Yay! Progress
Nov17200912:47 p.m.
Hey,
Yesterday was a good day! After a bit of slacking on my part with regards to training and not pushing myself as hard as I could my mate said he would come training with me and give me a bit of a push and some competition!
We decided on the gym as the weather was a bit ropey...but wished we'd done a road run as the gym was heaving! not a treadmill free! We waited for 5mins thinking a couple might free up but it seemed the hardcore set were in and set for the duration so we opted for the bike for a while. 15mins later (and with numb bums - gym bikes are not comfy!!) I had won that challenge - i was using level 5 and kept my RPM at 85 or over for the full 15mins! (apart from a brief period where my mate put my level up to 10 when he saw I was beating him!lol)
Then as the treadmills were still occupied we did 5mins on the caridowave - a funny lateral stepper thing which can be a bugger on your thighs when you're not used to it!
Then we managed to get a couple of treadmils, so after a brief stretch and walk up i went to jogging speed and here comes the big news......are you ready for this....I managed a BIG milestone.....I JOGGED FOR 5MINS WITHOUT STOPPING!!! That's right - even after a decent paced 15mins on the bike I still managed 5mins jogging! I was so proud of myself!! I only managed about 10mins jogging in total (the other 5mins in intervals) as my legs were starting to feel shot and I could feel my balance going a bit - I was feeling myself leaning further and further forward when I was jogging (more work on core needed!) so I wacked up the incline and did an incline walk for a few more mins to finish off!!
Then it was onto the mats for some abs and stretches.
It might seem like a small goal to some but i was so proud of myself, esp as I managed it after the other stuff!!!!
Anyway, must be off to continue to bask in my glory (and nurse my aching bum and legs!!)
TTFN,
SugarPlumFairy x
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roddymacp 'Well done you. I know what you are feeling because on Sunday I managed 6 whole minutes for the first time.' added 17th Nov 2009
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spoogie37 'Well done! xxx' added 17th Nov 2009
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philk 'Any thoughts that maybe the long warm up contributed to your longer run? Sometimes when I cycle to where I want to run I find my muscles are ready and raring to go and my running is a lot better. Try it again next time you go to the gym and see if it happens again. Also, when you run to netball, do you find you play a bit better (it is you that runs to netball isn't it?)? But otherwise, BLOODY FANTASTIC! Well done.' added 17th Nov 2009
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