So I've been "training" for about 4 weeks now. I say "training" as what I really mean is familiarising myself with the gym, getting used to early mornings and trying to cut down on the sugar/alcohol/parma ham/cheese intake! May has been a tough month to try and cut down on these things what with all the bank holidays and the glorious summer weather we've been having!
My routine so far has consisted of jogging to the gym, working out and jogging home again by 7am. My gym workouts are alternated between weights and CV (primarily interval training). I didn't think I'd made much improvement until last weekend when me and the boy went for an evening jog in the rain - it was mainly uphill and a bit of a struggle but nothing too traumatic. When we got home my Nike+ fitness told us that we'd run 8.2km - not a bad effort.
Although my running in the gym has improved quite a lot over the last few weeks, I'm still finding it difficult to run outside - kind of a big issue considering all of my events will be outside and Kilimanjaro isn't going to be fitting with a giant treadmill up one side of it any time soon - so I think the next stage is to incorporate some outdoor training. I'm praying that the weather picks up soon because jogging to a warm gym 10 minutes down the road at 5.45am is one thing, running 5k in a blizzard at that time is something very different.
It hasn't been easy but 4 weeks later and I'm a stone lighter and very much looking forward to the first challenge.
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