running log

• 23 November 2009
  • first day out. barely managed a kilometre before having to pull up. Coughing like a Bronte for an hour or so afterwards

• 25 November 2009
  • better. still not much more than a km but breathing easier and no great period of coughing and spluttering afterwards

• 27 November 2009
  • a little better. Sharing a bottle of very nice white with J last night possibly wasn't the best prepartion. Still progress is progress

• 30 November 2009
  • Not good - cramp in my right calf forced me to pull up after 200m - possibly the result of digging in the garden yesterday
  • 2km at a fast walk and 15 half pushups instead. Not enough cardio though
  • Weight 81.4kg

• 02 December 2009
  • unseasonably chilly for second day of summer
  • better run - up the bike path to Bugden and along the top to the second drop down to Mullan Cresecent plus 15 half pushups
    • say 60-70% of my initial target
  • chest still a little tight but no C19 style coughing and spluttering

• 04 December 2009
  • even better - say 90% of initial target
  • concentrating now on the final 10% and building better stamina
  • chest getting looser

• 07 December 2009
  • felt heavy and sluggish after a late evening the night before
  • still close to the target - managed same distance as on 04/12

• 09 December 2009
  • still close to target - breathing better and managing the the same distance as 04/12
  • need to push distance out a little more
  • things beginning to tighten up - unfortunately this includes my right hamstring

• 11 December 2009
  • still runing same distance as 09/12 and 04/12
  • breathing is getting easier
  • joints and muscles creaking a bit - guess that's waht you get for being 53!

• 14, 16 and 18 December 2009
  • been bushwalking - no running

• 21 December 2009
  • despite the bushwalking no faster or further than previously - need to push past barrier
  • saw six kangaroos this morning including three on the bike path outside our house

• 23 December 2009
  • Not good. Had to pull up with cramp in my right calf after 400m. Finished the rest of the run as a fast walk.

• 25, 27 and 29 December 2009
  • seem to have twisted my ankle - perhaps the pulled muscle was a result of trying to compensate for the ankle. No running

• 01, 03 and 05 January 2010
  • ankle still twisted - no running
  • went bush walking on 04 January 2010 - ankle really sore afterwards

- and that was January apart from a serious bushwalk on 18 January and some reasonably serious walking round Fadden. Regrettably it looks like physio unless things improve …

… they didn't, but at least I'm walking …

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so we bought a cross trainer to exercise in the comfort of our own home …

• 03 June 2010
  • 15 minutes and 3 miles more or lesss