Best laid plans...
Tuesday 12/12/06:
It was rather cloudy this morning when I headed out at 6am, but not cold and not dark I reminded myself, unlike just a few months ago!
As I am being so well behaved and only doing my short jog every second day, today was purely walking. So I took the country road with its undulating hills and kept the pace up so that the hills were giving me a good cardio workout. I was only out for 30mins today - but its better than nothing... I not only hope to be maintaining some level of fitness this way, but I know it is good for the shins, calves, etc, that I am still exercising most days and hopefully this will prevent them from going into total shock when I do get to run properly again. Of course the fact that I stretch before and after helps too, which I probably wouldn't get round to if I wasn't doing these walking sessions. And just the fact that I am keeping in the habit of getting up early and exercising most mornings is good too - its so easy to fall out of the routine...
I had planned to head to the local indoor pool this evening to swim some laps. I haven't done this in about 8 months - since I shifted house (it was a fair bit closer then) but used to go once a week and am keen to get back into the routine. I am still toying with the idea of entering some short-course ametuer triathlons over summer, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to put in some pool work, before I attempt sea swimming again! However my plan was foiled tonight, as I hadn't realised my Mum was going to be out and therefore had no one to listen out for Courtney once she was in bed. Tomorrow night for sure...
Was reading the latest edition of RW last night and was pleasantly surprised to see the article on (semi) local girl, Tracey Richardson (Pgs 16-17) For anyone who hasn't seen it, she is a mother of 4 children, two of whom suffer from Cystic Fibrosis, who was over-weight and depressed. In 2002 she set herself a goal of completing a "Special K Womens Triathlon". But she didn't stop there and despite the odds she went on to complete a full NZ Ironman and the 2004 Hawaiian Ironman. Along the way she shed 30kgs and raised a heap of money (and awareness) for CF.
Thing is, I remember reading and hearing about her when she was training for the first IM and followed her progress on a website with particular interest, as I was also doing the Special K. She really is a great inspiration and role-model to others of what can be achieved with enough determination.
It was rather cloudy this morning when I headed out at 6am, but not cold and not dark I reminded myself, unlike just a few months ago!
As I am being so well behaved and only doing my short jog every second day, today was purely walking. So I took the country road with its undulating hills and kept the pace up so that the hills were giving me a good cardio workout. I was only out for 30mins today - but its better than nothing... I not only hope to be maintaining some level of fitness this way, but I know it is good for the shins, calves, etc, that I am still exercising most days and hopefully this will prevent them from going into total shock when I do get to run properly again. Of course the fact that I stretch before and after helps too, which I probably wouldn't get round to if I wasn't doing these walking sessions. And just the fact that I am keeping in the habit of getting up early and exercising most mornings is good too - its so easy to fall out of the routine...
I had planned to head to the local indoor pool this evening to swim some laps. I haven't done this in about 8 months - since I shifted house (it was a fair bit closer then) but used to go once a week and am keen to get back into the routine. I am still toying with the idea of entering some short-course ametuer triathlons over summer, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to put in some pool work, before I attempt sea swimming again! However my plan was foiled tonight, as I hadn't realised my Mum was going to be out and therefore had no one to listen out for Courtney once she was in bed. Tomorrow night for sure...
Was reading the latest edition of RW last night and was pleasantly surprised to see the article on (semi) local girl, Tracey Richardson (Pgs 16-17) For anyone who hasn't seen it, she is a mother of 4 children, two of whom suffer from Cystic Fibrosis, who was over-weight and depressed. In 2002 she set herself a goal of completing a "Special K Womens Triathlon". But she didn't stop there and despite the odds she went on to complete a full NZ Ironman and the 2004 Hawaiian Ironman. Along the way she shed 30kgs and raised a heap of money (and awareness) for CF.
Thing is, I remember reading and hearing about her when she was training for the first IM and followed her progress on a website with particular interest, as I was also doing the Special K. She really is a great inspiration and role-model to others of what can be achieved with enough determination.
posted by Vicky @ 12/12/2006 09:40:00 pm
1 Comments:
At Wed Dec 13, 06:50:00 pm,
Ewen said…
I'll have to take a look - sounds like a good article.
You're very disciplined with your comeback - hope it keeps going well. That's a good idea to resume the swimming - it's a great cardio workout for 'non swimmers'.
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