My intention is to post a general update at the end of the week on Sundays. Unfortunately Week 1 went by so quickly with not enough hours in the day, that I never got round to typing everything up in time. Fingers crossed for this weekend.
So yes, training has indeed started and I’ve survived the first week. So what has this week encompassed:
***full-time working day x 5
***3 hour daily commute x 5
***counselling evening x 1
***college evening x 1
***evening admin work x 1
***healthchecks x 1
and let’s not forget some socialising being chucked in there! I definitely agree with the work hard/play hard ethos… after all, you have to have balance in life and fun, right?
As for the actual physical work/training… unfortunately due to health checks, one lunchtime session got missed which I was not happy about but you have to go with the flow on these things I guess. Anyway, I digress… training achieved:
***lunchtime yoga session x 1
***lunchtime personal training session session x 1 with Activate Plus PT (check them out on Twitter: @ActivatePlusPT, great guys and more information on them to follow in later posts )
***lunchtime outdoor run x 1 (3.80 miles)
***lunchtime treadmill run x 1 (2.89 miles)
***weekend cross-country run x 1 (4.40 miles – and dying!!!)
***and I almost forgot, an hour of karate: including kihon/kata and jiyu kumite.
Total overall running: 11.49 miles / 112.26 minutes (1 hour 52 minutes 26 seconds)
Not that bad for a first week I think… as for an actual training plan… personal training sessions, travel planning and other arrangements… more to come in later posts!
And how did it feel? Considering I’m battling a few personal challenges at the moment which need to take into account the physical safety aspects of taking on this challenge, I think it felt pretty good overall, even if I did resemble more of a squished red tomato than a boiled one after the cross country/trail run on Sunday (thankfully my friend Charlotte was with me and encouraged me every painful step of the way).
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