had spent the last 6 years in a gym at the time - so I was training with (for them at least) quite large weights. My BMI (Body Mass Index) was 25 then, which is the same today! Now, last week, one of my colleagues exclaimed something like: "and we just thought you were any ordinary middle-age man, not with such talents". It was meant to be a compliment (and comment to this blog) but I was recalling that 25-year old citation.
I am increasing the training dose now. I have extended my 10 km rounds to 13 km and it works out quite well. I may feel a little stiffer after the 13 km than after the 10 but I assume that after a couple of weeks that it will be gone. The goal is to run 42 km per week, so every third round will be only 10 km. The plan is to reach 50 km per week in the end of the summer, and I will then extend to some 16 km rounds.
