Friday 6 March 2009

Is there such a thing as "too much" gym?

Distance: 4 miles
Time: 35m46s
Mile 1 - 9m04s
Mile 2 - 8m56s
Mile 3 - 8m59s
Mile 4 - 8m47s

My gym membership ran out on Wednesday, so I made the most of it with a return trip after work to spend half an hour on the machines again. 100 reps each on adductor & abductor. Chest press, shoulder press, pectorals, and then another 75 reps back on the adductor & abductors.
I think I made the most of my week's free pass:

Thu - 7 mile treadmill run

Fri - 40 mins in the gym
Sat - swim; gym & treadmill
Mon - swim & gym
Tue - gym
Wed - treadmill & gym

Then after the gym on Wednesday I had my usual 1½ yoga class too, so I was completely exercised out! A well earned day off yesterday...

Time to concentrate on running again for a week or so, in the run up to the Silverstone Half Marathon on 15th, then off to find another gym to keep up the strength work.

Back to this evening then, a steady 4 mile run after work, still bright & sunny, very pleasant to run out in. I struggled to keep my pace down to 9-minutes as I was really keen to get out on the road, having spent perhaps a bit too much time in the gym recently! Very pleased to complete the four miles and a very steady pace.

Looking forward to an "easy" 14 miles on Sunday. Hmmm. I'll tell you how easy it was afterwards!

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Running 13.1 miles in memory of Carl

I ran the Silverstone Half Marathon on 15th March 2009. I managed the 13.1 mile course in 2 hours and 4 minutes. Not a bad effort for my first Half Marathon! I returned in 2010 to run it in 1 hour 54 minutes, and plan to do it again in 2011. I decided to run this in aid of The PSC Trust and PSC Support in memory of my brother Carl, who died from liver failure in November 1997. If you'd like to sponsor me for this - please email me at pscrun@ulen.me.uk PSC Trust
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