Aug 29 2008
Day 69
Upon waking this morning I was thinking about my routine when I start back at work in just over a week’s time. I haven’t really done any early morning exercise over the summer break but will need to do so when I get back in to the routine of work. I haven’t really used the rowing machine or cross trainer much at all during the summer and have instead preferred to go out on the bicycles and try some runs.
This afternoon I went for a 2 mile run down the disused railway line, this time heading East instead of my usual West route. The first mile went fine but when I turned around to come back I could feel a pain on the outside of my right knee. It wasn’t a sharp pain but it was enough to make me both run and walk on the way back. There is still some mild pain there this evening so I hope I haven’t done too much damage but it feels like I may have strained a tendon attaching to the outside of my knee. I should probably give running a few days rest until it feels better.
In a couple of days Lilla’s 100 mile invitational running challenge begins. The idea is to see who can rack up 100 miles first. Unless a miracle happens I don’t think I will see 100 miles in September but what a great way to motivate ourselves to get out there and run, especially when we are tired, or it is getting cold and we may not feel like it. It is great to have some other ’shredders’ as competition.
I still feel a bit disappointed missing out on the ‘End to End’ mountain bike challenge so I may do my own challenge that weekend and see if I can stretch myself. I was listening to an audio clip by Bob Proctor today and he was saying that he knows lots of marathon runners. He said that every one of them tells him that there is a point in every race where they feel they can not go on. Having that knowledge lets them prepare for it and then go through it knowing that it was inevitable. I wonder if I can use this principle to take me from a 3 hour cycle to a 5 hour one for my own ‘challenge’. From my previous cycles I feel like I couldn’t have gone much past my 3 hour cycles but if I know that this feeling is inevitable and I am ready for it and I can cycle through it then I may surprise myself.
This evening I performed my abdominal exercised for the first time in nearly two weeks. I managed to do 20 reps for the six exercises I had been following previously. Starting next week I will have a new abdominal routine.
Hey Andrew,
I really like your perceverance. You continue to push yourself forward and make progress in your transformation.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I really appreciate the encouragement and knowing that people are watching does keep me motivated.
You commented on HIIT. I have found that I do like HIIT running intervals much better then jogging. For me a long jog is just too boring and hard on my body. With Hiit I am done in 20 minutes. (5 minute warm-up, 20 minutes of intervals and a 5 minute cool down) I came across a neat program to keep me on track and entertained while doing the intervals. It’s called workoutmuse. You download it onto your ipod. It times everything for you. It tells you when to start stop and also tell you when your half way through your interval, and then keeps track of how may intervals you have done. The music soundtrack is techno and upbeat. You can try it out for free as they let you download a 30 second interval/90 second recovery track as a trial. I’ve been using it for the past 6 weeks with good success. http://www.workoutmuse.com
Good to see you are thinking ahead how you are going to stay on track when school starts. Shred on mate!