Juneathon Days 9 and 10

June 10, 2010 in Juneathon, Running | 1 comment

Day 9 probably officially puts me out of the competition. I did not do any exercise at all and I make no apology. A close friend’s mother sadly lost her battle with cancer yesterday, much faster than any of us expected. Mary Anne, you were an inspiration and I am so happy I got to know you.

I was hoping to go to the gym, but obviously I had to be with my friend. Then a migraine kicked in as well.

Day 10 saw me return to the gym and I am disgusted by how unfit I have got in this past week. Stupid shin splints. I took it gently, but eventually had to give up after 2.5k on the treadmill as they were hurting again and I want to take it easy. That said, I must say I felt a lot more cheerful than I did when I started.

Off to Norwich tomorrow, so I may try a short run before, shins depending or maybe a swim although I hate it.

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Juneathon Day 8: I feel fat

June 8, 2010 in Juneathon | No comments

Ugh. Tomorrow I am back to the gym. I have eaten so much crap and drunk too much alcohol this past week and not done enough exercise due to the shin splints and now I feel fat and hideous.

Today was my last rest day. It consisted of crunchies.

Gym tomorrow lunchtime. We’ll see how it goes.

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Juneathon Day 7 – I went shopping

June 8, 2010 in Juneathon, London | No comments

Bad Helen, didn’t blog yesterday! Here’s the update now…

Still resting the shin and definately getting itchy feet as I’m concious of the fact I need to start my half marathon plan on June 20th. Anyway, I’m going to see the Rocky Horror Show on Friday in Norwich and wanted to get a corset to wear. I took myself off to Oxford Street after work (shudder) to try to find one. Starting from the Tottenham Court Road end, I walked up to Marble Arch and back down again looking. Needless to say, I did not find a corset, however I did apparently walk 2.5 miles. Hurrah!

Am not sure what today is going to bring yet. Possibly just some stretching.

Going to try the gym again tomorrow – just some gentle cross training and a 1-2km run on the treadmill to see how I go. Shin is feeling fine now, but obviously I don’t want to push it too quickly and put myself out again for longer.

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Juneathon continued – days 5 & 6

June 6, 2010 in Juneathon | 1 comment

Couldn’t get to a PC yesterday and about to go out now. Am still resting shin – very painful. Managed about 20 minutes additional walking on each day though so am still hanging in there. Just.

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Juneathon Day 4: Just keep moving, just keep moving

June 4, 2010 in Juneathon, Running | No comments

Shins felt ok, so I decided to hit the treadmill for 25 minutes at lunchtime. Following some stretching and 5 minutes cycling to warm up, I did a 5 minute powerwalk before doing some speedwork – 400m running fast then a 200m powerwalk/jog to recover for 15 minutes. Then, to cool down I turned the speed right down and put the incline on 5% to walk for 5 minutes up a hill.

I actually enjoyed it, however it was definately a good thing that I stopped the running when I did as my shin kicked in and now it is much worse than before. I should have listened to everyone else and given it more than a day to recover – I think it needs a few days rest at least. May see my osteopath if it doesn’t clear up after rest.

I was meant to be doing one of the 5k Park Runs tomorrow – needless to say that I am absolutely not doing it now. I’m meant to be running around Blackheath with a friend on Sunday – but I have told her that it may simply have to be a walk as I’m not about to risk making this worse. On the plus side, the insoles from the nice people at Asics have definately fixed my blister problem.

Not sure what tomorrow will bring – but certainly not running! Maybe just some fun and games on the Wii Fit at my boyfriend’s house :)

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