Rest Week? or just a bad un

Do to various commitments including a couple of trips to Cambridge thins didn't exactly go to plan.

It started off OK with a good solid RW week 4 run on Monday, Tuesday Badminton was OK but still felling the effects of Monday. Wednesday was a gym session - though not so much strength work as it was lunchtime instead of evening. Thursday, no swimming as we had to go to Cambridge. Friday the weather was so 'orrible I decided to leave it until Saturday. Saturday in Cambridge again and though I'd leave it until Sunday. Sunday was nice so we too the outlaws to see some of their old haunts around Blaxhall. A liquid lunch at the Hitching White Horse was not exactly good preperation for a training session but I went anyway - not great.

So next week shold be back to normal and I'll try a sort of Week 4.5. Probably something like
Run 8min rest 2, Run 6min rest 2, Run 6 min (or home), which is about the same about to running time as week 4 but just a bit longer and fewer sessions.

Only way is up?

Generally a good week on the training front, the trouble with a nice run down to the sea and back is that it's down to the sea which means is up on the way home. Ok it's not steep, it's not even that high (we're about 17 metres above sea level) but it is that long slow unrelenting type winding though the estate.
As I get fitter I'll just be able to take it in my stride, later on I'll have to be seeking out long slow hills as there is plenty of hills in the GNR, but for now it's just at the wrong time in every run.

On the map I'm at the Suffolk Water Park in Bramford, I remember doing a Boys Brigade raft race there many years ago but it seems it's all fishing now so I'll run on by.

Next week is Week 4 in the plan Run five mins, walk two mins. Repeat four times.

'Week 2' ends at Portman Road

Another good week, did the 'Week 2' runs OK this time so will move on to:
Week 3 - Run 3 mins walk 1 mins. Repeat 6 times.
Certainly in the first few repetitions on Friday it felt like I could run for a bit longer, I'll find out on Wednesday. I think the Friday run always suffers a bit from being the third of 3 tough days. My weekly schedule goes something like - Monday Gym, Tuesday Badminton, Wednesday Run 1, Thursday Swim, Friday Run 2. The week end is usually busy doing something other than sitting on my bottom, this weekend its scrubbing the boats bottom.

On the map I've reached Portman Road, home of the Super Blues and also the BT Exchange. Dad worked at the exchange for many years, I had my job interview for BT (actually Post Offfice Telecommunications) in a building next door in 1977 and have been with BT ever since.

Me, me mum, and wifey are season ticket holders at ITFC hudderling together in the Cobbold Stand and occasionally having something to cheer about. We've just renewed for next season too so must be gluttons for punishment ;-)

Week 2 - good but...

Week 2 went OK, I did better in the gym on the rowing machine and elliptical runner and also went further and faster in the pool. However the runs were a big step up from week 1, it was almost twice as much running an half as much walking so I struggled in the last couple of repeats each time, nice to be out there though.

Friday was my first run down to the sea rather than around the roads, which was really pleasant, however climbing back up the steps to Brackenberry Car Park was a bit of an effort at the end of the run and I sat admiring the view for a minute or too. Good job I'm not worried about times at the moment. According to the map I'm at the Suffolk Trinity Statues (Suffolk Punch, Red Poll Cow and a Suffolk Sheep)

So next week will be week 2 again, and see if I can complete it this time.

First week of running

Well the gym work and the swimming must of helped.

The Week 1 runs should have been Run one min, walk 90 seconds. Repeat eight times, but I cut the walking sections to 1 min and had to to repeat nine times to get home. I did about 1.5 miles each time, so now leaving Trimley St Martin acording to the map, fortunately not stopping at Seamark Nunn for once.

I also managed to loose a few pounds so no longer obese! - Just overweight at 14st 5lbs

Week 2 - Run two minutes, walk one minute. Repeat seven times.

I reckon this will be about 2 miles each run. The only problem is that my left ankle is playing up due to an old injury. Next week it will be more gym and less running, though 10min on the Rowing machine and 10mins on the Elliptical runner is as good as the 20min running session I should be doing and has the advantage of being no impact.