tamaranth: me, in the sun (running)
2011-01-05 01:16 pm
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running again

I've started the Couch to 5K programme again, after (a) plateauing at week 7 (b) Christmas (c) snow (d) flu.

Pleasantly surprised to find that, though I'm still a bit wobbly post-flu, I could do the week 1 interval set without cramps / wheezing / stomach pain / major coughing fits / difficulty. Presumably I'm starting from a better point, physically, than I did first time around. (I am now rather headachy despite rehydration.)

Running in the sunshine made me feel much more alive than I've felt for the past fortnight or so.

edit to add: Endomondo is so very cool: with the speed graph I can see distinct peaks for each of the 'running' intervals!
tamaranth: me, in the sun (Default)
2008-02-10 02:07 pm

A week's exercise:

Monday: swam 500m
Tuesday: Pilates class, 1 hour
Wednesday: 90 mins hilly / shingly walk at Birling Gap
Thursday: Housewerk! For about six hours!
Friday: swam 600m
Saturday: 90 mins brisk walk with Zen Stone
Sunday: swam 600m

Go me!
I really need to get this inner-ear / balance / nausea thing sorted. Antibiotics don't help and nor do over-the-counter sinus remedies. Any advice? (I think with hindsight it has been coming and going for years: I can remember driving lessons where the amount of head-turning needed whilst parking was enough to make me very queasy indeed. Which may be why I park so badly. :))