Running with a weight vest

I made good on my promise to do a run with a 5kg (11lb) weight vest, just to see how it would feel to carry that mass again … after recently losing about that much in fat.

Achievement unlocked. Yep, sure does feel heavy!

And yet … not that big a deal. It felt like more of a slog, yes, sure, but nothing dramatic — and that was reflected in an active calorie burn that was almost the same as the last run on the same route sans vest. Actually slightly fewer calories burned today! So I guess (unsurprisingly) the error bars on measurement are bigger than the modest extra energy it theoretically takes to carry an extra 5kg on that run — only ~15 kcal! I could have fuelled that extra effort with one peanut, a grape, or a piece of popcorn. 🙄 Weird.

So not exactly a revelation, but I’m glad I tried it.