Gym Swap on the Horizon

exercise: home
40 minutes Spin bike (alt. 2min riding/2min standing riding)

Went to the gym this morning and hit a snag……. my pesky three year old wasn’t having a bar of it  I could not get him into the creche, I even tried to bribe him with jelly beans that they have at the front desk!  So we ended up coming straight home  Now to say I was a bit peeved is an understatement as I had planned an hours cardio session but what can you do??  So plan 2 popped into my head, I would jump onto my Spin bike at home when able.  That happened around 2pm and I was only able to do 40 minutes before I had to start next lot of chores, better than nothing I guess

Em, I had just checked out my local Leisure Centre gym just before I read your comment in my last post.  I was a member of this gym yonks ago and although I loved it, it was a bit pokey.  Well I knew that renovations were happening there which is why I had been contemplating checking it out again.  I still really missed the pool and figured if gym area was better it would maybe be worth swapping back.  I think I am going to do it!  I was impressed with the new gym area, it is so much better than before  It is almost $20 cheaper a month, have access to all facilities and they don’t charge for re-assessments of gym program, woo hoo, a dream come true!  The other real seller for me is I can attend 2 Spin classes a week and it is the same instructor that takes the class at Fernwood where I am now.  She is awesome and I can’t always get to her class as it is on a Tuesday morning (10.30am) which is usually my running morning.  At the leisure centre the Spin classes are on Monday and Wednesdays at 9.30am which suits me so much better

The only thing that is nagging me of course is taking 3 year old away from Ferwoods creche because he is so settled there. Having said that, I think after today’s performance, the pesky 3 year old will just have to go with the flow

A Sign of the Times?

exercise:  gym

15mins x-trainer/30 mins spin bike (alternating between riding and standing riding)

core/upper weights/lunges

Had a really good session at the gym today.  Still haven’t got my orthtics back so I may have to go back to gym tomorrow, I am really hoping for a call from Pod today to say come “come and get them” so I can start running again.

I had my nose put out of joint today and I am not sure if this is the go now or its just my gym.  Last week I made an appointment to have a new gym program written up and unfortunately I had to cancel it.  So today I tried to re-schedule that appointment and was told that I have to make an appointment with personal trainer (1/2hr) and be charged $40 for it  Apparently thats what they do now.  The girl who originally made appointment wasn’t aware of that so had I turned up, I probably would have been charged to get a new program done.  I find this amazing.  In all my years of gym, it has always been a part of your membership to have ongoing re-assessments and new programs written up.  I would be really interested to hear from others who have gym memberships and what the go is.  Is this a sign of the times?  The funny thing is I have been thinking about changing gyms on and off over the last 4-6months as I am thinking I would like to have use of pool but there are a few pro’s for staying put, the main reason being 3 year old enjoys the creche and I can always get him in at a drop of a hat.  One of the other reasons I was thinking of changing is that my experience when asking for a program to cater to my running, the gym instructors/personal trainers aren’t always tuned in to this which then leads me to look up my own exercise  If I have to start paying to have new programs written up, they would definitely want to make sure that it will in fact compliment my running   

Feeling a Little Blah

running

exercise:  easy run (The Tan)

10 min brisk walk

31 minutes easy run

20 min walk

I was feeling a tiny bit nauseus before I went out for my run today but I was hoping the fresh air and run would fix it.  You know how sometimes it does??  I went down to the Tan and it was a beautiful morning for running.  There weren’t that many people down there when I arrived at 9.45am but by the time I left it was a little busier.  So off I set   I only managed to run for 31minutes instead of planned 40 but was happy that I manage to do the Anderson Street hill.  All up I did about 5km so although I was disappointed that I didn’t do what I intended at least I did something.  I felt a real wave of nausea building and just decided to listen to my body and stop.  I was a bit nervous I may throw up  Anyway I didn’t throw up and tummy settled later on in day so I don’t know what that was about.

The plan for next week is to start my sprints and I will do a 40 minute run on the week-end instead of increasing to 45 minutes.  The rate I am going, I think I may have to treat Run to G 10km run as a training one as I am not sure if I could race that distance.  Besides feeling nauseus today, I have really been enjoying my runs and hopefully when I get my orthotics back on Tuesday (I dropped them into Pod today), I will be able to enjoy them even more, niggle free

Is This a Hang-Over??

ramblings

No gym for me today as my 3year old looked abit pasty to me this morning and he said he felt sick so I thought it might be best to keep him home.  In hind site this was sort of good for me because I didn’t sleep well last night and I am really, really tired so it probably would have been a half hearted effort.  Have to say though I have been eating atrociously today and I think that is a result of one to many red wines last night, I actually feel as though I have a hang-over and it is only Thursday

Jaykay, no it definitely wasn’t your comments so don’t stress  I definitely won’t stay away from forums because quite frankly I am addicted and it is a very hard habit to break  and besides, I love running too much to deprive myself of the great forum.  Sometimes I guess comments can seem entirely different to what was meant , after all its not like communicating face to face, hear tones, see the face and body language etc.  Having said that I did think the first part of one of the replies was bit condescending and didn’t quite grasp what I was getting at but I am old and ugly enough to move on

Welcome back Sara   I have really missed reading your blog so hurry up and bring us up to speed!!

Great Run but Feeling Like an Ass

running

exercise:  easy run (treadmill)

10 min brisk walk

30 minute run

10 min walk

Lucky for me I still have my orthotics.  After Tuesdays appointment with Podiatrist he informed me that if I left my orthotics with him that day he wouldn’t be able to get them back to me until the following Tuesday He is also a runner, so he knew that this would probably not suit and told me to drop them in on Saturday and I can then then pick them up on that same Tuesday (if that makes sense) which means I can still get my three runs in for this week and next week should resume as normal  Have to say I was extremely happy about that!

My run today was really good once again but I have to say tready running can be so boring   The funny thing is today I remembered my music but I was clock watching like you wouldn’t believe.  I think if I have to use tready in future, it will have to be only for the sprints in 1/2 Marathon training program that I am doing.  Have to say though I felt great and still feel great……I am so glad it feels as though my feet are finally sorting, touch wood.

Will be hitting the gym again tomorrow for cardio and weights, and then Friday will do long run, well 40 minutes if you count that as a long run

ramblings

Now, I think I may have made a bit of a scene over in the ausrun site today and am feeling rather mixed about it.  I think I was totally misconstrued but nevertheless I feel like a total ass.  I will be laying low for a while on the site in hope that these feelings will pass and I can post again with some form of confidence otherwise I may have to go over to the dark side

Running without Music

 running

exercise:  easy run (treadmill)

10 min brisk walk

30 minute run

10 min cool-down (walk and bike)

Ended up at the gym today and did my run on Mr T.  I wanted to give my legs a break form the street runs that I have been doing and I didn’t really have enough time to go to Princes Park.  I ended up having a really good run once I got settle into it.  I wasn’t sure if I could do full 30 minutes as I had forgotten my earphones for my ipod so I thought I would get really bored.  Having said that, I still did miss my music

Have Podiatrist appointment tomorrow so the plan is to probably go to the gym Wednesday and Thursday, and hopefully will be able to hit the road again in my spanking new adjusted orthotics on Friday

Feeling Good on my Feet

running

exercise:  easy run

10min brisk walk

35 minute run

10min walk

I decided to run today (Saturday) instead of Sunday because Podiatrist will be keeping my orthotics on Tuesday when I see him.  I figure because I won’t be able to run on the Tuesday if I do it on the Monday, I will have more of a chance of doing my three scheduled runs for the week.  Even if he returns my orthotics to me on Friday I can still do my two remaining runs.  I just hope he gets them back to me pronto!

It was a great run and I can feel my running feet and strenght returning.  The only downful was when I got home, hubby had decided to take the kids to the shops, not thinking about whether I had taken house keys with me, and sure enough, I hadn’t, so had to sit on the front porch for an hour  I was chilled to the bone by the time they returned and couldn’t get into a hot shower quick enough.  I was still cold when I got out and finally warmed up after I had some hot soup!

We have RJ and family coming over tonight and we haven’t seen them in a while.  I am really looking forward to it  Just hope I don’t blow out to much with champer’s and food but if I do, I am not going to beat myself up too much.  I will start fresh again on the Sunday.  Weigh-in is on Monday so fingers crossed I have lost at least 500gms.

Fabulous Run plus a Drenching

running

exercise:  easy run

10 min brisk walk

30 minute run

10 min walk

I dropped the car off at the mechanic this morning and the plan was to run home.  I started my 10 minute warm-up followed by my 30 minute run for the day.  When I finished my run, I started my 10 minute cool-down and it started to sprinkle with rain.  After a huge clap of thunder, it started to pour down with rain and I mean pour!! I found myself getting totally drenched and by the time I arrived home, I looked like a drowned rat I have to say, I totally loved it!!  Haven’t had that carefree feeling in a long time. 

All my niggles are definitely feeling a lot less with the adjustments on the orthotics.  I don’t actually feel any hip pain while running which is great as I honestly cannot remember when I ran pain free in this area.  The sciatica is ever so slight and not always there so thats another improvement   I have an appointment with Podiatrist on Tuesday and I will have to leave my orthotics with him   He said he will have them back to me in a couple of days which I hope he does because if he doesn’t, it will interfere with my training regime and now that I am back on a roll I definitely don’t want any interuption’s.

Sweating all Over the Place

ramblings

Exercise:  Gym

45 mins cardio

Upper weights/Lunges

Good session at the gym today although I did run out of time and didn’t do as much as I wanted.  I arrived a little later than normal as I had to talk to my 9 year old’s teacher about reading and home work before school started.  He is only in grade 3 but I don’t know it all seem’s a little too much at times and is a constant battle at the moment trying to get it all done  I made a time after school and had a chat to reading teacher and speechie and we have sorted a few things and I feel so much better for it

Anyway, I had a good session,  sweating all over the cardio machine I made an appointment for Friday to get my gym program tweaked as I am a little bored with the exercises and hopefully I get an instructor who can give me a good program that will compliment my running.

I have booked the car into the mechanic tomorrow and will drop it off on the way home from school and then I intend to do my run from there.  I feel as if I am on a roll now with diet and exercise.  It usually only takes a couple of days for me once I really decide to pull my head in so I am also feeling pretty good about that.  I just hope it shows up on the scales when I weigh-in on Monday!

Starting Out

running/ramblings

 Exercise:  easy run

10 min brisk walk

25 minute run

10 min walk

I ran close to 4km down at Princes Park today and it seemed like an old lost friend.  Haven’t been down there in ages.  I started my Half Marathon training plan today and it felt good.  I am thinking that I will repeat this week again because next week the training plan calls for some sprints and I honestly feel as though I need to get in some more easy runs before I start that.  I noticed today that I was bit huffy and puffy and it has finally dawned on me what the problem is.  I have been feeling really tired at night and falling into bed at almost the same time as we put the kids down   I had this problem last year and it turned out my iron levels were too high, yep, not low but high!  It seems my body is very good at holding onto it and when it does, I become tired and huffy and puffy when I do exercise.  All I need to do is cut back on meat and iron rich foods for a few weeks and it will return to normal.  I am pretty sure that is what is going on so it is chicken tonight

Tomorrow I plan to hit the gym and do some weights and cardio.  I have been going not to badly with my food intake since starting to count calories yesterday but there is always room for improvement.  I hate counting calories as I always feel bad if I go over.  If I can just keep doing what I am doing, I should be able to lose and the good thing is runjanerun has started a weigh in challenge over the next 6-8 weeks on the ausrun site.  Now that should keep me on my toes as most of you know me so I don’t want to lose face just weight