Judith's Marathon Journey

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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Ran about 5k – the last half on the treadmill.  Then worked on strength exercises – managed 2 x 8 reps of about 80kg on the leg press! And the overhead press exercise seemed easier this week.  Not so the press-ups!  

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Sunday came and went without a long run!  Or any run!  I was feeling off-colour – queasy gut – a good sign that all is not well.  I’ve certainly struggled with the intensity of the work I’ve been putting in, so I decided to take another rest day, and think about what’s going wrong. I’m […]

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Yesterday, Day 19, was a much-needed rest day…. Should have been a Pilates day, but I needed the sleep more!   Today started with a 1k jog into gale-force winds to my boys’ cricket match, which we abandoned after a handful of overs… So off to the gym.  No chance of continuing to run outside […]

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The Day X title is getting a little monotonous – promise to do something about it, but not right now! Today was a hard slog…. started with 5k on the treadmill – but I was a bit late for FitExpress, so I ramped up the speed over the last km to get finished! Then Jess […]

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Yesterday – long(ish) run home from work: Molesworth Street to Kilbirnie via the Bays.  About 8km, in 55:25 – sounds a bit slow, but I was happy with the effort – I was carrying my backpack, after all! It was a lovely evening – strong northerly helped the cause!  The forecast had been for thunderstorms […]

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ExpressFit this morning – many of the exercises were variations of squats – and I love squats!  So really enjoyed this workout. I went back to the gym this afternoon to run on the treadmill – it was so, so windy out that I decided not to do the usual Tuesday 5k race.  Instead I […]

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