Thanks,
@Lady Celerity
Programmes:
Unbound Day 22
Code of Abs Day 9
Challenges:
From Walking to Running Day 2
Upperbody Light Day 4
Wall Push-ups Day 18
Walk and Run Day 4
Warrior Arms Day 2
Warrior Abs Day 30
Dead Hang Day 30
No Sugar Day 4
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Hike. 1 hour, 28 minutes. 7.12km. Gosh but it was good to get out again! I haven't been on a hike in months! Well, apart from one in January. No, two... Whatever. Anyway, I had gone out originally to check out a nice easy route for my mum. She'll be coming this way at the end of the month and after we've done the two-day walks, I'll take her out for a couple of nice gentle hikes. They have to be gentle. She's got degenerative arthritis and finds walking painful but it's the only exercise she does and she enjoys it. She's supposed to be getting a cortisone injection and hopes that'll help for a while. So, not such hard hikes as I like to take. But after a little while of walking relatively flat, I simply
had to turn up the Spine and for the next hour I went where I would
not take my mum! It was SO good to be out again. Tell you, though, those mountain so call my name! They're the Brindabella Ranges, part of the Great Dividing Range. One day...
Not exactly gentle...
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Taekwondo training. Phew, it was hot today. I read that sweat has anti-aging properties. If I keep this up, I'll soon be having to show my ID again!
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When the lower belts all split off to practice their patterns, leaving four adult black belts, the coach had us pair up to do the one-steps. I had already learnt 1 and 2 and kind of remembered them, and the coach then gave us 3 and 4. My partner was very good and got me through them very well. Then we did 5 and 6! My brain was so full!
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They're only short so I've just got to remember about four or five moves for each.
I've taken heed of what the running guru
@HellYeah had to say (and thank you very much for that). I sat myself down and gave myself a good talking to. Some of it was actually about running! I have decided that I shall accept this failure - accept it, own it, and use it as something to improve from. Come next Monday, I shall resume the running programme. I accept that I shall not be able to run 5k in 30-35 minutes, but as I have previously run 5k, I aim to do that again and, as advised, disregard my speed and focus on my endurance/distance.
In order to become good at something, you need to focus on it.
In order to become
really good at something, you need to focus
solely on it.
I do a number of things. Perhaps picking up boxing this term was not the best idea, but to use Hillary's excuse, it was there - and it's a new challenge and great fun. I have a large number of charity kilometres to cover this month, either running or walking. And there there are the two weekly Taekwondo sessions. I cannot focus solely on running. I do not
want to focus solely on running. Therefore it will take me longer to achieve the goal (if that's what I'm aiming for) of a 'fast' 5k. I'm in no hurry.
The upshot: finish the programme. Ignore the words "30-35 minutes run in one go" and focus on the words "run 5k" - I have to if I want to finish this programme. Restart ZR (for the third time - I just don't/won't let up!) and keep working on endurance. And drop the running challenge - I've enough on:
I'm taking on Cancer Council's The March Charge, a month-long fitness challenge to raise funds for people impacted by cancer. Every day in Australia over 444 people hear the words
www.themarchcharge.com.au
So that's 90km for this one. And
soldieron.cmail19.com
Just wait until tomorrow.
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