Day 106 – Week 16 – 16 mins (13)
Apologies for three posts arriving at once, but I have been without internet access for the last few days. This is what holidays are all about it seems.
Woke up this morning, to some terrible burn lines as a result of my 15 minute in the pool yesterday. Admittedly it was the middle of the day, but I had overloaded myself with sunscreen in anticipation of my lily white skin being exposed to the elements. Obviously it didn’t really help!
So today, I waited until after five, before doing my swim, but once again, didn’t do my stretching at the end. This time, I had an excellent excuse. I only had about 20 minutes to get myself in the shower and dressed before meeting 14 of my favourite friends and family for dinner. And it is still really hot. I really considered sitting by the pool and doing the stretches, but I am already burnt enough.
This swimming is proving tougher than I thought though. My legs were like jelly afterwards, and I used to be much better at it than I am now. Hopefully, I am slightly better at it by the end of the week.
Suzi
Day 105 – Week 15 – 15 mins (13)
I have noticed a niggling in my knee which is worrying me, so I have decided to take the opportunity of being on holiday and staying in an apartment right next to a pool, to adjust my routine somewhat. For the week that I am here, I am going to do my minutes in the pool. It should give me a much needed change in routine and hopefully give whatever is going on with my knee, a bit of a break.
It is roasting hot, here in Spain – around 40 degrees every day. And although, as an Australian, I know it is crazy to go out in the middle of the day, come about 1.00pm, I was desperate to go for a swim. So I did my minutes by doing breastroke for my usual warm up time, and freestyle for the bits when my heart rate should be higher. It was harder than I thought, especially as I had to work around several children in the pool, some of them learning to dive from the sidelines, and cutting across my path unexpectedly.
But – I forgot my stretching. I was so keen to get out of the sun, I raced inside after the swim, and so I can really only claim my 13 minutes for the day. Bugger!
Suzi
Day 104 – Week 15 – 15 mins
Up nice and early this morning, before heading off to the airport for a week in Spain. I am, of course, not packed and so have a mountain of things to do before setting off
at about 10.00am. So, got through my strength routine as painlessly as possible, and then got on with the far more serious job of trying to fit a week’s worth of clothes and books into the 15kg luggage allowance allowed by the very annoying cheap airlines we are forced to fly. Now, that gets your heart rate up, believe me….
Suzi
