Most active day ever...

Sawubona,

How are you all going? That’s great to hear! I thought I’d do a mid-week update, and especially because I have a bit to report! This week I’ve really stepped it up – the plateau from last week to this week hasn’t really worried me, but I thought rather than waiting for it to end just doing my normal amount of exercise, I would ‘shock’ the body by mixing things up a bit!

So what have I been doing?

Monday, after riding my pushbike in, I ran the walking group at lunch time – not that it needed much running – there was only me and one other! But we still had a good time – we did the below, which is equal to walks we’ve done in the past which have taken 50 mins – this time it only took us 30!!



Monday arvo I went to the gym and did a run on the treadmill, then some rowing, and followed this by my ride home.

Tuesday I was working at Chatswood, and had Starlight in the evening – so I did my exercise in the morning. I decided to do my route that I have been doing to gauge my improvement, which includes the steep ‘John St’. The first time I did this street I had to stop 4 times to catch my breath. The next time I did it in one go, but stopped at the top to recover. This time, I ran all the way there, and managed to run up ¾ of the hill, then walked the rest, and continued running from the top! Awesome! And I ran the whole route. When I got to the Harbour Bridge, I still felt like going on so I extended the run around past Ruddy’s place and around the coast back to my place – here it is below. It ended up being a one hour run.



Wednesday was by MOST ACTIVE DAY EVER! So here’s what I did;
Pushbiked in to work – 15 mins
Run at lunch time – 40 mins – see below for map
Exercise group after work – Cardio & Circuit training – 50 mins
Massage after that (good timing!) – 1 hour
Pushbiked to North Sydney pool – 15 mins
Swim – 14 laps – 11 freestyle, 3 breaststroke in 50 metre pool – 30 mins
Pushbike home – 5 mins.

Big day huh! But I really enjoyed it – and REALLY enjoyed the swim too – I bought new swimmers on the weekend so it was good to try them out – and I love them!



Thursday I was a bit worried that I would be too sore for the City 2 Surf training but I was OK. The City 2 Surf training was at lunch time, and we ran down Hickson St almost to the Bridge, and then ran up and down a large set of stairs – many times. Then ran up to Observatory Hill where we ran up and down the hill a few times. Then up to the observatory – where we had to run around it and better our times. My first lap was 1:22, then I did a 1:15, then a 1:13! Then we jogged back to work. I was pretty soaked after this! After work I rode my pushbike back to the pool and did another 30 mins – 16 laps this time of the 50 metre pool, 14 freestyle, 2 breaststroke. Even though it is cold getting in & out of the pool, it’s really nice in, so I will continue doing swimming twice a week.

So today’s Friday – my rest day, and I’m a little sore after everything so far this week, but I’m OK, and will be at the gym tomorrow morning!

Have a great weekend all!