Week One.

Right, nothing happened last night. I was having a rest day. So there is little to report today. Instead I thought I would review this weeks efforts and plan a little bit for next week.

Monday. Success. The plan was to casually run up and down the Wrekin sub 30 minutes. The reality was 43 minutes of raw, chest crushing agony. I think it was Monday night that I realised with concern that I wasn’t as fit as I thought I was.

Tuesday. Fail. I had planned to work out in my home gym that I had created. Only problem, I hadn’t created a home gym. All the bits of exercise equipment had made their way to the spare room but that is all that happened. Coupled with the fact that I was a bit knackered from Monday, Tuesday became a day of rest.

Wednesday. Success but not because I achieved what I intended. I had planned to run the Wrekin again but by now things had moved on and Nigel had organised some real gym time. I worked hard partly because the Monday Wrekin had made me realise that I was not anywhere near my physical peak and partly because on Tuesday I had lapsed in the newly formed fitness regime and I needed to make amends. My body is still reporting aches and pains two days later, so I think for the first time the fitness thing is heading in the right direction.

Thursday. Didn’t win but didn’t fail either. I think I had planned to work out in my non existing home gym again but instead I rested and this time I really deserved it.

Friday (Today) I had planned to go for a paddle. Instead I am going to the real gym again. My aim is minimum 5 minutes on the rowing machine (might set the clock to 10 minutes and see where I get) and I will work through all of the sets of muscle work. Plus a good long swim afterwards. I have brought water with me this time so there will be no sloping off to the water fountain half way through.

Saturday/Sunday. I haven’t worked out completely how I intend to run my weekend yet. Though I am aiming to get the boat onto the water at some point, and the home gym could do with organizing. And there will be a session at the gym on Sunday.

Next week. Monday will be a day of rest, as I have other things to take care of that day, Tuesday and Thursday will be gym days. And on one of the days next week I am aiming for the Wrekin again, see if I can knock some time of the previous best.

All in all I’m pretty happy with the way things have worked out so far. Roll on week two.