Allora! Just when you start to form plans, along come a few set-backs. Stomach upset, dodgy hip and a cold. Kind of off-putting, and a blight to the plan (no swims this week, and didn't cycle/run yesterday, though I did have an hour's walk so at least something healthy). But on the very bright side, I've caught up with a friend I've not seen since college, which was just brilliant. (On the downside I've started dreaming about stuff that I can't do and am missing - specifically adventure racing, which didn't set me up for the day too well.)
I nearly didn't return to this blog, as the descent into self-pity is all too easy. I am skilled at introspection. Then I realised that if I didn't come back to it I would be giving myself a hundred and one excuses not to do anything today, whereas I can go get stuff out of the way, ready for when I'm a little bit more sound in body. Dull but worthy stuff. Planting out tomatoes (kindly donated by my OH's colleague), doing Work work - again! at a weekend! - and the usual rubbish of tidying/cleaning. And the other job for today - a conditioning plan. I've been promising to sort my core strength out for years, I've been a slouch, it has to be done if I want to continue to train I think.
So where have I got to?
Plan 1: lose weight
Plan 2: run/cyle every day plus 3 swims a week 'til I'm 40 (as far as possible!) I still *could* do this for a 3 month period, running up to the glorious 12th (I share my birthday with the start of the grouse shooting season, hurrah)
Plan 3 to be made: core conditioning.
Today's jobs:
- Plant out tomatoes
- Devise the core conditioning plan
- Do some Work work
- Tidy up
To the (mundane) fray!
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