Day 131 – Week 19 – 19 mins

It was a beautiful morning to go for a run this morning. And I felt a bit stronger and less puffed as I did it today – are we seeing another little gradual lift in my fitness?

I have realised that so much of all this is about being a little bit creative in figuring out how you are going to get the exercise done, instead of turning away at the first difficulty. For example, this afternoon and evening we have a funeral and wake to go to. We will then stay in a hotel at the location, and I will go straight from there early in the morning to go to work – and I will not be home until around 9.00pm.

So when and how will I be able to do my strength exercises tomorrow? Do I use the unusual and difficult circumstances as an excuse not to do them? In the past – I’d have decided it was impossible. But is that really the case? I will pack my resistance strap and medicine ball – and will try and find myself 19 minutes and a couple of square meters of space at the hotel before I go to work. I won’t have my weights with me, so it will be a compromise – but at least I am not giving up completely on the idea.

For me – this commitment and planning is what is making the difference, so that I can gradually build up my strength and fitness, rather than find myself back at square one every few weeks or months. Long may it last,

Suzi