Today an engineer was coming to fix my boiler. The hope being that we could actually have hot water without having to have the heating on, which was the random problem it had suddenly developed. Not SUCH a problem in January, but in June it might be a bit more annoying. Our time slot was
There is nothing more guaranteed to give me a little bit of gym swagger than some shiny new kit. I actually remember buying my first proper running kit (once I decided the old pyjama bottoms weren’t cutting it anymore). I ordered a pair of capris and a running top with a cute keyhole design and
To be honest I’m getting a bit annoyed with those TomTom points at this point in Janathon. Knowing it doesn’t consider weights proper exercise I thought I’d wear my watch all the way to and from the gym today. There’s some big old hills, especially on the way home and it’s a total of a
We all know that rest is just as important as hours spent in the gym. But how many of us really spend much time and effort planning our rest and relaxation time? One of my goals for this year is to focus more on listening to my body, I’m a very stressy person, and have
Well, I really know how to pick my days to go for a run rather than the nice cosy gym don’t I? The weather today is pretty horrible, so horrible that I’m anticipating a bit of a battle to get my super fussy Pugs out of the door when it comes to Walkies time. Actually,
Yes, today I went back to the gym, despite the disapproval from my TomTom, and I didn’t even finish on a cardio machine. I just walked home briskly again (and once again had to walk past my house to earn those last few points). I’ve reached that point in Janathon where the futility of it
Yeah, my hamstring is still a bit twingy, but I’m sticking with the “ignore it and just don’t aggravate it too much” school of rehab. Things that aggravate it include forward bends and touching my toes with my legs straight, anything that involved twisting my leg or lots of pushing (which is why I think
Good Afternoon! I hope you are all having lovely Sundays. I really value a good lazy Sunday afternoon so we’ve just lit a fire and are settling down to watch someĀ terrible movies on Now TV. Before I do all that, though, I best get on and tell you that this week I….. Had Smashed Avo
I went to all the effort to actually remember to take a photo wearing skates while I was at Roller Derby practice, then promptly forgot to actually write the blog post as we headed out to the pub in the afternoon. So instead I’m writing this one early on Sunday morning. I earned my 500