A New Blog

Ok, so this is my new blog!!! I am keeping it separate from my main blog so a) i dont bore my regular readers and b) i dont scare new readers!!

This blog is going to (hopefully) chart my training from being someone who hasn't run further than to the bus stop since I was at school (over a decade ago) to someone who completes the Sheffield Tough Mudder in 2013.

I plan on getting a personal trainer to help me along with my training, but I am starting to build a run into my gym workouts at the moment, and seeing just how many of the exercises on the tough mudder website I totally fail at at the moment!!

I am also going to keep a vague track of my diet on here, but if you want to support me more in that area - I have a my fitnesspal account which i'm more than happy to share the details of if anyone is interested. I try to keep a good track of my food intake on there every day - if i dont, it's probably because i'm eating too much!!

So, I hit the gym yesterday on the treadmill to start with, where I covered 1.5km in 15 mins (that included a 5 min walking warmup, and 5 mins solid running!). Then 10 mins on the cross trainer.

I did some dumbbell curls and hammer lifts, then decided to see how long I could hold a plank position (the website says hold for a full 60 seconds) I managed 30 seconds, twice, with a few seconds downtime in between. Then finally I did squats on the balance ball, which killed my abs and my thighs are still feeling today.