Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Back into it!

Ok, the plan is in place and I am now in the first week of getting organised & rolling it out.
Part of the challenge each week will be juggling family & time commitments so good scheduling will be important. My wife Robin is also looking to improve her fitness and lose some weight, and we are making a real effort to have a healthy family lifestyle which will include some bushwalks on the weekend etc with the kids. I am aiming for exercise 6 days per week, 3 runs, 2 rides and 1 swim but the dogs need to be walked too so some low key exercise will be included so as not to overdo it.
The last thing I want to do is push it too hard initially, get injured and have to sit on the sidelines. I have had a bit of an insight into that with injuries thus far and didn't like the glimpse I saw.

Monday was a rest day so Robin went for a walk in the morning with the dogs, and Connor on his bike! So that she can exercise too she gets Mon/Wed/Fri mornings and I will do Tues/Thurs/Sat/Sun and we will squeeze in any evening stuff we can, and still try to have a life! Thank goodness for daylight saving, I am really looking forward to summer evenings and it still being light at 8pm and beyond.
As soon as I got home Monday night I quickly changed and took one of the dogs out for a 35 min brisk walk which was very pleasant. This morning, Tuesday, did a nice easy 7k run in 41:48 which surprised me a bit, as I expected to be slower. The PF on the left foot is the worse of the two, and was a bit tender for the first couple of k's but settled down after that and was ok until the last k or so when I could feel it again. The middle 4-5k was ok, just clocked along at a moderate pace and felt reasonably comfortable, but not great, just ok. I expected to be around 6.5mins/km pace so when looking at the watch and seeing the time I was pleasantly surprised, although didn't alter my pace (consciously anyway), just focused on keeping a nice rythym.

End result was a decent run at a decent pace (for me anyway) and the whilst the foot is a bit tender now( as I roll the golf ball under it whilst sitting at my desk), I hope it won't trouble me too much and will gradually get better over the next few weeks as a result of both the reduced workload and treatment from yours truly and the physio.
C2B is not far away and keen to keep things on track for that and a sub 70 if possible.

3 Comments:

At 6:21 pm, Blogger Simlin said...

Some long posts there Wardman! Look forward to seeing you in front of the 70min sign at the C2B start line!

 
At 8:35 pm, Blogger R2B said...

Welcome to Blogging Wardman!
Good on you for both your commitment to fitness and your commitment to family,something i echo.
Hope to read more of your achievements over time and to be able to offer some encouragement!

Cheers R2B

 
At 3:13 pm, Blogger Rachel said...

Phew! I've caught up now. What a great account of your start to running. You've certainly had your ups and downs along the way and congratulations on completing your first HM! Your approach to the future sounds pretty sound to me and duathlons/triathlons would definitely be fun :)

 

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