Totally Smashing It

I am all over it!!  Another good session

30 mins running training with Annoying Whiney American mix of hills and speed - most of work out at 1% going up to running at 4% and HOLY COW 6% hard - walked twice for about 30 secs but ran the rest  (this includes 5 min warm up and 4 min cool down)

5 mins on bike relaxing and cooling off

40 sit ups

some arms and some legs on machines

Man I feel good!  Legs strong, breathing was good, abs good.  

Looking good chickadee!

YES YES YES!!!!!

Gym again this evening - couldn't make it during the day due to work - I know what a rotter!  But went this evening, much to the horror of my family who couldn't work out where I was and who were standing around looking forlornly at the cold cooker when I returned - BUT back to me me its all about me...

20 minutes on the cross (livid) trainer on hilly intervals and then - oh yes.... me and Mr Smooth getting down on the Spinner.  I did 12 minutes but on the wrong program - pretty much just the same thing for 20 minutes but with freaky music and Mr Smooth telling me how hot I was looking - great but not very productive.  Swapped to intervals which works me MUCH harder....all seated though which was sad...

'Yea - that's right, you are working it now'......*sigh*

so stats:

20 minutes Cross Trainer - 1.78k
30 mins Spinner - not sure how far but came off feeling good!

Feel strong - strong legs, bouncy....

Still have a cough & cold though - and dry DRY throat...

The Runner Returns

Wednesday 6th February

Sooooooo - Back right on it - I am all over it!! Well sort of....  Started yesterday in earnest - rather than Monday - but hey whats a day  in a long drawn out period of fun!

So yesterday I started running - badly, slowly, but definitely  a start...

23 mins 
3.10K - a slow run, a good 2 mins walking either side, but a steady pace, most of it at about 8.7

Then some crunches and then a cold bloody shower - grrr..

Am off to the gym at any moment - so will list achievements again upon my return!

The Prodigal Runner Returns

Oh yes - I am BACK!!!!  Thought I would try and tackle on of the programs on the new running machines in the all new sparkly gym today - just me and Evil Esther (the whiney American trainer on the screen)  Easy program - but hilly intervals and YES - I SMASHED it!

30 mins
2.08miles ( or 3.34K) good 30 minute work out some hills, mostly run at 1% and I felt AWESOME


I feel strong - strong legs, strong form, could have run for longer....yep.

BABY I AM BACCK

No Fun February

3rd February SUNDAY

So much for starting anything.... Have managed the sole sum of nothing - well other than starting this blog - which I guess is no BAD thing - at least it is there for when I can start to train!

Nothing - I have done the sum total of nothing...nada, nowt, zero.  I trained twice last week - both times in a rather feeble way.  Pathetic - and frustrating as I really want to get on with it.  It is Sunday, I could go today, right now in fact, before everyone else gets up BUT am still very very snotty.

So instead - perhaps I should make some plans.  Right.  So. Should look at some couch to 10K programs.....should talk to the gym about upping from a 5K to a 10K.  Should in fact make a list!!! YES!

1. Look at Couch to 10K programs maybe put onto phone?

2. Talk to Gym about supporting training - how can I improve from running 5K to 10K

3. Think about training programs

Hmmm - not much of a list.......