Spike's log

[spike]

Tuesday 04/01/2010 - gym: 10 min warm up on x trainer, puny weights on resistance machines, 4k in just over 30 mins followed by cool down on treadmill. Little bit of stretching.
No aches today, maybe i didn't try hard enough. Might go back tomorrow, then TKD on Friday for first time in about a month.

[spike]

Wednesday 05/01/2011 - rest

Thursday 06/01/2010 - walking, an hour at most. Gym - 13 mins on x trainer, shoulder press seated row and lat pulldown, 20 mins + 5 mins cool down on tredmill. Think I did nearly 3.2k in the 25 minutes. Feels ke im getting worse not better! Some stretching.

[spike]

Friday 07/01/2011
it was the first TKD class after the break tonight but i didn't go. This was because a) I already had loads of stuff to lug around with me all day and b)Ireland seem wise fo go on just three jours sleep. I'm amazed I'm still awake now TBH!
I probably wallked for about an hour.

[spike]

Saturday 08/01/2011

rest

Sunday 09/91/2011

Walking| over an hour, probably plus another hour later unless I coincide with the once hourly buses!

Taekwondo! 1.5 hours which forms week 0 of a six week block of training. It was pretty hard going for week zero!
Our instructor suggested we all think about our next year's training. Where we want to be this time next year, goals etc. To be honest right now my goal is just to still be training in 12 months time. I've got so much on right now that aiming to train twice every week until June seems just about a realistic goal. I'm aiming for one gym visit per week too, to make the membership worthwhile. Maybe I can train a bit at home but there isn't a lot of space and I'm not that motivated to do so, aside Fromm a bit of stretching in the mornings. That is potentially doable!

[thestoatyone]

Plan sounds solid; a black belt is a white belt that never gave up and all that.

[spike]

Plan sounds solid; a black belt is a white belt that never gave up and all that.

I'm not exactly being very ambitious though, am I!

[thestoatyone]

Well good things come to those who wait. You've got to be in it to win it and all that...

[baldy]

Well good things come to those who wait. You've got to be in it to win it and all that...

"A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step."

Friday 07/01/2011....b)Ireland seem wise fo go on just three jours sleep. I'm amazed I'm still awake now TBH!
I probably wallked for about an hour.

What is happening in Ireland? You coming to visit?

[spike]

Well good things come to those who wait. You've got to be in it to win it and all that...

"A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step."

Friday 07/01/2011....b)Ireland seem wise fo go on just three jours sleep. I'm amazed I'm still awake now TBH!
I probably wallked for about an hour.

What is happening in Ireland? You coming to visit?

Lack of sleep, bad typing and bad automatic spelling correction. I probably meant "it didn't seem wise to go on just three hours sleep..."
And looking at the number of mistakes in those few sentences I reckon I was right. :p

[spike]

Monday 10/01/2011

Walking - over an hour

Tuesday 11/01/2011

Walking - over an hour
Taekwondo - 1.5 hours. Broadly similar to Sunday. Supposedly "gentle" but that's not the first word i would choose to describe it! We ran through all the patterns to our grade plus got to have a go at the next one up (copying the moves, just twice). It was a good refresher and i think the taster of the next pattern was intended as a motivator for certain people.
Walked up lots of stairs, well, three flights four times plus various single flights. Planted the idea / reminded me about stair running as a sport! There was a. Stair running thing in blackpool torr or somewhere IIRC. Anyway that's beside the point! So far so good this week

[spike]

Wednesday 12/01/2011

Rest

Thursday 13/01/2011

Walking, maybe an hour or so

Friday 14/01/2010

Walking, about half an hour
Gym: warm up on x trainer, resistance machines, 32 minutes on treadmill including a warm up and cool down. Covered fractionally over 4k. Stretching.

Saturday 15/01/2011

A few hours walking around Manchester

Sunday 16/01/2011

Walking, 2 hours. TKD, just under 1.5 hours.

[spike]

Monday 17/01/2010

Walking: 1 hour max

Tuesday 18/01/2010

Walking about and hour
TKD 1.5 hours.
Felt quite unfit and inflexible today. I don't think it was a particularly demanding class but it was hard work and not in a good way. I wasn't able to concentrate or put 100% into even the bits that weren't too physical, e.g. Technical pattern work.

[spike]

I am currently nursing a cold. It arrived on Afriday, but maybe it was brewing for a few days before would explain the weariness on Tuesday and also feeling tired on Weds. I actually felt good on Thursday but like utter shite yesterday.

Anyway, physical activity:

Wednesday 19/01/2011

Walking about 45 minutes

Thursday 20/01/2011

Walking maybe an hour max

Friday 21/01/2011

walking again an hour max

Saturday 22/01/2011

Nothing

[thestoatyone]

Best cure for cold: shit loads of water and louder kiyas. My club was very casual as to our individual kiyas so I became fond of "BEEER!", and a friend of mine would finish every pattern with "TIMMAAYYY!"

Made me chuckle anyway...

[spike]

I am going for lemsip, curry and sleep. Suppose its good that it's pretty much coincided with the weekend in that way. Bit of a crap weekend though.