This is a literal subject heading as my new bike is finally here!!!!
I'm so totally excited and desperate to get out and ride it but the weather and time is officially against me.
I'm slowly getting back to feeling more human and have gone out on my 'old' bike twice this week commuting to work but had to miss running club on Monday as I am still having breathing problems in cold weather. I am away this weekend seeing my mum and dad so I probably will eat more than I burn as always but that's the point of going home surely??? Next week I will hopefully get to ride my shiny, speedy new bike into work a couple of times and will be going to my running club on Monday and Wednesday evening.
The reason for this injection of exercise is I will be flying off to the very sunny state of Texas on Easter Sunday leaving my poor husband to fend for himself whilst I eat my 5 stone back on and meet up with old friends! I have registered with a gym in the town I'm staying in the vain hope I can actually get to it and do some form of exercise - I'm taking bets on this and the odds are stacked against me :)
So really my training schedule has literally been thrown at the wall. I'm seriously considering my ability to get to the Bristol 10K and not do myself an injury and the Wiggle Bike Ride in the Wye Valley which will almost certainly kill me.
Any messages of motivation or a reality check would be appreciated!!!!
Till next week X
Thursday, 21 March 2013
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Not again!!!!!!
After pressing publish on last weeks blog little did I know I had completely jinxed my weekend!!!!!
Having spent half and hour on the phone to my mum I started coughing and couldn't stop. I then woke up on Thursday feeling utterly awful and managed to drag my tired (as a result of coughing all night) and sick body through work. I picked up my husband up from work and on seeing me immediately cancelled our trip to Snowdon!!!! Nooooooo!!!!
I've got to say it wasn't a bad idea. Not only could I barely move throughout the weekend the weather in North Wales was hideous so I don't think we would have reached the summit even in a good state of body and mind.
This cold is a mean one..... Its all coughing and mucus and disgustingness and a general feeling of cruddiness. Having spent my long weekend in bed dosed up on cough medicine and lemsip I thought I should be fine to go running with my club on Monday night...... nope :( Although the girls did facebook me saying how unbelievably cold it was so I probably made the right choice although at the time I was extremely grumpy!!
I'm back at work now and inflicting my germs on the rest of my office with the least amount of moaning (ahem) but I'm afraid the training has suffered. I've literally done nothing for a week. We managed to get out for a walk on Sunday but I was so cold I could only manage 30 mins before wanting to go home again.
I've been doing a little research on this sickness thing and surprise surprise its not uncommon in beginners to sport. I think the term is 'over enthusiastic'! I've also got to get my diet in gear. Having been programmed with Weight Watchers for the past 2 years I am finding the propoints plan is not really intended for the over active and so I am not eating enough of the right foods before and after exercising. Another common problem which leads to sickness.
So my plan for the rest of this week is to rest. This will obviously help my knee and get me fit and fighting again. I've also developed an eating plan whilst training with lots of protein every day to keep me fighting all the bugs flying around at the moment.
So this week no running, no cycling and no swimming but lots of rest, fluids and eating healthy.
Bring on next week and hopefully I will be fighting fit by Monday.
On the sponsorship front I have reached my target!!!! Thank you to everyone who has sponsored me to take part in the Leonard Cheshire Disability Tri Together Triathlon. I would to now aim to double this and with plenty of time to do this in its achievable.
Any donation is appreciated - http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ClaireMcLaren1
Till next time x
Having spent half and hour on the phone to my mum I started coughing and couldn't stop. I then woke up on Thursday feeling utterly awful and managed to drag my tired (as a result of coughing all night) and sick body through work. I picked up my husband up from work and on seeing me immediately cancelled our trip to Snowdon!!!! Nooooooo!!!!
I've got to say it wasn't a bad idea. Not only could I barely move throughout the weekend the weather in North Wales was hideous so I don't think we would have reached the summit even in a good state of body and mind.
This cold is a mean one..... Its all coughing and mucus and disgustingness and a general feeling of cruddiness. Having spent my long weekend in bed dosed up on cough medicine and lemsip I thought I should be fine to go running with my club on Monday night...... nope :( Although the girls did facebook me saying how unbelievably cold it was so I probably made the right choice although at the time I was extremely grumpy!!
I'm back at work now and inflicting my germs on the rest of my office with the least amount of moaning (ahem) but I'm afraid the training has suffered. I've literally done nothing for a week. We managed to get out for a walk on Sunday but I was so cold I could only manage 30 mins before wanting to go home again.
I've been doing a little research on this sickness thing and surprise surprise its not uncommon in beginners to sport. I think the term is 'over enthusiastic'! I've also got to get my diet in gear. Having been programmed with Weight Watchers for the past 2 years I am finding the propoints plan is not really intended for the over active and so I am not eating enough of the right foods before and after exercising. Another common problem which leads to sickness.
So my plan for the rest of this week is to rest. This will obviously help my knee and get me fit and fighting again. I've also developed an eating plan whilst training with lots of protein every day to keep me fighting all the bugs flying around at the moment.
So this week no running, no cycling and no swimming but lots of rest, fluids and eating healthy.
Bring on next week and hopefully I will be fighting fit by Monday.
On the sponsorship front I have reached my target!!!! Thank you to everyone who has sponsored me to take part in the Leonard Cheshire Disability Tri Together Triathlon. I would to now aim to double this and with plenty of time to do this in its achievable.
Any donation is appreciated - http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ClaireMcLaren1
Till next time x
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
A productive week
This week has been very productive from a learning point of view.
I went along to the Triathlon show 2013 at Sandown Park on Sunday and attended a running workshop with The Running School. It sounds corny but it truly was an enlightening experience. Mike Antoniades ran the course and had us all running around a paddock for an hour, improving our technique. At first it seems a lot to process and run and the same time but since that workshop I have been actively trying to 'run correctly' and the difference is remarkable. My speed has increased but I am not fatiguing as quick.
The Running School are offering free bio mechanical analysis at the moment (which I have signed up to) so anyone new to running I would recommend this.
I also sat in on a seminar about running techniques and links to injuries. It was led by some researchers at the University of Oxford and the project is called Run 3D. It was a fascinating seminar but I was eager to volunteer as a guinea pig but alas they have enough!
All in all it was a great day out and I took home lots of freebies and advice. I also went to the Tri-Together stand and had a chat with the lovely people there. It was great to meet them and really helped me focus on my training this week.
The last week
Thursday - Cycle 10 miles
Friday - REST
Saturday - 5K (not quite parkrun as I overslept!)
Sunday - REST (with a bit of running at the workshop)
Monday - Cycle 10 miles, Running club (4 miles)
Tuesday - Cycle 10 miles
Wednesday - Cycle 10 miles, Interval training over 5K
I decided against entering the ballot for the ITU London Triathlon as its open water swimming and they advise participants to have a wet suit - I'm not quite there on this investment yet so maybe we might go along as a cheering squad instead!
The sponsorship is still coming in thick and fast and I now only have £30 to go to reach my target so all donations are very much appreciated - http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ClaireMcLaren1. Its for such a great cause and I promise to post 'knackered Claire' photos after the event as a treat to all who sponsored me.
This weekend I am off to Snowdon and depending on the weather (which currently doesn't look too good) we will hopefully climb this peak as part of our 3 peaks in a year challenge!! Fingers crossed the weather is clear otherwise I'll be down a copper mine!!
News on the knee front is.....it still hurts :( I've got a follow up appointment with my physio next week but it would be good to get an idea on what the cause of the pain is. I have been taking things easy on all runs this week but its not right.
Anyways that's enough from me. Hope you all have a fab weekend...... till next week x
I went along to the Triathlon show 2013 at Sandown Park on Sunday and attended a running workshop with The Running School. It sounds corny but it truly was an enlightening experience. Mike Antoniades ran the course and had us all running around a paddock for an hour, improving our technique. At first it seems a lot to process and run and the same time but since that workshop I have been actively trying to 'run correctly' and the difference is remarkable. My speed has increased but I am not fatiguing as quick.
The Running School are offering free bio mechanical analysis at the moment (which I have signed up to) so anyone new to running I would recommend this.
I also sat in on a seminar about running techniques and links to injuries. It was led by some researchers at the University of Oxford and the project is called Run 3D. It was a fascinating seminar but I was eager to volunteer as a guinea pig but alas they have enough!
All in all it was a great day out and I took home lots of freebies and advice. I also went to the Tri-Together stand and had a chat with the lovely people there. It was great to meet them and really helped me focus on my training this week.
The last week
Thursday - Cycle 10 miles
Friday - REST
Saturday - 5K (not quite parkrun as I overslept!)
Sunday - REST (with a bit of running at the workshop)
Monday - Cycle 10 miles, Running club (4 miles)
Tuesday - Cycle 10 miles
Wednesday - Cycle 10 miles, Interval training over 5K
I decided against entering the ballot for the ITU London Triathlon as its open water swimming and they advise participants to have a wet suit - I'm not quite there on this investment yet so maybe we might go along as a cheering squad instead!
The sponsorship is still coming in thick and fast and I now only have £30 to go to reach my target so all donations are very much appreciated - http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ClaireMcLaren1. Its for such a great cause and I promise to post 'knackered Claire' photos after the event as a treat to all who sponsored me.
This weekend I am off to Snowdon and depending on the weather (which currently doesn't look too good) we will hopefully climb this peak as part of our 3 peaks in a year challenge!! Fingers crossed the weather is clear otherwise I'll be down a copper mine!!
News on the knee front is.....it still hurts :( I've got a follow up appointment with my physio next week but it would be good to get an idea on what the cause of the pain is. I have been taking things easy on all runs this week but its not right.
Anyways that's enough from me. Hope you all have a fab weekend...... till next week x
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