Training - Part One

From Monday through to Wednesday this week walking was proving very difficult. Standing up from a sitting position was agony all week (which was interesting as I have been working at a client's office for most of this week! Great impression Danielle)

The reason behind the pain? I've drawn up an excellent new workout routine.....and by excellent I clearly mean stupid! Plus, rather than easing myself into the new routine, I've gone all out exercise obsessed freak.

This all started last Saturday when, feeling slightly fed up at home (Sean was at work) I decided I would pass some time at the gym. A 5km cycle, 10km run and 2.5km row later I decided I could, and would, step up my workout routine every day.

Sunday was stair training. For those of you who know Manchester, you will know that the city centre is flat. For those of you know the Three Peaks Challenge (and those of you don't as it's all in the title), you will know that hill training is required. Clearly the challenge and my location aren't compatible tin terms of the training required so I had to think outside of the box. Luckily I live on the 16th floor of a 23 floor building so there's plenty of stairs to tackle. With the help of Sean, who stood on our floor shouting at me (and, when I got tired, chased me) I managed to run up and down 6 flights of stairs 8 times in 20 minutes. Although tiring, the stairs were fine.......until Monday morning when it felt as though someone had removed about 2 inches of muscle from my calves and sewn them back together again.

Insanely tight calf muscles aside, I decided to push through and continue on my new routine for the rest of the week. Each day of the week consists of two gym sessions - a weights session before work and a CV session after work. This was working out well until Saturday when I decided I would try the 5km cycle, 10km run and 2.5km row again. Needless to say after a week of double gym sessions and long hours at work I didn't have the energy to complete everything.

So, after a very successful week of training, the weekend failure has left me feeling slightly deflated. On the plus side, I'm another half a stone lighter! With the Three Peaks Challenge only 3 weeks away, I'm hoping to follow the new routine until at least then before I give up completely and create a new routine but I'll let you know how it goes.


P.S. Don't forget to sponsor me on my Charitygiving site and give me some more motivation to run up those stairs