Week 4

24/01/11 - 29/01/11


I am sat at work writing this, the time is 09:37 and I have been at work for 2 hours already and have still got 11 hours left...awesome!!


This week was not a great week, it started out great and then fizzled out pathetically. I have realised that I need warmer clothing as I am spending longer out in the cold and after about an hour my warm layers are just not warm anymore... I also need to be stricter with my time, and maybe more assertive at work. 


This week there is no point in writing per day as I notched up a measly 3:45:00 worth of exercise time and only covered 41.5kms. I am not sure what went wrong as on Tuesday I did a strength session in the gym after work, then I cranked out an hour on the indoor trainer at my prescribed heart rate and then went for a half hour run. I felt fantastic and enthusiastic and strong. 


I chilled on the Wednesday with my rest day and then on Thursday it all started going wrong. I started a session on the indoor trainer and I couldn't get my heart rate up without massive effort, a side effect of getting fitter I think, and when I did get it up I couldn't maintain the pace. Everything was wrong, I couldn't get comfortable on the saddle or on the bars, my feet went numb very quickly, my trainer started making strange noises and after 45 minutes I just couldn't hack it anymore and so like a coward I slipped off to the bathroom and had a bath...with bubbles!!!


 Friday was going to be the day I made up for Thursday, as I had the day off work, yet when I bent down to put my shoes on I nearly passed out. I felt like I was going to throw up and so dashed for the bathroom and on the way I nearly fell over as I felt as dizzy as if I had just stepped of a roundabout at the park...not good. I didn't throw up but as I sat quietly sipping a glass of water waiting for the awful sensations to pass I realised that I probably shouldn't risk going for a ride if I could barely stand up. I ended up sleeping for a large part of the day and felt better by the evening. Saturday was just plain cold and I chickened out of that... I did however manage to fit in a eye check and buy a new pair of glasses, return some unwanted goods and get the monthly shopping done...Yay :-/


So this pathetic week in numbers...again
time spent exercising - 03:45:00
distance covered - 41.5kms


Next week is going to be tough as I am working all wierd hours, however I have drawn up spreadsheet of hours to try and get my 8 hours of training in...bring it on.


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