missing in action

I haven't updated for a few days. I have been at home sick and not really in the mood for updating the blog. But now I am.

The weekend saw a surprise (for all concerned) trip to the gym. I didn't intend to after pushing up the Wrekin on Friday but I was actually missing the exercise so off I went. Nigel was still working when I got there so I started to plod through the routine as per standard. (434 strokes on the rowing machine btw. not as many as last time but it was non stop for the full 15 minutes).

I started to work my way through the shoulder and arm exercises but my dodgy limb gave me a twinge so I quit and stuck to the core work and stamina stuff.

Nigel turned up eventually and a I was as good as done so I decided to hit the treadmill. while nigel was rowing (495 strokes) I cranked the speed up to 6.4mph and set about running for 20 minutes. It was pretty easy, though I was puffed out and had worked up a sweat by the time I was done.

As the gym was empty I then started to mess about on the treadmill, and while Nige was over doing the core stuff I wound the treadmill up as fast as I could go. Only I didn't take into account the fact that the machine would take a bit of time to speed up. So made my way up to 10mph and thought I could handle a bit faster, 12mph. Still okay. 15mph... It was at about this moment that the machine reached my peak speed, and at a full pelt sprint I was barely keeping up with it, and it was still getting faster. I don't know if you have ever tried to press a button that is just out of reach while you are sprinting faster than you have ever sprinted before... It's really quite difficult.

Surviving the treadmill we swam for 20 minutes and then sauna'd for about 5 minutes before I nearly passed out with the heat.

All in all a good session.

I haven't done anything for two days now, though there are unconfirmed reports that Nigel gym'd on Monday. I will investigate and report.