Jul 21 2008
This is the second of my two rest days after 4 weeks of exercising every day. I still woke up at 6:30 am. and I still needed the alarm today. This afternoon I noticed for the first time that I am getting a bit more energy in my legs when I walked up the stairs [...]
Jul 20 2008
This morning when I woke up at about 8:00 am I took my weekly measurements. I am pleased that I am still making progress. This morning I didn’t do my 15 minutes exercise as this is the first of my two rest days to give my legs a chance to recover after 4 weeks of [...]
Jul 19 2008
The nice thing about Saturday is that I don’t have to get up at 6:30 to get in my exercise, shower and smoothie breakfast before I head off for work. It would be great to let the body wake up when it has had enough rest but this morning, like most of the weekends for [...]
Jul 18 2008
Before I went to bed last night I got a very painful sensation in my upper right back. It became a shooting pain whenever I turned my head. I guess it may be a torn muscle from the cycle but it didn’t manifest itself until long after the cycle. It made getting to sleep difficult [...]
Jul 17 2008
The day of the school cycle has arrived. I had a 30 minute lie in this morning as I chose not to do my 15 minutes early morning exercise as I would be exercising for most of the day. I packed my bag with plenty of water and fruit and set off to work/school.
We set [...]
Jul 16 2008
I had a similar morning to yesterday. It was reasonably tough to get up, but I did, and then I spent 15 minutes on the rowing machine. Like yesterday I seemed a bit low on energy and a bit ‘heavy’ but after a slow first five minutes things got a bit better and I ended [...]
Jul 15 2008
The effects of all the training have shown their signs this morning. After a couple of ’snoozes’ on the alarm clock I managed to drag myself out of bed but it was a real battle. My whole body felt fatigued. It wasn’t sore, just heavy and fatigued. This was one of those days that without [...]
Jul 14 2008
After climbing Snaefell and having a workout yesterday I found myself a bit reluctant to wake up this morning. The alarm woke me and after a couple of snoozes and what felt like concrete legs I got out of bed and went out for my early morning bike ride. I took out my mountain bike [...]
Jul 13 2008
I managed to wake up at about 8:00 am today when the kids came running in to the bedroom. Keen to find out what progress has been made I got up for measurements. I am pleased that once again I am making progress.
This week my key statistics are:
Weight: 13 st. 5 lbs. (187 lbs.) – [...]
Jul 12 2008
I managed to wake up naturally at 8:00 am this morning. I then proceeded to spend 15 minutes on the cross trainer on the interval programme at level 2. Although not that tough I can detect a lack of energy in my legs. It is not bad enough to stop my participation in these morning [...]