OK, so it's taken a while (a GOOD while), but I'm finally back into it. I can feel those cobwebs blowing out as we speak. Technically, I thought I was going to throw up those cobwebs as I ran up a nasty hill on my first run in weeks this morning... got to get rid of them somehow right!
So, where did I leave off on my last post? Oh, that's right, I was planning on going for a run on Tuesday night. Yep, that didn't happen. I went home and ate the rest of the brownie slice instead, oops. The good news is that the brownie slice is all gone, and so is the rest of the binge-inducing food from my house. I was looking around for a late night graze last night, and I couldn't find anything I wanted to eat, so I went to bed instead. Score.
Yesterday I had my first return to the work cycle commute. It was tough going - 670 calories burnt on the way to work, max heart rate 171 and I felt like I was chewing on my lungs going up a couple of hills. The way home was slightly easier, until I got another #$!% flat tyre... 3rd flat in as many rides, I'm getting seriously pissed about this now. I'm taking it to get fixed today, and I'll ask them to check the rims and see if they're damaged or anything while they're at it - the bike didn't feel smooth right from the start yesterday, sort of clunky, like the back wheel isn't completely round. That can't be good.
Today, I laid in bed with angel and devil on opposing shoulders, arguing about whether to get up and run or lay back and sloth. Surprisingly the get up and run angel won. I'm super happy to have that run under my belt now, a couple of hours after completion... but at the time, I was in a world of pain. Interestingly my legs held up well, I didn't feel any soreness at all while running (although I'm sure that will present itself later in the day). The struggle was simply cardiovascular fitness, and seriously burning lungs. Hopefully the fitness will pick back up very soon, with a bit of consistency.
This leads me nicely to my next topic. In a moment of insanity, I have decided to try to train for a half marathon this year. On the 1st of May in fact. I'm thinking I might be a bit short of time to get myself fit enough for this, but I'm going to try anyway and see what happens. I've downloaded a training program, and slightly modified it to suit me. I'd love to share it with you, but I can't figure out how to copy and paste my beautiful table into my blog, and I've just spat it after trying to do it about 5 different ways. If any of you lovely technologically advanced bloggers would like to share the secret with me, I'd be much obliged. Feeling seriously inadequate right now :(
Well done on getting up this morning for your run! That is awesome.
ReplyDeleteBuggar about the bike tyre. That is insane that you get so many - I am sure they will find something on the wheel.
A HM hey? You freaking ROCK!
As for getting the training plan into the blog - you need to turn it into a .jpeg. Have it on your screen so you can see the whole thing. Press the Print Scrn button. Open Paint. Paste it in. Then just crop it so you can only see the training plan. Then save as a .jpeg. LMK how you go. :)
What a gun!! I have 10 months to train for mine ;) I am cheating a little, I only have to increase my running by 500m a week to get there. I reckon that's pretty doable right?
ReplyDeleteAs for the bike... just get a new rear wheel if that's whats happening. Because that would totally suck :(
My devil has been winning when I see the lolly jar lately. I think I might have to GET THEM AWAY FROM ME and make Superman hide them. Lucky I am still exercising!!
Come to Melbourne to do the HM with me and Cookie in October ;)