Followed by another turn-around moment - 3.4 km in 21:12 minutes - yay! If I keep it up for the 10 km, it means I have gone from 1:10 hours for the 10 km to 1:02 - not bad for two weeks training.
DH shared that I actually looked like runner today - I was making specific effort to lengthen my stride today, and it really paid off. I'm pleased :)
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Yes - turned it around
Did a lunch time run yesterday - got my time for 3.4 km from 22:53 to 21:38!!! Wooohoooo!!!
Now, if I can just keep that time for 10k run on Friday ...
Now, if I can just keep that time for 10k run on Friday ...
Sunday, January 11, 2009
The cloud is back ...
... and I must chase it away. Though relatively well rested, and having conquered 5k at 34 minutes, the dark cloud was there this morning. Yuk.
Let's see if we can turn this day around:
- get some 20-30 minutes of cardio in before end of day
- control sugar intake - let's go for sugar-free gum providing the only sweetness today
- achieve something: at least something in each sector of wheel of life
- get this medical thing over with ...
Let's see if we can turn this day around:
- get some 20-30 minutes of cardio in before end of day
- control sugar intake - let's go for sugar-free gum providing the only sweetness today
- achieve something: at least something in each sector of wheel of life
- get this medical thing over with ...
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Sleepless nights, productive days ... possible?
I'm here to tell you (and hopefully prove) that it is indeed possible. Just need to instruct the computer (brain) to control the peripherals (rest of me) to get it done. And we all know computers do exactly as they're told. That's the problem.
The more one thinks one is tired, hasn't slept, is miserable and how can I skip that day, the more the "computer" makes exactly that happen. Choosing to turn that around into positive experience, energy and movement starts with the mental acknowledgment that a change in "software" is needed: change the program.
- Shut down the tired and miserable (and don't send log to Microsoft :)
- Start up the passionate and engaged
- Follow through with energetic physical movement
Boy was it hard to do. But guess what? I did, and my energetic movement was a 3.5 km run at 6 am. What made it even harder was that it was so cold and windy outside.
The reward? Feeling good, energetic, and elated that I was able to overcome "tired and miserable", and that is all up to me to change the software .... :)
The more one thinks one is tired, hasn't slept, is miserable and how can I skip that day, the more the "computer" makes exactly that happen. Choosing to turn that around into positive experience, energy and movement starts with the mental acknowledgment that a change in "software" is needed: change the program.
- Shut down the tired and miserable (and don't send log to Microsoft :)
- Start up the passionate and engaged
- Follow through with energetic physical movement
Boy was it hard to do. But guess what? I did, and my energetic movement was a 3.5 km run at 6 am. What made it even harder was that it was so cold and windy outside.
The reward? Feeling good, energetic, and elated that I was able to overcome "tired and miserable", and that is all up to me to change the software .... :)
Monday, January 5, 2009
How did that happen?
That 3 kg came out of nowhere and straight onto my hips??? Christmas, brunches, dinners out, new year's ... blah blah blah. Still absolutely no excuse.
Guess I'll be wearing my fat suits to work for a while :(
On the positive side for 2009, I ran my first 10k - 70 minutes. Not too bad for a first attempt, but I better get faster before the 10k race on 16 Jan!!
Guess I'll be wearing my fat suits to work for a while :(
On the positive side for 2009, I ran my first 10k - 70 minutes. Not too bad for a first attempt, but I better get faster before the 10k race on 16 Jan!!
Sunday, December 14, 2008
The new generation
Was shocked by DD the other day ... she wanted to wear a halter top dress to go visit grandma - to which, of course, I put my foot down unless she wore a suitable T under it. When she complained that she never gets to wear her "fun" dress, I suggested she wear it to the end of year school disco. She wheeled on me with huge, scandalized eyes. "What???? Wear a DRESS to a disco???". Am I so out of touch? But then again, I vaguely remember looking at women wearing dresses when I was clubbing in my early twenties and feeling sorry for them, thinking they looked so out of place. I guess that's me now.
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