The pose that lasted so long I didn’t have to do the press ups afterwards?!
Firstly and in case you don’t make it to the bottom of my blog, I would like to say that I am SO proud of everyone who has ordered their move more packs, signed up to challenges, or just moved that tiny bit further or faster whether it’s getting yourself up and out of pyjamas when you didn’t feel like it, walking to the doctors or shops, and getting there that bit faster than the last time, well done to you all.
Back to the blog. As you would have seen from the last blog, I made it swimming! It was fine but that was about it – you know that kind of fine that when it is given to you as an answer to something, you should duck pretty quickly before a barrage of….”well, in fact, not fine, where do I start?”……comes out?! Yes, do duck now!
The changing rooms were cold and cavernous and I noticed the walls all peeling back to brick. The floors are shared by those coming in from outside and those coming in from the pool so a bit of a mud bath on the floor……and that you are expected to walk bare foot on it….oh brings back memories of verrucca’s at school! The swim was OK, not too busy and managed half an hour by which stage I had only just warmed up in the cold water…..and then back to the showers and a quick change to get out of there. The more I think about it now, the more I think I may take swimming off my list! I could smell the chlorine on my skin a good day later (after 2 showers) and I made such a drastic change at the time of diagnosis to my diet and also all the products I use (ie, shampoos, face creams, toothpaste etc.), that surely goes against the grain to be taking a chlorine bath? The damage it did to my hair when I was at school – I was at the time using Sun-In to dye my hair and the chlorine turned it green – well, it can’t be doing your insides good either? Sorry to be the bringer of doom and gloom but this is just my take on it! And my pool facilities are particularly poor compared to many others so don’t let me put anyone off.
Monday was my “day off” exercise which is lovely, except for my escalator run UP (note the word up!)! 50 which I thought was fairly respectable and same again for Tuesday on the escalators. In the evening I just took myself and my dog, along with my parents’ two cocker spaniels to Richmond Park for a walk in the glorious sunshine….still very wet underfoot but it was a glorious half an hour and no run ins with any deer a la Benson?!
Wednesday morning was really tough jogging and I actually didn’t get that far…..there was a distinct lack of motivation for the day ahead but that should be no excuse. Thursday was fine as was Friday (an OK fine this time around), with the added bonus on Friday of getting a reply from a fellow jogger going in the opposite direction to my question of “does it ever get easier”….”no” was the reply. It made my day! Why? Because everyone keeps saying it gets easier and surely you can’t go too far wrong with jogging but IT DOESN’T GET EASIER! With that response, a slight spring in my step, proceeded to battle my way home!!
Saturday and yes, you’ve got it…Parkfit. It comes round quickly doesn’t it?!
Loved it. It was very cold first thing but a really good turn out and running was the “theme” for this week’s session. With all my attempts of jogging alone and not failing but struggling I suppose, I didn’t blink an eyelid and I think the reason being is that I was not alone. And I can now say that I know what a horse feels like when it has a carriage to pull…??!! Using the rubber resistance bands and in teams of 2 you take it in turns to try and run as far as you can (uphill I must add) with your “buddy” pulling you back. The “Boss”, Ali, said it would be so much easier to run after being “held back”, we’d feel as if we were flying…the only flying I nearly did (nearly!) was on the muddy patches in the rugby field whilst literally running from pillar to post – well, floodlight, rubber tyre, rubgy post…..and yes, got myself into trouble again…..got myself into a race for the last push….a dead heat but really just great for both of us to keep ourselves / each other going, thank you!!
A few squats and press ups to finish off with and the harder option was with your feet on the tyre and then do your press ups….so of course I have to give it a go…..and thankfully didn’t get to have that panic of falling flat on my face on the ground as made to hold a pose for a picture….no time either to worry about the double chin as already had the red face, hair all over the place, trembling arms, sweaty brow, tummy hanging down….etc., etc., going on?!!!!
Sunday and another fun session of cardio tennis. How there are no accidents when there are two of you one side of the net being fed a ball to hit from the base line and then run to the next the opposite side of the court (not net!!) and hit the volley…..it makes me laugh too which doesn’t help the concentration! A brilliant workout and I got chatting to one of the ladies there who works specifically with cancer patients and the effects of mushrooms on “us”. I am finding more out next week which is fascinating but also a bit scary as mushrooms and I have never really mixed, and that’s just the bog standard supermarket button ones, forget anything stronger in any shape or form?!!
Bank holiday Monday and a lovely 3.8 miles around the Shardloes Estate, nothing too strenuous needed today! I can’t believe I am now half way through this 12 week blog and if I stopped blogging tomorrow, I can safely say that I would continue exercising….and I actually question if it would be easier without the pressure of having to make it semi-interesting?! I will let you know in due course!
Posted 7th May
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