...she can redeem her soul & fly....

Sunday 1 October – oh my aching head, legs, glutes et al

Comeback no. 239 started today with my first run in neutral shoes (as opposed to my usual stability shoes) & no orthotics. (Gronk, they are Brooks Glycerin)

Ok, I’ll admit it. I was very rusty when I woke up this morning after crawling into bed about 3.30am after Tesso & Owly’s birthday dinner on Saturday night. I think it was the effect of Go Girl & I drinking our bling - a lovely bottle of white which was our prize for winning the women's 2 person marathon relay at the Hunter Valley in August. Actually, it was probably glass or two of red that followed :-)

But after a couple of hours spent on the couch drinking loads of water, I set out for my "comeback" run. Thankfully it was only 20mins – I’m not sure whether I would have made it out the door if it was any longer – not to mention the fact that my quads & glutes were absolutely trashed after Saturday's weights session. I’m sure my 81yo grandmother is doing a better shuffle than I am at the moment!

Finished with 3.2kms in 20:01 (aver. 6:15min/kms). So far, so good.

Monday 2 October - it's all about the bike...

My legs are still trashed after Saturday’s weight session so it’s no surprise that my ride this morning was an absolute grind. Got to Centennial Park just before 7am for 80mins on the bike before heading over to the Bay to meet Ellie, Owly & Chonky at 9.30am for breakfast. Finished with 26.33kms in 1:15:42 (aver 20.9kms/hr). Bloody slow but I couldn't have pushed it any faster or harder today.

Last week was pretty light on the exercise - 1 x ride; 1 x weights session; 1 x run. But this week will be bigger:

Tuesday
AM: run 25mins
PM: massage
Wednesday
AM: swim
Thursday
AM: run 25mins
PM: Saint Andrew
Friday
AM: bike interval session
PM: pilates
Saturday
AM: run 30mins
Sunday
Off to do a cycling skills class

MTD: 3.2kms, LOL !!