Judith's Marathon Journey

4k on the treadmill, finishing with 5 x 100m sprints…. in spite of not much sleep last night, and 2 hours umpiring junior cricket, I felt pretty good. Then a weights session – I probably need to extend next week to an extra set – not sure if I’m challenging myself enough in these sessions. […]

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Slack yesterday – but only as regards writing this blog! Had a warm-up while battling to get the washing on the line in the wind! This made me late for the gym so only had time for about 3km on the treadmill prior to the ExpressFit class. As luck would have it, the focus at […]

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Today I payed for such an excellent day of hard work yesterday!!!  I was starving all day – and bad-tempered with it!  It felt like I just couldn’t get enough to eat… And my run home tonight was such hard work!  Carrying a backpack is never easy, and even though the wind was behind me […]

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ExpressFit this morning – good workout…. then the 5k series tonight – so happy, with a season’s best time of 28:47! That’s also my best time since August 2013, so I’m rapt!

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A welcome rest day – just 10 minutes on the bike at the gym, and then some weights. I’m seeing progress at the gym – I feel like my overall strength is increasing – I even managed 10 press-ups tonight!  (OK, from the knees, but miracles take time!)

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The fourth week completed… Today was a lovely day for a run – a slight southerly (by the Capital’s standards!) keeping me cool towards the end. I ran 10.5km, in about 68 minutes, and this is quite a bit quicker than I was doing ‘long’ runs a couple of months ago.  I think I slowed […]

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Yet more wild and windy weather forces me back to the treadmill!  Ran to Kilbirnie Park to pick up some cricket gear, but after that – the treadmill… about 5k altogether, finishing with 5 x 100m strides… Then weights…

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Ran to the gym then made up to 5k on the treadmill.  It’s good that my ‘easy’ pace on the treadmill has moved from a plodding 7min/km to 6:40, even 6:30 on a good day – must be doing something right. This was followed by a Pilates class.  I call it ‘hard’ – instructor calls […]

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Yesterday was a rest day, and today just the ExpressFit class… There were only two of us at the class, so I guess we worked a bit harder with all that individual attention!  But it wasn’t too bad – I surprised my self by managing step-ups on to a bench! But it exposed how ‘wobbly’ […]

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Tuesday started with FitExpress – we really are racking up the intensity! We now have a food diary and weekly goals to complete, and it feels serious! I experimented with a protein supplement – just like a chocolate milkshake – for lunch, with scrambled eggs.  Just trying to ramp up the protein.  With the race […]

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