No training going on and hasn't been for a while. I was really hanging out for a big walk on the weekend. A friend convinced me to call the out of hours doctors due to my symptoms. I am glad I listened to her.
Out of hours doc recommended a chest xray as he thought I might have had a cracked rib from coughing so much. Doctors at hospital suspected a clot in the lung as I was in so much pain. They all agreed there was a chest infection.
Long story short, stay in hospital required, medicated up to the eyeballs. I am eating healthily - probably not enough as my appetite has disappeared and am having to force myself to eat. Scales aren't really moving as I am not doing exercise, so that's annoying.
Still trying to do strength training, as long as it does not impact my right lung capacity.
Had organised all these fundraising activities at work, so I hope they are still going on while I am not there.
I miss training!
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Sunday, 19 February 2012
Soldiering on
As I said in my previous post, I have been ill. So I was busting a gut to get out and get back into training. With conjunctivitis in one eye and coughing up a lung, I wasn't hoping for much. 10 mins in the thought did cross my mind to go home, but I soldiered on.
It was a sunny winter's morning, 2 degrees so nice and crisp.
I was nearing home by the end and decided that the length of time seemed to be the same as my last walk, so for the fun of it (!) I kept going and threw some nasty hills in there for good measure. That's the great thing about Guildford, no shortage of hill training.
As usual I took some pics along the way.
Merrow Downs - the first part of my walk
Bugs me when this happens! No way was I going to walk up there with no obvious footpaths. This is why I had to backtrack on myself twice on the map above.
The beautiful Pewley Downs. Amazes me that this is 5 mins out of the town centre of the biggest town in Surrey. It seems like proper countryside.
Little signs of Spring!
Our team has had a member pull out, but another member has replaced her. We have been busy thinking about fundraising ideas. As Easter is on the way a lot of it seems chocolate related which always helps people part with their cash!
It was a sunny winter's morning, 2 degrees so nice and crisp.
I was nearing home by the end and decided that the length of time seemed to be the same as my last walk, so for the fun of it (!) I kept going and threw some nasty hills in there for good measure. That's the great thing about Guildford, no shortage of hill training.
As usual I took some pics along the way.
Merrow Downs - the first part of my walk
Bugs me when this happens! No way was I going to walk up there with no obvious footpaths. This is why I had to backtrack on myself twice on the map above.
The beautiful Pewley Downs. Amazes me that this is 5 mins out of the town centre of the biggest town in Surrey. It seems like proper countryside.
Little signs of Spring!Our team has had a member pull out, but another member has replaced her. We have been busy thinking about fundraising ideas. As Easter is on the way a lot of it seems chocolate related which always helps people part with their cash!
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Poorly :(
Training is very quiet as I am unwell. Main focus is on getting better and eating properly. Achieving well so far.
Monday, 13 February 2012
20 mile Pink Ribbonwalk - please donate!
Just Giving site all set up ready to go. There's a handy widget on the right hand side, please donate!
My team is walking 20 miles for Breast Cancer Care in June.
My team is walking 20 miles for Breast Cancer Care in June.
Saturday, 11 February 2012
Walk Jog Run
In my last post I mentioned needing to get something to record my miles/k's. Ian has kindly recommended this fab site.
This was my route today.
This was my route today.
First Training Day
I walked 4 miles (6.5 kms) today - in this:
Oooh lovely, it says it is going to be sunny! Minus freaking 7, but sunny - gotta look at the positives. Looks like its going to be positively scorching by the end of the week.
As someone once said, there's no such thing as bad weather, just bad choice of clothing. So I was suitably attired for my first training day.
There weren't many out and about this morning, but I got to see bits of Guildford I had never seen on foot before.
The River Wey had steam coming off it, I'm sure there is some scientific explanation of that relating to the temperature etc.
This was an amazing sight, seeing the University of Surrey stag in the snow.
My distance is just a guesstimation, so I think I need to get some kind of monitor to record my distance and improve on times.
Oooh lovely, it says it is going to be sunny! Minus freaking 7, but sunny - gotta look at the positives. Looks like its going to be positively scorching by the end of the week.
As someone once said, there's no such thing as bad weather, just bad choice of clothing. So I was suitably attired for my first training day.
There weren't many out and about this morning, but I got to see bits of Guildford I had never seen on foot before.The River Wey had steam coming off it, I'm sure there is some scientific explanation of that relating to the temperature etc.
This was an amazing sight, seeing the University of Surrey stag in the snow.
My distance is just a guesstimation, so I think I need to get some kind of monitor to record my distance and improve on times.
Friday, 10 February 2012
Background
I have agreed to be part of a team in the 2012 Pink Ribbonwalk to raise money for breast cancer. Our team is doing the 20 mile walk from Twickenham in Greater London. I agreed without realising how long 20 miles actually is.... 32 kms - eek!
The last time I did an organised event like this was the City to Surf in 2005, a 14km run. I managed that in 2hrs and 5 seconds. It was a bright winter's day in Sydney - we thought it was cold, that seems hysterical considering my first training day tomorrow is going to be -7.
As soon as I get the Just Giving details I will add it here.
The last time I did an organised event like this was the City to Surf in 2005, a 14km run. I managed that in 2hrs and 5 seconds. It was a bright winter's day in Sydney - we thought it was cold, that seems hysterical considering my first training day tomorrow is going to be -7.
As soon as I get the Just Giving details I will add it here.
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