ANOTHER mad woman!

Morning!

Just had to let you all know there are alot of us out there!



My good friend and fellow mad woman Sue, is doing the 3 Peaks challenge next weekend (It makes mine look like a picnic!)



Ive added her Just Giving site link to the left in case anyone has spare cash that has CancerResearch written all over it.

"Go on..... you know you want to"

Soo hot!

Thanks goes to my long suffering hubby who let me disappear out the door this afternoon to the gym whilest the kids were................being kids!
Ive got into this new programme now and sweating buckets I know Im doing good. The running is a killer and my legs have never looked so good! I will even be wearing skirts this summer (thankyou CLIC ;-)
Ive joined a challenge at the gym - doing the equivalent of cycling round all the hotels apparently By filling in 1/2 hour cardio slots on a chart over a certain period we are working towards a prize ( I dont know what it is and doubt Im going to get it although its going ok at the moment.)Thanks to my new programme and its 1 hour selection of scary cardio workouts Im second today.
Its been a balmy 25 degrees today and I have to water the plants in a minute so cant stay too long.

On a good evening........

Its a good evening.

The kids are all asleep - shattered thanks to the lovely lady at the tennis courts - a CLIC activity day that is great for socialising for all of us and something that has become a big part of our lives post treatment.

I have been to the gym and this time Ive done ALL my new programme (I have to interrupt my typing here to just illustrate what Im putting up with at the moment - my husband who has been scoffing biscuits since I got back has just, finally, offered me a biscuit and then dropped it in one of the toy boxes so we have now had to root around amongst Buzz Lightyear, fairies, and assorted playthings for bits of digestive - much giggling, "To infinity and beyond" and general chaos!)

AS I WAS SAYING.......

my new programme is great. It still hurts enough to feel like Im getting somewhere and so Im all fired up again. Ive just got to work on the sponsorship now though which is really hard this year. Its hard for individuals and as far as corporate goes so many have postponed, cancelled or seriously cut charitable giving its scary. Still I once famously said I love a challenge so onwards and upwards!

My new programme - AAggghhhhhhh

Ive got it and this morning at 07.30 (Robin Williams in Good Morning Vietnam comes to mind with "what does the O stand for -OH MY GOD ITS EARLY!") I went through it from beginning to end.

ACtually, I didnt quite manage all the running (Gemma has put running up hill in it !!!! Thanks Gemma!) and I just could not manage all the sets for the leg curl and extension machines because Id just done loads of running...............UPHILL!

Joking aside though, although I had to do some serious warming down exercises and stretches it was really good to work up proper sweat - I guess the last workout was getting easy and that means I must be getting fitter.

Moving forward

I have just been to my "update your training plan and make it really hard again" meeting.
Thankyou to the very patient lady at the gym. We have decided to take out the step machine - Yeah....... but replace it with harder and longer sessions on the cross trainer, treadmill and the "side to side thingy" (thats a technical term you know)
I will have the new improved plan tomorrow when I go to train and will post the paper version when I can.
I am quietly confident that I will be a little fitter this year although I must start on the mountain biking soon

Hello Out There!

Hi and for those of you worried I had succumbed to swine flu dont worry Im fine.....oink oink
Unfortunately my computer gave a hiccup and froze..................but my resident computer whizzkid aka husband managed to sort it ....... finally and so here I am again.
I can assure you that I have been training in the meantime and in fact Im going to upgrade my training plan today as its too easy (fanfare please!)
I have also signed up to do a Qhotel challenge - it involves my doing something like 22 hours of cardio work in a week I think or something like that ANYway its apparently the equivalent to cycling all round the hotels in the UK.
Yes I can hear you from here it does sound mad.
I still have the thorny problem of getting a new mountain bike but I have a plan...................

Monday morning

I managed to make it to the gym yesterday and did ok. Sunday afternoon is a great time to go as its really quiet (so embarassing singing out loud to the ipod isnt QUITE so embarrassing!)

Ive just come across a great blog so check it out www.cancerbanter.blogspot.com .(Bit American but hey we're all the same underneath ;-)

Life seems to be tootling along, Im not used to this so have this annoying urge to fill it up with stuff.

I'll let you know the next project I manage to wedge in between my "not so clean" kitchen and the piles of washing waiting to be put away! ................. For now I'll have to make do with kids, husband, woodcarving, family history, web business, 24seven challenge!

Followers

Big thanks for the followers - a way to go before I get my own cult maybe but its a start.

On a much more sensible note Ive been - Im sure you can guess where - and its beginning to pay off. Toned up a lot more - less wibble! and my arms are definitely stronger.

I guess the next step is a bicycle (Yeuch - but it has to be done!) and then some events maybe. Ive just heard there is a half marathon going to be in Gloucester in Sept (have to check the date as I dont want it to be too near to the challenge weekend just in case!) but I may look around for a 5 or 10k run before then.

Anyhow my youngest's birthday today so lots of cake to eat and silly stuff to do. Will post again soon.

Today I have mostly been......

Well, today Ive been to the gym and since I upped my resistance on all the machines I can catagorically say I am SHATTERED!
I decided I needed a new target as it was all getting too easy................In hind sight maybe I should have just upped the resistance and weights on some of the exercises rather than all of them but there ya go - too late now!
Hopefully I will still be able to walk tomorrow I'll let you know.

Yesterday

I went to the gym yesterday and had a great workout - although nearly pulled my hamstring in the middle by not warming up properly - but managed to stretch it out thankfully.
I have to say that the wipes and sanitiser in the gym was being used a whole lot more than usual today (having SKY news on the screen was possibley a factor!). I sneezed and suddenly I had the whole gym to myself - no Im only kidding but it did feel a little like that.

I came back and decided to do a small begging email to some of my address book so have to say thanks for all the really nice supportive replies that I got back (most stating the obvious - that I am certifiabley insane to be doing it again!).

Putting that aside though.......Im quite looking forward to getting fitter and having the goal to aim for, the added bonus being that,
a) I cant go shopping if Im in the gym now can I! AND
b) I cant think of another added bonus at the moment but I'll work on it.