Went on a good walk yesterday. Took around 4 hours and there was plenty of up and down which meant that by the end my legs were aching a fair amount.
I don't think I'm going to be doing the 5k I was supposed to be entering any more so I will find another 5k event to enter so my work over the past 6 weeks hasn't been wasted.
Monday, 31 March 2008
Friday, 28 March 2008
Catch up
It's been a short week this week so I feel like I've not done much.
Though, to be honest I don't think I've done too badly. After my run on Tuesday morning I played football in the evening. This left me feeling tired on Wednesday and I didn't end up going out, which I regretted really. I got up Wednesday morning wishing that I'd got myself out of bed and onto the turbo trainer like I'd promised myself.
I made up for it last night, though. I got home from work and got on the bike to do a 21 minute session. I then changed straight into my running gear and did the Dale Winton challenge which took 41.5 minutes. I was really tired when I got back and felt completely drained. I'll try to get a 5k in over the weekend to make sure I keep the running miles up.
Though, to be honest I don't think I've done too badly. After my run on Tuesday morning I played football in the evening. This left me feeling tired on Wednesday and I didn't end up going out, which I regretted really. I got up Wednesday morning wishing that I'd got myself out of bed and onto the turbo trainer like I'd promised myself.
I made up for it last night, though. I got home from work and got on the bike to do a 21 minute session. I then changed straight into my running gear and did the Dale Winton challenge which took 41.5 minutes. I was really tired when I got back and felt completely drained. I'll try to get a 5k in over the weekend to make sure I keep the running miles up.
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Turbo, brrrrrrrrrrr, Run
I was really struggling for time last Thursday evening due to over-committing to things that evening but I really wanted to get onto the turbo trainer for a bit so I squeezed a 20 minute session in. As it was a shorter session I tried to go flat out but after 15 minutes I still slowed to my usual rate. It's really hard work!
Over the weekend I did a couple of long walks in the freezing cold. Although this is probably good for my general fitness I'm not sure how it will help me with my 5k - hence:
This morning I got up to do 5k before I went to work. For various reasons I wasn't comfortable all the way through but I did it in 20 minutes. I'll try to do this before work three times a week and make sure I get faster!
Over the weekend I did a couple of long walks in the freezing cold. Although this is probably good for my general fitness I'm not sure how it will help me with my 5k - hence:
This morning I got up to do 5k before I went to work. For various reasons I wasn't comfortable all the way through but I did it in 20 minutes. I'll try to do this before work three times a week and make sure I get faster!
Thursday, 20 March 2008
Turbo too!
Did another session on the turbo trainer on Tuesday evening. Got up to 45 minutes which was good.
I have to say, though, my legs were hardly moving by the end of it. It's easy to tell when cyclists are getting tired as their shoulders start to dip a lot. My shoulders where nearly touching the floor when I realised it waws time for me to start warming down!
Don't think I'm going to get any running in this week due to the turbo training so next week I'll start to go before work. I'll need some motivation to get out of bed though!
I have to say, though, my legs were hardly moving by the end of it. It's easy to tell when cyclists are getting tired as their shoulders start to dip a lot. My shoulders where nearly touching the floor when I realised it waws time for me to start warming down!
Don't think I'm going to get any running in this week due to the turbo training so next week I'll start to go before work. I'll need some motivation to get out of bed though!
Monday, 17 March 2008
What has my body done to deserve this?
Saturday was paintballing - an activity that resulted in my calves and thighs feeling like they were on fire (from squatting in paintball fear) and several miniature bruises all over the place. The size of the bruises are deceptive - they still hurt!
I suffered from cramp through Saturday night as a result of the paintballing and I think I would have been aching more but the walk on Sunday really helped to sooth my limbs. The reader of this blog will be pleased to know that I too was pleased to get home from Sunday's walk and it was a nice relaxed and tired feeling I had in the afternoon and evening.
This evening I had a go on my turbo trainer. It's the first proper bit of riding I've done this year and it hurt! I did a 5 minute warm up and 5 minute warm down with 25 minutes of "2 minutes easy, 1 minute hard, two minutes easy, 1 minute hard..." sandwiched in the middle. The only thing being that this gradually changed to "2 minutes hard, 1 minute I think I'm going to have a hernia" somewhere along the way.
After the 35 minute session theres only one way to describe the way I felt: NOT VERY WELL.
Lots of work to do here. What's encouraging is that 20 minutes later I felt completely recovered; so I must be doing something right!
I suffered from cramp through Saturday night as a result of the paintballing and I think I would have been aching more but the walk on Sunday really helped to sooth my limbs. The reader of this blog will be pleased to know that I too was pleased to get home from Sunday's walk and it was a nice relaxed and tired feeling I had in the afternoon and evening.
This evening I had a go on my turbo trainer. It's the first proper bit of riding I've done this year and it hurt! I did a 5 minute warm up and 5 minute warm down with 25 minutes of "2 minutes easy, 1 minute hard, two minutes easy, 1 minute hard..." sandwiched in the middle. The only thing being that this gradually changed to "2 minutes hard, 1 minute I think I'm going to have a hernia" somewhere along the way.
After the 35 minute session theres only one way to describe the way I felt: NOT VERY WELL.
Lots of work to do here. What's encouraging is that 20 minutes later I felt completely recovered; so I must be doing something right!
Friday, 14 March 2008
Grand Old Duke of York 3
Did the Grand of Duke of Walk on Wednesday evening. Really enjoyed it! I didn't time it but it wasn't particularly fast.
Was supposed to go for a bike ride yesterday but I couldn't get intouch with the person who I had arranged to go with which was disappointing.
I feel I've missed out a bit by not going so I want to make sure I get all my days in next week.
Was supposed to go for a bike ride yesterday but I couldn't get intouch with the person who I had arranged to go with which was disappointing.
I feel I've missed out a bit by not going so I want to make sure I get all my days in next week.
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
Football again
Played football last night in terrible weather. Definitely getting accustomed to playing football. I ran a lot last night and am not aching at all today. Tonight I'll do a longish run as I've not done a run over 40 minutes for a while.
Monday, 10 March 2008
Walk and football
Went a long walk in Derbyshire on Sunday and saw a place I'd quite fancy living one day. Ashford on the Water is very nice. I find that long walks really wear me out. Anything over three or four hours makes me feel like I want to go to sleep when I get home!
Instead of going to sleep, though, I drove to Nottingham to play football. The team we played were very good and beat us easily. Being on the losing side you end up running around a lot chasing the ball and it's all even more tiring than usual!
I feel ok today, though, and think I'll go for a run tonight.
Instead of going to sleep, though, I drove to Nottingham to play football. The team we played were very good and beat us easily. Being on the losing side you end up running around a lot chasing the ball and it's all even more tiring than usual!
I feel ok today, though, and think I'll go for a run tonight.
Friday, 7 March 2008
The ANNIHILATOR!
This is by far the hardest of all the routes I do. It involves a sprint of approximately 1 minute up a very steep hill (Elly's car only goes up it in 1st gear). Then you get 9 minutes of running round the block to recover and do it again.
Last night I did three laps. The feeling when you get to the top of the hill is a mixture of relief and sickness due to effort that's just gone into the previous minute. I felt ok last night. I think in future I may shorten the lap to get more hills and less recovery. But that's definitely a plan reserved for the future - at the moment the annihilator still annihilates me!
Last night I did three laps. The feeling when you get to the top of the hill is a mixture of relief and sickness due to effort that's just gone into the previous minute. I felt ok last night. I think in future I may shorten the lap to get more hills and less recovery. But that's definitely a plan reserved for the future - at the moment the annihilator still annihilates me!
Thursday, 6 March 2008
5k Mk2
Had serious motivation problems last night. I was absolutely shattered when I got in from work (at 7pm) and I was supposed to be meeting friends at 8:30 in town.
What I really wanted to do was sit down, have some dinner and relax for an hour before I went out.
What I decided to do was run 5k just to get used to the distance. I deliberately decided not to time myself as I was running just to get used to it rather than go for a good time. This way the run would only take 20 minutes and I wowuld have time to have a shower and a quick bite to eat before going out.
Once I started running I felt fine. Still tired in my head but I actually ran quite fast. Much, much better than the other morning. I think I need to get used to running in the mornings.
I felt deservedly rested when I went to bed and slept very well!
What I really wanted to do was sit down, have some dinner and relax for an hour before I went out.
What I decided to do was run 5k just to get used to the distance. I deliberately decided not to time myself as I was running just to get used to it rather than go for a good time. This way the run would only take 20 minutes and I wowuld have time to have a shower and a quick bite to eat before going out.
Once I started running I felt fine. Still tired in my head but I actually ran quite fast. Much, much better than the other morning. I think I need to get used to running in the mornings.
I felt deservedly rested when I went to bed and slept very well!
Wednesday, 5 March 2008
Football
Played a game of football last night. Compared with last October (when I started playing football) I find football doesn't make me feel like I'm going to die any more. It was pretty painful for the first couple of months and I used to dread it but I've only noticed recently that I don't dread it any more. Weird how it got easier without me noticing.
I feel generally tired today but I'm going to have another go at the 5k loop tonight. Not expecting a great deal - just want to get used to running that distance.
I feel generally tired today but I'm going to have another go at the 5k loop tonight. Not expecting a great deal - just want to get used to running that distance.
Monday, 3 March 2008
5k disaster! (But a better Sunday.)
I worked out a 5k route from my house which is pretty much a 1 mile loop that I do three times then a bit added on the end to make it up to 5k.
I got up on Saturday morning to give it a go. I did one loop as a warm up before having a crack a the whole thing. I'll say at the outset that it was very windy but there's no hiding the fact that the time was very disappointing. I felt rubbish all the way through and felt unable to run any faster than I did as I felt that any extra speed would result in me having to stop. Anyway, I finally finished at 20 mins 54 seconds. I'd run 10k in less than 40 minutes so to run a 5k at an average speed that would translate to a 10k of just under 42 minutes is very disappointing.
I'm going to try again in an evening to see if I can put this bad time down to the wind and "morning effect". Then I'll just have to work on running in the mornings (especially as the race is in the morning!).
Yesterday was much better. I went skiing in the afternoon and although I fell on the first go down the slope and clattered onto my backside ("Gluteus to the Maximus - that hurt!") it was good fun. Tiring on the legs though.
In the evening I played two football matches. I was able to to keep sprinting around the pitch right up to the end of the second game which was great as I normally find 1hr of football hard enough - let alone 2 hours with skiing as a starter. Which, in turn, makes the 5k time even more disappointing!
Anyway, today I'm suffering. I'm bruised from skiing, have a swolen ankle from football (twisted my ankle) and various bumps and grazes (though amazingly I don't have one on my head from where my forehead was used as a brake on one of my many falls playing football).
I'm having a rest tonight.
I got up on Saturday morning to give it a go. I did one loop as a warm up before having a crack a the whole thing. I'll say at the outset that it was very windy but there's no hiding the fact that the time was very disappointing. I felt rubbish all the way through and felt unable to run any faster than I did as I felt that any extra speed would result in me having to stop. Anyway, I finally finished at 20 mins 54 seconds. I'd run 10k in less than 40 minutes so to run a 5k at an average speed that would translate to a 10k of just under 42 minutes is very disappointing.
I'm going to try again in an evening to see if I can put this bad time down to the wind and "morning effect". Then I'll just have to work on running in the mornings (especially as the race is in the morning!).
Yesterday was much better. I went skiing in the afternoon and although I fell on the first go down the slope and clattered onto my backside ("Gluteus to the Maximus - that hurt!") it was good fun. Tiring on the legs though.
In the evening I played two football matches. I was able to to keep sprinting around the pitch right up to the end of the second game which was great as I normally find 1hr of football hard enough - let alone 2 hours with skiing as a starter. Which, in turn, makes the 5k time even more disappointing!
Anyway, today I'm suffering. I'm bruised from skiing, have a swolen ankle from football (twisted my ankle) and various bumps and grazes (though amazingly I don't have one on my head from where my forehead was used as a brake on one of my many falls playing football).
I'm having a rest tonight.
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