Friday 9 November 2007

Day 40: Back in the saddle!

Woke up this morning feeling good, most of my cold has passed now so it was back to the gym today. Not a full blown workout but almost. Felt good to get back to it but at the same time it was nice to chill out and recover for 3 days also.

Some fantastic messages flying around to and from everyone, two great videos to watch also, thanks Joni & Adam.

Today's Workout

Back to my basics today, I was certainly not going to attempt Adam's cardio session today so went back to the following:

1 min at 6 kph
1 min at 12 kph
1 min at 14 kph
1 min at 16 kph

I run this once and then again after the following:

1 min at 6 kph
1 min at 13 kph
1 min at 15 kph
1 min at 17 kph


I run this 3 times, so 5 cycles and 20 minutes. No 21st minute today, why I hear you say. Well, after the first couple of cycles I good feel my chest tightening. I want to keep moving forwards so I am happy to drop the intensity down for a few days until a complete recovery is made. I still got my heart pumping.

Then came a 15 minute ab session which felt really good. Have not done an abs session for about a week now.

Rest day tomorrow but it is the weekend so no doubt it will be an active one, although maybe no swimming as the boys are both really full of cold now!! Wasn't me honest gov!!

So the next date for the diary is the 18th Nov when we will start are weekly accountability. Until then keep training, I and I am sure everyone else will keep popping around everyones blogs.

Until tomorrow....

7 comments:

dougal said...

"Leave it out Gov" course it was you made the boys sick.

Mate I hope you are feeling OK today. That's a bit hard for your first session back.

Have a great weekend.

Andrew said...

Hey Dougal,

Nice!! It was payback for all those times that they brought home their germs from school. They are much better today!

I am feeling great thanks mate. I know, I was going to go down and so a nice easy one but then I thought no lets push it, I felt good. I can be my own worst enemy sometimes, all or nothing. However, I did feel rested and ready and I knew not to push that 21st minute as that would have sent me over the edge.

Have a great weekend too.

Take care,

Andrew

Otter Christy said...

Glad to hear your back in the saddle! You mentioned to Lynda about us getting a peak at your face, and you mentioned to me about a one day only sale. I'll keep tuning in just in case.

Thank you for visiting my blog for my Day 15. The power has gone out here at the house TWICE since our 14 day shred ended, which is actually typical. Funny thing power did not go out once while I was at home for the entire shred!

Anyway, it's nice to see you back in the saddle and feeling better and still dropping the occasional cliffhanger (not it's in the comments). I MUST keep tuned in!

Sammy said...

Hey andrew how'z it going. Glad you're back on track. Anyways, the font you asked about is Trashed I dled it from www.dafont.com

Sam

Andrew said...

Hey Christy,

Thanks. Don't build it up too much it will be an anti climax when it does happen!!

It's funny the way things like that happen!! You take care, keep walking..

Have a lovely weekend,

Andrew

Andrew said...

Hey Sammy,

Thanks man, yep certainly feeling much better, thanks. Cheers for the heads up on the font, must try to make my blog a bit nicer to look at now!!

Cheers,

Andrew

Unknown said...

Andrew:
Glad to hear you're up and running...literally:-) It is all about staying consistent my friend...you're making strides towards your finish line.