At the beginning of last week, an IT contract I'd been working on for some time ground to a halt. A shame for me but very sad for the many people who lost their jobs as 2 companies collapsed in on themselves with mass redundancies. I counted many of these people as friends and regret not getting chance to say good bye. I wish them well.
The other side of this coin is that, just as I was considering trying to increase the frequency of my Treadmill sessions beyond the one day a week I had free, this has released 3 more days so I am getting in 2 sessions a week. Last week I stuck with 10 minute sessions with just 3 minutes of running interspresed with one and a half minutes walking. Today I upped it to 25 minutes with 7 one minute runs totalling 1.6km (1 mile). Each treadmill session followed with a swim, 20 lengths today.
payasUgym is a fantastic bargain when using Tesco vouchers. I've had about £40 worth of sessions now but only spent two £5 Tesco vouchers as a result of new joiner and other miscellaneous bonuses. A £5 Tesco voucher gives £15 of payasUgym which is 3 sessions so effectively £1.67 a go for a fully equipped gym and a 20m pool.
I'm now totally into the Runkeeper Android app and runkeeper.com website for tracking all my training. The treadmill and pool activities are entered manually whilst such as the 6km road walk this Sunday was recoreded and saved by my smart phone. I also keep a log on the BUPA Great Run website which ties into my ultimate target of 60 mins for the Great Manchester 10km just after my 60th birthday in May 2013, hence twitter hashtag of #60at60.
Be prepared, if the achilles survive, this will shortly become a sponsored event so be ready to dip into your pockets.
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