Day 20.
Almost at half distance of the Challenge!
Friday Feeling today... not the party version, the tired long week version, ha!
Quick 5k walk, the countdown to a week of 5k action in Zante is on! Those will need some serious motivation!
Friday, 28 September 2012
Thursday, 27 September 2012
5x50 Day 19. And the Winner is...
Day 19 of the 5x50 Challenge.
One word.
Tough.
Northsound Awards today at the Music Hall in Aberdeen, awesome show, great fun too! Post awards? Knackered! ha!
Short and sweet blog tonight, tired and my to-do list still has a few important jobs to tick off. A walk tonight, running just wasn't an option!
One word.
Tough.
Northsound Awards today at the Music Hall in Aberdeen, awesome show, great fun too! Post awards? Knackered! ha!
Short and sweet blog tonight, tired and my to-do list still has a few important jobs to tick off. A walk tonight, running just wasn't an option!
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
5x50 Day 18. The Wet One
Epic busy day. Northsound Awards preparation is in full swing, the big day is tomorrow... today? Setup and evening rehearsal.
...it almost out pay to my 5k!
Grabbed my motivation and hit the street. First 3kms was great... then came the heavy rain. Turns out running in the rain is almost therapeutic! Soaked.
Another challenging 5k to fit in tomorrow... the challenge is on!
Grabbed my motivation and hit the street. First 3kms was great... then came the heavy rain. Turns out running in the rain is almost therapeutic! Soaked.
Another challenging 5k to fit in tomorrow... the challenge is on!
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
5x50 Day 17. Space Hopper on the Loose
Day 17 of the challenge, a day that I feared I wouldn't get out to do my 5k!
Over and above the idea of doing 5k a day for 50 days, I've added the extra challenge of doing all of my 5kms outdoors, so no gym. no using the exercise bike that we've had installed on the balcony at Northsound. Outdoors for 5k, everyday till the end of the challenge. I must be mad!
Today? Epic storm. It pretty much kept me awake much of the night, gale force winds and heavy rain. When I looked out through the curtains this morning I was confronted with what only can be described as what I imagine the street of a large children's art school post-hurricane would look like. Yogurt pots, loo-roll tubes, tin foil, juice bottles, papers, cans and milk cartons scattered everywhere. Epic storm arrived in time for recycling day collections in Cove. #naturewin
Some really awesome images floating around the internet from this morning, there's a hole bunch of them right here on the Northsound 1 Facebook page. These are my two favourites of the day, both of Fittie in Aberdeen.
The epic weather also resulted in a couple of unusual Jambuster calls to John Mellis in the Northsound 1 Studio, we're keeping these calls for the Christmas tape! Runaway Space Hopper and a loose Trampoline? It could be April the 1st...!
Hometime from work, Epic storm gone. 5k time! 2km run, 3km walk today. My left calf muscle is giving me grief, ice and rest and back at it tomorrow for day 18!
Over and above the idea of doing 5k a day for 50 days, I've added the extra challenge of doing all of my 5kms outdoors, so no gym. no using the exercise bike that we've had installed on the balcony at Northsound. Outdoors for 5k, everyday till the end of the challenge. I must be mad!
Today? Epic storm. It pretty much kept me awake much of the night, gale force winds and heavy rain. When I looked out through the curtains this morning I was confronted with what only can be described as what I imagine the street of a large children's art school post-hurricane would look like. Yogurt pots, loo-roll tubes, tin foil, juice bottles, papers, cans and milk cartons scattered everywhere. Epic storm arrived in time for recycling day collections in Cove. #naturewin
Some really awesome images floating around the internet from this morning, there's a hole bunch of them right here on the Northsound 1 Facebook page. These are my two favourites of the day, both of Fittie in Aberdeen.
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| Sea Foam in Fittie from the Seacroft Marine's Office. Credit STV/Cal Reed |
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| Shelagh Swanson tweeted this image to Northsound 1. The view of Fittie out her window! |
Hometime from work, Epic storm gone. 5k time! 2km run, 3km walk today. My left calf muscle is giving me grief, ice and rest and back at it tomorrow for day 18!
Monday, 24 September 2012
5x50 Day 16. Holiday Monday
Day 16. It's a holiday Monday in Aberdeen!
Holiday means time off from the challenge, right?
Last night, frustrated at my progress, I set about some homework. This taught me a few lessons.
1. There's an almost infinite amount of freely available info online on running and eating better.
2. The majority of articles you'll find contradict each other.
3. Reading any more than a handful of them will leave you more confused than when you started.
That's where you'll find me.
More knowledgable than yesterday but with little idea what to do with it, ha! There's a dangerous combination.
Daytime 5k today, daylight... again! Gave interval training a go this morning, run 1km, walk 1km, run 1km, walk 1km, run 1km.
Enjoyable, if a little on the windy side.
Holiday means time off from the challenge, right?
Last night, frustrated at my progress, I set about some homework. This taught me a few lessons.
1. There's an almost infinite amount of freely available info online on running and eating better.
2. The majority of articles you'll find contradict each other.
3. Reading any more than a handful of them will leave you more confused than when you started.
That's where you'll find me.
More knowledgable than yesterday but with little idea what to do with it, ha! There's a dangerous combination.
Daytime 5k today, daylight... again! Gave interval training a go this morning, run 1km, walk 1km, run 1km, walk 1km, run 1km.
Enjoyable, if a little on the windy side.
Sunday, 23 September 2012
5x50 Day 15. Progress is Frustrating
Day 15 of the 5x50 Challenge, walk, jog or cycle 5k a day for 50 days.
Today I'm frustrated.
Two weeks into the challenge and my fitness progress seems to have slowed. I kinda knew this would happen but that doesn't stop the frustration.
If you don't already know from earlier blog posts I took up running back in June. I'd signed up to take part in the Great Scottish Run 10k back at the start of this month. Back in June I couldn't run 1k without stopping! Between then and the 10k I took huge leaps forward in ability while training for the race.
Over the last 10 days I've really started to struggle to beat my personal best 5k time. I keep getting really bad stitches! If anything, I'm getting slower!
This evening, homework. What am I doing wrong? ha! Everyday is a school day!
Frustrated... but happy to have completed a 5k in daylight! It's pretty much always dark when I'm out taking on my evening jogs after work.
Right, I'm off to use my foam roller. Self inflicted torture, ha!
Today I'm frustrated.
Two weeks into the challenge and my fitness progress seems to have slowed. I kinda knew this would happen but that doesn't stop the frustration.
If you don't already know from earlier blog posts I took up running back in June. I'd signed up to take part in the Great Scottish Run 10k back at the start of this month. Back in June I couldn't run 1k without stopping! Between then and the 10k I took huge leaps forward in ability while training for the race.
Over the last 10 days I've really started to struggle to beat my personal best 5k time. I keep getting really bad stitches! If anything, I'm getting slower!
This evening, homework. What am I doing wrong? ha! Everyday is a school day!
Frustrated... but happy to have completed a 5k in daylight! It's pretty much always dark when I'm out taking on my evening jogs after work.
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| Daylight on todays 5k! |
Right, I'm off to use my foam roller. Self inflicted torture, ha!
Saturday, 22 September 2012
5x50 Day 14. Harold Bishop, Powerwalk.
Day 14 of the 5x50 Challenge. Walk, jog or cycle 5k a day for 50 days. The aim? Change habits for a lifetime, 50 days and the goal of developing a lasting exercise addiction. I'm raising money for Northsound Cash for Kids along the way too.
Yesterday I blogged about the coldest 5k yet, it really was freezing! I walked the 5k my #gammyknee still playing up from Day 12. That's when #5x50 support arrived from down-under...
I walked the 5k today, planning an attempt at smashing my personal best 5k run tomorrow. Fingers crossed!
Yesterday I blogged about the coldest 5k yet, it really was freezing! I walked the 5k my #gammyknee still playing up from Day 12. That's when #5x50 support arrived from down-under...
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| Best @ Reply. Ever. Thanks Harold! |
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