Day 263 – Week 38 – 38 mins (25)
Does shopping count?
This was the plan. That we would brave the crowds and go to our local shopping centre to pick up a few things in the sales. And then after that, we would go to the gorgeous Kew Gardens to recover, and I could go for my run while we were there.
But of course it didn’t work out that way.
EVERYTHING in London takes about three times as long as you think it will. Even buying jeans.
You need to know that I do not like clothes shopping. I don’t like all the trying on, the changing, the heating being too high, the pushing past people, the being disappointed by your selection, the putting it all back on the rails and starting again.
And if there is anything that can stress me out, it’s trying to find jeans. I was down to one pair, my favourites having fallen apart a few weeks ago, so I really couldn’t put it off any longer. And after trying on about 20 pairs, I managed to pick up a couple I was moderately happy with.
But by this time it was about three o’clock , and there was no chance of getting home and getting to Kew Gardens before it got dark at about 4.30.
Instead – I put on my exercise gear and bopped around the kitchen for 25 minutes while my fella cooked the dinner. It was almost a joint exercise effort as he did a bit of foot tapping and swaying about in encouragement. Standing on the kitchen counter was a glass of wine, just waiting for me when I finished.
A great lesson in incorporating exercise into your daily life!
Suzi
Day 257 – Week 37 – 37 mins (25)
Doing the usual Christmas thing, we travelled a couple of hours away from home yesterday to spend the day and night with family, just getting back home around 7.30 tonight.
And despite many hours of eating, drinking and keeping children entertained I managed to get myself on the bosu for a 25 minute session – again, with the help of the magnificent headphones.
Total for the week is 116 minutes (16.57 mins a day). It’s the worst for some time, but I figure it’s a turning point. Christmas week was inevitably going to be the toughest – and the guilt of overindulgence alone should be enough to make an improvement next week.
Suzi
Day 253 – Week 37 – 37 mins
I was determined to do better today. So, when woken up by the delicate sound of the recycling men throwing wine bottles into their truck, I decided I should get myself up and try and go for a run.
It was almost 8.00am and only just light, but I decided I could get myself out there. What better way to mark the passing of the winter solstice than to agree that if I could go for a run on around about the shortest day of the year, then I would have no excuses once the light came flooding back.
And so I did. I couldn’t run on the pavement because it was too icy, but once I got to the park, I quite enjoyed crunching my feet on the frosty grass as I ran around the cricket oval. I came home well-pleased with myself.
It was only after getting back into bed with my cup of tea that I thought to look up the temperature.
Minus three degrees!!! I had been out in minus three degrees! Now if you are Russian or Canadian you are probably thinking that is an entirely appropriate way to spend such a warm winter morning. But if you are Australian like me, you are wondering if your heart can still beat in such temperatures. Especially when all my friends and family at home are probably sitting around the pool in about 38 degrees at the exact same moment that I am crunching the frost.
You bet I felt virtuous after that…
Suzi
Day 231 – Week 34 – 34 mins (20)
Ah how I wish I had started this experiment in the winter, and not the spring – then I would have been stuck inside for the small number of minutes, rather than the big number of minutes.
I struggle with having to do 34 full minutes on the bosu, but something like 15 minutes is fine.
Today I managed 20.
It is still raining….no getting outside possible. Or do people run in the rain? I don’t know if that’s one of those silly things to do, or if it is perfectly healthy and sensible.
Having said all this – I think there’s a slim possibility it won’t be raining tomorrow morning, in which case, I’ll be out there with bells on. (It’s nearly Christmas after all!)
Going to join me?
Suzi
Day 226 – Week 33 – 33 mins (28)
Much better today!
And it wasn’t raining, so I got myself out for a proper run.
Unfortunately, just as I was getting back from the run, I remembered I had to be at work an hour earlier than normal today to take part in a conference call. This is why the last five minutes of stretching didn’t get done.
I was in the door, in the shower, and back out again in half an hour – not the way I like to go about my mornings. I prefer a much gentler transition out into the big wide world…
Suzi
