Lulu Runs

I have a plan ... for a new Lulu

Hello there blogosphere... Lulu is back, inspired by the fresh new PM to restart the blogging, not to mention the running. Since I last visited I have been working, partying, sick, travelling and generally lazy on the exercise front. Last week we hit rock bottom with a bout of a nasty stomach bug and one trip to the gym was the sum total of my exercise, apart from some crazy ab lady exercises.

Back into action this week then I said this morning as I lay in bed.....and lay in bed until I decided to get up and go to work early so I could miss the traffic. I took my running gear with me, changed at work and stopped off at Centennial Park for an evening run for a change. Quite a good way to unwind after a day at the office.

The good news was that I managed 30 mins non-stop without breaking anything so I'm happy with that little return to the programme.

Now, I just need to keep up some momentum as I'm going on a trip around the country over the next week and a half with visits to Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth starting on Thursday.

So, I have a plan:
Monday: 30 mins run... done!
Tues: 30 mins cardio and weights at gym
Weds: Tiger's Den am - 30 mins run pm
Thurs: Rest day
Fri: Strength and 30 mins cardio at hotel gym
Sat: Adelaide 1 hour walk
Sun: 30 mins run

I'm still stuck on 3 runs this week but if it all holds together with 3x30 min runs, I will up it to 4 runs next week. I'm not extending the time at the moment and I'm just wearing a sports watch as I can't bear to see how slow I am! Right now I want you all to bother me if you don't hear from me again on Weds evening!

posted by Lulu @ 8:55 PM 8 comments

Is it over already?

Weekend's seem to have got a lot shorter now I'm working full time again. It's been a fun week but I found day light saving hard and so I didn't do as much as I had hoped. Add to that some early morning meetings and a tad of laziness and all I managed was a couple of walk\runs, a session with the glute torturerand an hour with the crazy abs lady! An hour with the crazy abs lady is a tough hour but I've now got a good routine to do everyday to get those abs really firing.

Thursday morning I headed out for a run/walk around Queen's Park and ran for most of it, with just a short walk up the hill. Today I did my outside loop of Centennial Park which included a 10 min run 2 min walk and then a 20 min run; my longest so far. Everything felt good, and I'm encouraged that I'm not getting sore in the hip/groin so far. I have a trip to Brad the physio on Tuesday so we'll see what he says.

I'm back on the road this week and will be visiting sunny Brisvegas so perhaps I'll see one or two of you up there.

Plan for the week:
Mon: Strength
Tues: Run/walk 30 mins, physio
Weds: Spin
Thurs: Glute Torturer, up to Brisbane
Fri: Run/walk 30 mins
Sat: Walk/strength
Sun: Run/Walk, return to Sydney

I plan to do it all this week :)

posted by Lulu @ 7:14 PM 10 comments