Running to Fitness

My Sciatica was getting worse, it was hurting when I stood up or sat down - the only position it didnt hurt was lying down which is no good so today I thought I’d do some exercise to see if that helped.
I have a cross trainer at home so I used that - I managed [...]

Started to have a bit of a run today on the treadmill but had all sorts of aches and pains in my legs - probably because of outdoors run on saturday - was the first time I’ve run outside since returning from injury, running on the hard surface outside definately batters your legs more than [...]

Went back in the gym for the first time since injury today, was a bit busy as the kids are off school - the bonus was they have replaced all the weight machines with new funky ones and they have put in 2 extra running machines.
I did 30 minutes on the cross trainer which felt [...]

So I think my last run was a bit too soon, Had back ache afterwards and today was the first day I could do some more exercise. I did 35 mins in the gym on the cross trainer today which feels like it has actually helped my back - feels looser and got more bend [...]

Ouch - my shins are aching today after yesterday’s long run - hope they’re ok tommorow.
Today I did a pretty boring 1 hour on the Cross Trainer - the only way I can make it interesting is to go as fast as I can so Im pretty much exhausted and covered in sweat by the [...]

Well on saturday I ran a 10k in 1hour 5mins, nice workout but the time was a bit slower than my best of 1hour 2mins but never mind - then yesterday I did a long slow run of 13.5k in 1.30mins, this my longest run ever and I could have done a lot more - [...]

I finally did it! Im under 15stone for the first time in ages - it feels really good to have beaten this plateau I have been on for the last 3 weeks, it was getting really frustrating. It just goes to show that when your exercise routine has gotten stale and you plateau - mixing [...]

Spent an hour burning off 700 calories on the cross trainer today - my boredom was cured though by listening to an audio book - World War Z (about the zombie apocalypse!).
This should have allowed my legs to recover a bit from yesterday’s speed run in preparation for my long run tommorow - gonna aim [...]

Did 45 minutes at a fast pace on the Cross Trainer followed by a full workout on the weights and then a 1km jog on the treadmill to finish off. I thought put some extra effort in today as there is the possibility of beers tonight so I need to make sure I reach my [...]

40 minutes cross trainer + upper body weights - thats about it really, nothing too exciting today!
I did find a new site called Gyminee which is similar to Skinnyr but more advanced so I signed and I’ll keep track of my weight there as well. This also lets you set a target weight which is [...]