Saturday
Activity: climbing
Sunday
Activity: swim
Distance: 1200m
Time: 30min
Climbing felt great - some longer climbs, managed to complete them too. Swimming was a bit of a let-down. Just tough.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Can't think of anything pithy
Activity: Zumba
Time: 1hr
A week off for K to have a holiday, and back into it. I'm loving it - thinking of finding another class, maybe at the gym on weekends to get another session in each week. It's like aerobics & dance all rolled together :) Plus, a bunch of the moves are folk dancing moves, so I know them from the dance classes last year. The only problem I have is the salsa step. I just can't seem to get it. Practice makes perfect right?
Time: 1hr
A week off for K to have a holiday, and back into it. I'm loving it - thinking of finding another class, maybe at the gym on weekends to get another session in each week. It's like aerobics & dance all rolled together :) Plus, a bunch of the moves are folk dancing moves, so I know them from the dance classes last year. The only problem I have is the salsa step. I just can't seem to get it. Practice makes perfect right?
Monday, August 23, 2010
Forced exercise - the best
Activity: cycling
Distance: 13km
Time: 50min
Cycle commute ho hum. Normal for me - decided to go without a jacket & just a summer weight top, so thought I'd go hard & warm up. Then realised I'd forgotten a towel, so had to ease off & go slow.
Insurance on the car is sorted. Maisie goes to the mechanic tomorrow morning & if she's repairable, I get a courtesy car. If not, dunno. Hopefully State will pay for a couple of days with a rental car or something while I sort my life out.
Distance: 13km
Time: 50min
Cycle commute ho hum. Normal for me - decided to go without a jacket & just a summer weight top, so thought I'd go hard & warm up. Then realised I'd forgotten a towel, so had to ease off & go slow.
Insurance on the car is sorted. Maisie goes to the mechanic tomorrow morning & if she's repairable, I get a courtesy car. If not, dunno. Hopefully State will pay for a couple of days with a rental car or something while I sort my life out.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Highs & lows
Activity: skiing
A day skiing at Porters is hard work - T-bars don't give you any chance to rest between runs! I hired some different boots & had a much better time in that regard. I think this means my hideous pink boots have finally seen better days. I also demo'd some Rossi Zenith Z76's- lovely on the hardpack, but uncontrollable in the slush that built up on the side of the groomers. Still, it shows that my poor little K2 Omnis really are lightweight skis & I could do with upgrading in the off-season. Oy, my bank account's hurting already.
Got home to find that my car had been run into last night - I'd parked on the street so that R could get out at 5:30am this morning. Tomorrow will be full of calls to the mechanic & insurance company. I'll also be biking everywhere for quite a while I think :(
A day skiing at Porters is hard work - T-bars don't give you any chance to rest between runs! I hired some different boots & had a much better time in that regard. I think this means my hideous pink boots have finally seen better days. I also demo'd some Rossi Zenith Z76's- lovely on the hardpack, but uncontrollable in the slush that built up on the side of the groomers. Still, it shows that my poor little K2 Omnis really are lightweight skis & I could do with upgrading in the off-season. Oy, my bank account's hurting already.
Got home to find that my car had been run into last night - I'd parked on the street so that R could get out at 5:30am this morning. Tomorrow will be full of calls to the mechanic & insurance company. I'll also be biking everywhere for quite a while I think :(
Monday, August 16, 2010
How far behind am I this time?
Thursday
Activity: climbing
Sunday
Activity: swimming
Distance: 1300m
Time: 35min
Monday
Activity: spin bike
Time: 35min
Lazy weekend, but a few activities in there. Even bought myself a chalk bag so that I'm not the only one of us who has to borrow one! Tried the gym at Centennial - very busy, jumped on the spin bike 'cos that was the only machine free. Would be a good place to do a weights circuit, I think, but there's no arc trainers and the treadmills & ellipticals are really popular. Even the Stairmasters were full. And parking's free after 5pm :)
Activity: climbing
Sunday
Activity: swimming
Distance: 1300m
Time: 35min
Monday
Activity: spin bike
Time: 35min
Lazy weekend, but a few activities in there. Even bought myself a chalk bag so that I'm not the only one of us who has to borrow one! Tried the gym at Centennial - very busy, jumped on the spin bike 'cos that was the only machine free. Would be a good place to do a weights circuit, I think, but there's no arc trainers and the treadmills & ellipticals are really popular. Even the Stairmasters were full. And parking's free after 5pm :)
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Zumba!
Activity: Zumba
Time: 45min
After flagging due to sickness last week, I made it to Zumba this week, only to find that there's no class next week :( Good fun though - I'm not really feeling pain, but I definitely know my whole body's been moving & working.
Time: 45min
After flagging due to sickness last week, I made it to Zumba this week, only to find that there's no class next week :( Good fun though - I'm not really feeling pain, but I definitely know my whole body's been moving & working.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Next step
Activity: gym
Time: 20min
Activity: Zumbatomic
Time: 45min
Back to the gym this morning - travel time seems to be the flaw in the plan. Somehow my brain seems to think the drive to the gym is less than 5 minutes, when it's actually just over 10.
However, Zumbatomic with the Guides was great fun - a good lead in to Zumba at work tomorrow, I hope.
Time: 20min
Activity: Zumbatomic
Time: 45min
Back to the gym this morning - travel time seems to be the flaw in the plan. Somehow my brain seems to think the drive to the gym is less than 5 minutes, when it's actually just over 10.
However, Zumbatomic with the Guides was great fun - a good lead in to Zumba at work tomorrow, I hope.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Responsibility overload or good habit?
Activity: gym
Time: 20min
OK, so my intention was to do 30min on the arc trainer, but I forgot my card & water bottle, then had a fight with the vending machine trying to get a drink. In order to get to work I had to cut 10min off the workout. I was still kinda purple when I left, but nobody saw me until about 8:30 & by then my face was it's normal shade of pink.
My plan is to continue this, with the general idea that I'll be too sleepy in the mornings to talk myself out of my fantastic idea. That's the crucial part. Luckily the weather's turning, so by 7am it's light & I don't feel like I'm a complete fool being up at that hour. Between cycling to work & going to the gym before work, I should be doing pretty well in a month or two.
Even better? I've had Jelly Tip icecream in the freezer for over a week & it's not finished. It's not even half finished. Maybe I'm growing up? Or maybe I'm just reaching the top of my responsibility arc.
Time: 20min
OK, so my intention was to do 30min on the arc trainer, but I forgot my card & water bottle, then had a fight with the vending machine trying to get a drink. In order to get to work I had to cut 10min off the workout. I was still kinda purple when I left, but nobody saw me until about 8:30 & by then my face was it's normal shade of pink.
My plan is to continue this, with the general idea that I'll be too sleepy in the mornings to talk myself out of my fantastic idea. That's the crucial part. Luckily the weather's turning, so by 7am it's light & I don't feel like I'm a complete fool being up at that hour. Between cycling to work & going to the gym before work, I should be doing pretty well in a month or two.
Even better? I've had Jelly Tip icecream in the freezer for over a week & it's not finished. It's not even half finished. Maybe I'm growing up? Or maybe I'm just reaching the top of my responsibility arc.
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