Varied Weekend

Although there was no dedicated running involved, I had a good, active weekend.

It started on Friday night (when I felt in no shape to do anything due to either my squash game or the fast Grand Old Duke of York - probably the squash) when Elly asked me to do the cycle challenge. This has nothing to do with bikes. Instead you hav to lie on your back and then put Same Old Stuff by The Feeling on. As soon as the music starts you have to cycle your legs in the air. This sounds easy but the angle you have your legs from the floor is closer to 20 degrees than 90 degrees. You also have to extend your legs fully for each cycle. All in all it's exhausting. Same Old Stuff goes on for ages too. The challenge is to cycle your legs all the way through Same Old Stuff and then see how many seconds you can do into the next track.

On Saturday I went for a long walk in the Peaks which was really needed as by this stage (after the cycle challenge) my legs felt terrible! The walk was generally tiring for me as my legs hurt so much and it was so hilly and windy. Having said that it was very enjoyable and did the trick sorting out my legs; on Sunday they felt fine.

Sunday morning I went for a blast for an hour on my mountain bike round some woods a couple of miles from my house. Then I went to play football and felt great all the way through.

I've got a busy week this week but will need to find time to dedicate to running.