Nike continue with their RunLondon series of events.
This time it's a 5K run in Regent's Park on a frosty January morning.
Took the kids who waited in the car while I puffed my way round the two lap course, past the frozen lake, but at least in the sunshine.
Felt much better than I did in November's 5K race, and kept a steady pace - no hills this time either.
Time was 23 seconds faster at 21:45 which I'm really pleased with considering my lack of recent training due to having a cold.
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Swim
Recovering from my cold now, and finally went back into the pool at LA Fitness.
Did alternate sets of 10 laps (15M each) of crawl then breaststroke. 40 lengths in all. Only stopped long enough to clear my goggles.
Looking back at a year ago, I struggled to even complete 27 laps at all, spending about 30 minutes on them, and yet I can now do this with no breaks and in about 15-20 minutes.
Perhaps I'll manage 1000M soon.
Did alternate sets of 10 laps (15M each) of crawl then breaststroke. 40 lengths in all. Only stopped long enough to clear my goggles.
Looking back at a year ago, I struggled to even complete 27 laps at all, spending about 30 minutes on them, and yet I can now do this with no breaks and in about 15-20 minutes.
Perhaps I'll manage 1000M soon.
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Row-Run
After over a bit of a break with a nasty head cold, I went back to the gym again today at LA Fitness.
10 minutes on the rowing machine (125 lcal), and 20 minutes on the treadmill (at 10.5 km/h - ~270kCal)
Really horrible cosmetic surgery program on the TV (some woman getting a bit of flab removed) - wonder if this is a cunning plan by the gym to encourage people to renew their memberships :-)
10 minutes on the rowing machine (125 lcal), and 20 minutes on the treadmill (at 10.5 km/h - ~270kCal)
Really horrible cosmetic surgery program on the TV (some woman getting a bit of flab removed) - wonder if this is a cunning plan by the gym to encourage people to renew their memberships :-)
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Run
I was in Northern Ireland this weekend for a party, and took my running kit.
Carol shamed me into running on Sunday morning with Jonathan, in the rain (well, a light drizzle), but I really enjoyed it.
We ran from George's house in Woodland Park, Kilrea, out to the farm. Then up to Granny's old house and around the Moss Road back to Kilrea.
Total time running was about 50 minutes. The first stretch was an amazingly short 12 minutes. I used to cycle this every day, and seem to remember it taking not much less than that :-)
Carol shamed me into running on Sunday morning with Jonathan, in the rain (well, a light drizzle), but I really enjoyed it.
We ran from George's house in Woodland Park, Kilrea, out to the farm. Then up to Granny's old house and around the Moss Road back to Kilrea.
Total time running was about 50 minutes. The first stretch was an amazingly short 12 minutes. I used to cycle this every day, and seem to remember it taking not much less than that :-)
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