Gym Etiquette

I have to apologise to all the other people in the gym today when I visited (OK so there were only 2 but its the thought that counts!). I firstly, left my phone on, and then commited the cardinal sin of answering it!!!!

With hind sight I dont think I will be doing that again as a) its pretty antisocial, b) its pretty embarassing, if like me you're struggling to breathe at the time and c) it might be someone like Nik from 24SevenChallenge asking for coherent thought and sensible comments ............................................... so SORRY WONT DO IT AGAIN!

Other than that I had a good workout and nearly managed to get the computer to smile instead of sarcastically asking "do you really want to end your session as you have not completed all your exercises"! I half expect it to lock me in until Ive done them all.
Anyway must go as Im trying to plan a way of making more money!!

Any ideas?

As many of you will know last year I raffled off my mountain bike at the end of the challenge (we just didnt bond well!!!)

and this year Im wondering what to do?!

I cant raffle of my bike again as --suprise suprise I dont have one at the moment so any suggestions (sensible please!) would be greatly appreciated.

1st visit

I went to the gym today and feel very self rightous....if a little achey.
It was great (apart from forgetting my membership card - doh!) I think I remembered most of what I was told yesterday.
I managed about half of my workout - time constraints and not wanting to go mad stopped me doing it all. It was fairly quiet which was nice as Im still feeling fairly flabby and with luck I'll be able to fit in a few more days before my appointment with the personal trainer.
Anyway.......................along with starting the gym Ive already got a healthy amount on the sponsorship front - BIG thankyou to my wonderful hubby and it feels pretty good to be training again at the moment.

The new Gym!

Tonight was my induction into my new gym in The Chase Hotel Cheltenham.......and its great. The staff are lovely and everyone who comes in or out seems pretty ordinary and not too "intense" - no lycra to be seen! PHewwww.

Loads of state of the art machines that do everything except the actual exercise for you.
The technology they have records EVERY bit of exercise I do ( or dont do). Aaggghhhh!!!! and gives you little graphs and maps of how well you've done and how far you've gone (You can have a map of the Tour de France or a marathon!)

Im definitely all fired up at the moment and Im going to go tomorrow for my first proper visit.

Ive also signed up for the personal trainer next week so I can get a "serious" plan for the challenge and then I guess it will all just be up to me. At least this year I didnt feel quite the novice I did last year, and hopefully there is some fitness in there somewhere under the layer of post Christmas blubber.

Starting next week......

Well, Ive decided to start training next week which should work out nicely as my long suffering hubby can mind the kids and I aim to get off to a flying start (if I can remember how to use the gym equipment!! and my swimming cossie still fits!)
Ive had some lovely messages of support from people, when I sent out the word that Id been mad enough to sign up for this challenge again - so now I just need to get to £300 as soon as I can in order to find out exactly where Im going to be spending the weekend.
I know that I will need to focus on more cycling this year as that was hard last year, and this half term I have spent hours honing my jigsaw skills with the children!!!!
I may even try an event or two before October just to check my progess this year as I think that might help to keep my momentum going.
Ah well, I am off to scoff my last cake before training commences!!!

Here we go again!!!!!

Its official.

I am now signed up for 2009 - The LAKE DISTRICT.

It had better not snow.

So feel free to click on the link and sponsor me. www.24sevenchallenge.co.uk/lizwilliams

......................or go to the website www.24sevenchallenge.co.uk and type in Liz Williams in the "sponsor someone" page as the link above doesnt seem to work at the moment!

Credit crunch or no credit crunch I aim to beat last year with the help of my very kind friends and family (even if its only £1 at a time).

24 Seven Challenge 2009

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Just a few more weeks to save those pennies for me!!!!!





.............oh yeah and of course Im AAALLLLMOSSST race fit ;-)