Started C25K on Sunday - a spur of the moment decision while chatting to Lisa on Facebook and she was about to go for her run (She was up to Wk 4 Day 1).
Ran on a bitumen track - my joints hate me! Shin splints, knees, hip - not happy! Have been literally hobbling around the office with my hip. The running was surprisingly easy. Actually, Lisa lent me her spare iPod with the program on it and I stuffed it up. Did the warm up walk, first run, walk, then ran for 2 1/2 minutes because I didn't hear the cue to stop running lol From there on, my walks and runs were out of whack so I was actually doing 90 second runs and 60 second walks. Oh well, better to do more I guess than less.
Today I completed Wk 1 Day 2 - on a treadmill at the gym. Oh lordy lordy it was so much better! I've downloaded an app to my iPhone which I can also add music to and change from day to day. I prepared my song list - slower songs at the beginning and end for the warm up and cool down. Silly machine mixed them all up though didn't it? Didn't matter, I still enjoyed it.
My walks I did at 5.5kph (if I'm seriously walking on treadmill would normally be 6kph). My first two runs I did at 9.5 kph. Did the next 6 at 10 kph (fastest I've tried on a treadmill) then did the last run at 11 kph - wow it felt great!
For day 3 I will do first one at 10 kph, then 7 at 11kph and do the last one 12 kph - if I can! I felt a bit more motivated being able to see my speed. OK, so I'm no Tamsyn Lewis, closer to a Cliffy Young, but hell, I'M RUNNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyone who knows me has heard me say "This temple doesn't run!"
Went straight from the gym to the dojo for a karate class. Damn was I tired by the end of it - quite fatigued! Next run due Thursday, but I have an osteo appointment then karate class so it may have to wait until Friday - which will work out well because I don't have a class. Then Saturday is my first State training session. Bit worried about that one. I don't want to embarass myself.
Well, that's it from this exhausted blogger tonight :-)
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Nothing Like Keeping it Regular! - 17th March 2010
Well, it has only been a year, and three months between my first and second blog entry!
Lisa has convinced me to start it up again. With everything going on this year, I will need somewhere to vent, spew ideas and emotions. If I can get through what this year is going to throw at me, and what I am chasing, I will get through anything!
Big achievement this year will be not to jump on the emotional/stress eating train. That baby can just speed on by - no stopping at this station! Can I do it though? Who the hell knows.
Some goals to strive for this year ...
Feel stronger - this time last year, I was feeling physically strong. My core was stronger, my belly flatter!!! Although I may have maintained a similar weight for the last 12 months, I have gained inches!!!
How to achieve this? Return to gym. Karate training at Highett Tuesday nights, State training on Saturdays.
State Training - ok, so I've got my invite, didn't get the results I wanted at State Titles - hell, there wasn't even another competitor in my pet event - Veteran's Kumite - and I wanted to prove myself in that one. So, don't feel like I've really achieved anything by making it to training. I do, however, need to be able to complete/survive the training. That will be an achievement in itself. At the moment, being selected and competing at the Nationals is on the backburner until we know what is happening with Jess - another blogpost all in itself!
Karate Gradings - want to grade to 2nd Kyu in June. Personally, I feel on track for that. Kata is coming along. Concentrating on basics - need more connection, better stances just for starters. Fitness will naturally be coming along with plans put in place above. Could I possibly grade to 1st Kyu in December? Don't know, seems a rather far fetched goal to put out there. Such a huge step.
Personal Development - Have registered to complete the NCAS Coaching Certificate. Are there any possibilities to be able to actually use it? I don't know. Teaching - my ultimate karate goal! Actually shouldn't be a goal, because goals need to be attainable. My ultimate karate dream
Notice I haven't made any weight goals? Numbers on a scale - looking at the last 12 months at being around the same weight, but now being bigger, and weaker, they don't seem so important anymore. I want to focus on being stronger! I felt good about myself 12 months ago. Not now. I will get there again!
Wow, this has turned out bigger/longer than I planned - thanks Lisa - has been very therapeutic. Will type again when I'm ready to type the "Jess Stuff"
Lisa has convinced me to start it up again. With everything going on this year, I will need somewhere to vent, spew ideas and emotions. If I can get through what this year is going to throw at me, and what I am chasing, I will get through anything!
Big achievement this year will be not to jump on the emotional/stress eating train. That baby can just speed on by - no stopping at this station! Can I do it though? Who the hell knows.
Some goals to strive for this year ...
Feel stronger - this time last year, I was feeling physically strong. My core was stronger, my belly flatter!!! Although I may have maintained a similar weight for the last 12 months, I have gained inches!!!
How to achieve this? Return to gym. Karate training at Highett Tuesday nights, State training on Saturdays.
State Training - ok, so I've got my invite, didn't get the results I wanted at State Titles - hell, there wasn't even another competitor in my pet event - Veteran's Kumite - and I wanted to prove myself in that one. So, don't feel like I've really achieved anything by making it to training. I do, however, need to be able to complete/survive the training. That will be an achievement in itself. At the moment, being selected and competing at the Nationals is on the backburner until we know what is happening with Jess - another blogpost all in itself!
Karate Gradings - want to grade to 2nd Kyu in June. Personally, I feel on track for that. Kata is coming along. Concentrating on basics - need more connection, better stances just for starters. Fitness will naturally be coming along with plans put in place above. Could I possibly grade to 1st Kyu in December? Don't know, seems a rather far fetched goal to put out there. Such a huge step.
Personal Development - Have registered to complete the NCAS Coaching Certificate. Are there any possibilities to be able to actually use it? I don't know. Teaching - my ultimate karate goal! Actually shouldn't be a goal, because goals need to be attainable. My ultimate karate dream
Notice I haven't made any weight goals? Numbers on a scale - looking at the last 12 months at being around the same weight, but now being bigger, and weaker, they don't seem so important anymore. I want to focus on being stronger! I felt good about myself 12 months ago. Not now. I will get there again!
Wow, this has turned out bigger/longer than I planned - thanks Lisa - has been very therapeutic. Will type again when I'm ready to type the "Jess Stuff"
First Foray Into Blogdom - 14th December 2008
How scarey! Putting myself 'out there' on a regular basis (perhaps).
OK, a bit about me to start with I guess. Those who have seen me on the forum or 'fourties 2' group know that I'm OBSESSED with my karate I train 3 - 4 times a week with one of those sessions being a 'double' - 2 hour session. Yesterday I graded to my 5th Kyu Blue belt with my training buddy Lisa. She is such an inspiration. It was only seeing her 'survive' for 6 months that I gave it a go (my kids had been doing it for 2 years then).
My first passion, of course, is my family. Husband Stephen, daughter Jessica (13) and son Daniel (11). Jess has Asperger's and a form of epilepsy, so it's not always smooth sailing in our household. It can be very stressful. She has been doing really well at school this year - I am so proud of her progress. The integration group at her school is BRILLIANT.
Then, there are my beagles (much to my husband's disgust). I show two of them at the moment - Pepper (4) and Rock (9mths) - mother and son. I have also just got a baby puppy from Queensland. Holly will start showing in January - I'm really looking forward to that. Pepper will have her last litter 2009 and then I will find her a pet home. I have only had her just over a year. She had had a litter before coming to me. She is a lovely girl, and fantastic in the show ring. My older boy is BJ (short for BeagleJuice). He is 5. He was bought from a 'backyard breeder' as a companion to my dobermann (who sadly died 2 yrs ago). The photo in my avatar is of Rock and his brother Saab at 8 weeks old. Rock is on the left.
At the moment, I don't have a job but, I'm looking! It is very hard to find something local that allows me to be there to drop off and pick Jess up. It is not safe for her to be on public transport - she is so easily led. I got knocked back for 2 nightfill jobs at Safeway (how embarrassing). So, I've applied for three office jobs instead - fingers crossed! Although, two of them are only 8 week stints, but you never know your luck in the big city - or Sth Eastern Suburbs
OK, a bit about me to start with I guess. Those who have seen me on the forum or 'fourties 2' group know that I'm OBSESSED with my karate I train 3 - 4 times a week with one of those sessions being a 'double' - 2 hour session. Yesterday I graded to my 5th Kyu Blue belt with my training buddy Lisa. She is such an inspiration. It was only seeing her 'survive' for 6 months that I gave it a go (my kids had been doing it for 2 years then).
My first passion, of course, is my family. Husband Stephen, daughter Jessica (13) and son Daniel (11). Jess has Asperger's and a form of epilepsy, so it's not always smooth sailing in our household. It can be very stressful. She has been doing really well at school this year - I am so proud of her progress. The integration group at her school is BRILLIANT.
Then, there are my beagles (much to my husband's disgust). I show two of them at the moment - Pepper (4) and Rock (9mths) - mother and son. I have also just got a baby puppy from Queensland. Holly will start showing in January - I'm really looking forward to that. Pepper will have her last litter 2009 and then I will find her a pet home. I have only had her just over a year. She had had a litter before coming to me. She is a lovely girl, and fantastic in the show ring. My older boy is BJ (short for BeagleJuice). He is 5. He was bought from a 'backyard breeder' as a companion to my dobermann (who sadly died 2 yrs ago). The photo in my avatar is of Rock and his brother Saab at 8 weeks old. Rock is on the left.
At the moment, I don't have a job but, I'm looking! It is very hard to find something local that allows me to be there to drop off and pick Jess up. It is not safe for her to be on public transport - she is so easily led. I got knocked back for 2 nightfill jobs at Safeway (how embarrassing). So, I've applied for three office jobs instead - fingers crossed! Although, two of them are only 8 week stints, but you never know your luck in the big city - or Sth Eastern Suburbs
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