A new routine.

Thursday 28/12/06:
Even tho I am working shorter hours than usual this week - I'm the only one in my building, so simply manning the phones and doing the other "must do" tasks - its amazing how being back into the work routine helps with the other habits. Its suddenly back to cereal and yoghurt for breakfast and a healthy lunch, instead of just eating all day and grabbing whatever I fancy when at home! And it seemed absolutely normal to get up at 6.30am and go out for my exercise before work.

With no pain from the leg for over a week now and after 4 days off from any real impact activity I decided to resume the walk/run routine today and see how it went. However this time I'm going to try a "walk 5min, run 5min" routine and see if it makes any difference.

I stuck to the flat of the main roads and repeated the above pattern four times before doing a final 5 min walking cooldown, as everything was completely pain free! YAY! This gave me 20mins of running in total and while I didn't go mad, I did do a bit more than just a jog - as I often find this less comfortable than a steady pace anyway. I would estimate I was doing about 6min kms, so still easy pace for me, but not plodding either.

I am really pleased with how good my leg felt the entire time, but have to keep reminding myself that the Voltarin I am taking is probably playing a big part in that. I have rather strong 75SR's so they will definately make a difference, despite only taking them once a day. I have been on them for 5 days now, so will continue for a few more yet.

It was another beautiful sunny morning when I was out, despite having rained overnight. When I got back I found that Courtney's inflatable pool had gone flat - probably due to our cat climbing on it and putting her claws thru it yet again! So it was out with the pump and 10mins of very aerobic exercise took place before I could hit the shower! I knew she'd be disappointed if she couldn't use it today and theres no way I can expect my poor Mum to get on the end of the hand pump! This afternoon I will have to try to find the leak and patch it up!