It has been, and you may get bored of my saying this before I get to a stage I feel I can stop, a week from hell at work this week. I cycled to work on Tuesday, but have not yet felt up to cycling home again and, given the performance that is the putting on of running gear, not bothered either before or after work.
Got steaming drunk on very little (for me) alcohol last night and had a bit of a head when I woke up today. But the weather is on the stunning side of gorgeous and exercise is actually supposed to be a good way of getting rid of the morning after feeling. So I stiffened the old sinews and headed out to do the second 'absolute beginners' session. Note the change in language? I have decided I have to stop putting myself down all the time. There are plenty of other people to do that! And I do indeed now feel MUCH better.
Took a different route this time, and managed to cover more distance. Not sure if that's all down to the route or not. Am choosing to take it as a signal of improving fitness, however unlikely that might be at this early stage. New pedometer is proving to be a lot of fun, uploading maps and everything. This session's map is here:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/96198947. Still working out how to share these maps properly, so they may appear as posts individually for a while until I work it out.
Am looking forward a few months down the line to seeing how much distance I actually cover. I've tried manually totting it all up in the past, but 21st century tech should do it all for me! I plan to do a training programme based on the hopeful assumption of getting a place in the 2012 London Marathon. I'm in no hurry though as I realistically don't need to start proper training until September and given the amount of time I spend staring at spreadsheets at work all week, creating one for any reason in my spare time is not top of the list!
Off to Cambridge this afternoon for fun and frolicks with one of my oldest and bestest friends from Uni days. Time to freshen up. Could take a while!
