Day 358 – Week 51- 51 mins (lots!)
Well – there seems to be quite a bit of miscalculation with my days, numbers of minutes etc – not helped by the fact that I have missed quite a few days along the way, added a few here and there and adjusted things accordingly.
Anyway – I have actually done a reasonable amount of exercise since you last heard from me, but not all of it will be recorded here, as I want to make this all nice and pretty, so that we have a full seven days left for the final week starting on a Monday (tomorrow).
So, to summarise what I’ve been up to since you last heard from me – there’s been a couple of jogging sessions and at least one strength and stretching day all averaging out at about 35 mins each. But today – well, today was a bit special.
My fella and I set off to do the London Elephant Safari….
http://www.elephantparadelondon.org
The idea is that you go out and photograph as many of the 258 individually designed elephants that have been placed around the city as you can for the next month. Well – we managed about 50, and believe you me, that involved a lot of walking! It might have been pretty slow and leisurely, but walk we did! From Trafalgar Square to the Natural History Museum, with a fair bit of backtracking along the way…
So next week is the final week – and I am really going to make a go of doing 52 minutes each day (and try to find a few elephants). It’s going to kill me, because as you well know, I haven’t done much of a job of increasing by a minute a week for about the last two months so I will be pushing myself. But it would be nice to be able to say I have done it.
So – wish me luck!
Suzi
Day 357 – Week 51 – 51 mins (36)
Hottest day of the year so far – a proper 29 degrees we were expecting, which meant getting out as early as possible to the park.
Given I was there before they opened the gates – that was pretty early! Surely no-one else is as keen as me to get their run out of the way as soon as is humanly possible!
Suzi
Day 356 – Week 51 – 51 mins (10)
So does ten minutes on the trampoline with two excited nieces count as exercise? I hope so, because I tell you, trampolining is a lot more tiring than I remember as a child.
If it was up to me I think I’d have a trampoline myself – it’s much more fun than running around the park. But am afraid – with a London garden the size of a matchbox, a trampoline is not really the most practical of purchases. Might just have to stick with a skipping rope…
Suzi
Day 355 – Week 51 – 51 mins (35)
We are off to the countryside for a wedding later today, so I had to get myself out for a decent sized jog before immersing myself in fine food and alcohol. I managed 35 minutes before I gave up to come home, have a shower and paint my nails among other pre-wedding type jobs.
And I guess you COULD add the half hour on the dance floor to that total as well…
Suzi
Day 354 – Week 51 – 51 mins (30)
Thirty mins of stretching and strengthening today…but sorry to say, am not a great deal more stretched than when I started on this caper. I think far more serious work is required if I’m ever going to touch my toes comfortably.
Suzi
