Wednesday

Okay - it's Thursday now, but this is what I did yesterday okay??

Woke up with a sore right hamstring. To be honest it had been nagging the whole of the previous day, but I so wanted to do a run to prove to myself that the knee was still okay that I ralgexed it to within an inch of its life, took some ibuprofen, and went out anyway. Not sure how much of it was necessary! It nagged a little, but certainly didn't get any worse, so I'm going to put it down to possibly being a little out of alignment Monday (stiff back causing odd posture), and then compounding that with body pump Monday evening. I'm hoping I now just need to rest it and it'll be fine, because the knee was no problem whatsoever!

Anyway - the run - it wasn't bad, and to be honest if it hadn't been for the right hammy I'd have run further. I've been intending to run longer for a while, but have had niggles, which hopefully are sorting out now.

The first half wasn't as fast as some, but then again, the second half was one of my faster ones. I think it was actually the second fastest time I've done at 140bpm, and yet the first half was a fair bit slower than that one, so the second half was relatively good. Some of the first mile it was very tricky to get the heart rate up! I still must do this route in reverse to see how it feels as I do think the way I'm running it now the return journey is a smidge uphill.

Oh - and I decided to wear my 2100s for the run - they don't seem to leave my ankles so sore - not quite sure what's going on there. The kayano sserved me well for FLM, maybe now I'm a couple of stone lighter (nearly!), maybe they're too "strong" for me. The 2100s certainly felt good yesterday :o)

Then in the evening it was Body Pump again - I really do love this class! I followed that with a short swim to loosen up, and chilled in the sauna. Nice!

Thursday - and in spite of all that exercise I seem to have gained the best part of a pound, so I haven't gone below 90kgs yet, in spite of thinking there wasa good chance of it. Don't quite understand why I haven't, certainly feel like it must be just around the corner - I'm exercising plenty and not over-eating.

A level results day - going to be odd going back into work, seeing everyone, and knowing I'm not a part of it any more, although in many ways I still feel as if I am - at least until I see how the students do! Even next year, half od my students will still be there, so I think I'm going to feel some attachment to the place for quite some time to come.