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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

EXERCISE PLUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!CRAZY WOMAN I AM

As usual had a busy week at work and things with the kids but also squeezed in a lot of exercise. I find I am driven by the need to stay focused on something I can control and exercise is it. Takes my mind off worrying about my health and makes me feel good at the end. On Friday I went to a circuit running training session which absolutely killed- 50 minutes of non stop activity that left me hardly able to walk when I woke up Sat. On Sat morning though we had our running trials. So I went and did them in a slower time than normal by about 1 1/2 minutes. Strange thing is though I have lost the ability to run much. I am having trouble breathing when I run so do a lot of interval running/ walking. I used to be able to run 2km non stop but can't now. Luckily I am a very fast walker but maybe I am giving up too easily because of this. On sunday went to the 8km funrun in the city with 2 trainers. Of course they took off and left me in their dust. I was aiming for and pushed myself to get under the 1 hr mark. Just made it in under 57 minutes. I was pleased with this but again I walked a lot of it. My time was faster than previous runs but running was less. Not sure if this is related to not feeling well or just a mental giving up. A lovely lady asked m eto run part of it with her and told me I needed to slow down so I could maintain. tried to do this and it helped a little. I need to learn to stop rushing at everything. Running is so alien to me and I have bad technique. Saw Kathryn in the line which was great. She appeared to be having a good time. Monday morning went to kick boxing with every muscle screaming at me to stop. Then Monday night had fitness testing. This consisted of 2km run, 2 minutes sprinting, 30 push ups, 60 squats with weights, 1 min 45 hover, 50 shoulder presses and 60 crunches. I exceeded all my past efforts except for the run which was slower than last time. I was pleased with that but very exhausted. Yesterday I had 3 hrs of tennis which was great, even though we lost by 3 games. Then last night I went for a short bike ride with E. Trying to master that as it is something I have not really done, except for 2 short rides this year, (in over 15 years). This morning had running training again which consisted of 50 minutes of running shuttle combinations.
I am going to try to find 1 hr tonight to go for a longer bike ride. Just want to keep at it to see if I can toughen up the bum muscles which kill me when I try to ride.
Tomorrow cannot make training as we have a funeral to go to. Very sad as our elderly engineer died on Friday. This man has been like a mentor to us for over 20 years and although we knew he had little time left it was still a great shock. He was another old fashioned gentleman like my dad.
Friday I am off to Newcastle to visit Bri... I am sooo excited. I desperately need a break and a hug froma friend. Lucky me I am able to go.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.
Got this quote from sparkpeople. Think it was written for me.

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