200 Sit Ups Challenge -- Week 1

Oh yes. And I'm back on the 200 Sit Ups Challenge again, back at week 1 of the regime:

http://www.twohundredsitups.com/week1.html

I'm following column two on their site.

Woo! Done them! Okay, my abs were very wobbly. Let's see if we can't strengthen them up! :D

Running Progress

The last two weeks, I've gone to the gym twice each week for twenty minutes, jogging at speed 4 (4 miles an hour? 4 km an hour? Arbitrary 4? Who knows!). Which is good. Which is more than I was going last year, which was not at all. So good for me.

I now seem to have a new habit: going to the gym twice a week, on average.

I like this. I want to go more. I intend to go every day this week.

I will report back on how this goes. I expect the most difficult day to be Wednesday, after my date with my man -- I foresee it being difficult to leave those arms at the crack of dawn. Let's see how strong I am! :D

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Oh, and I've dropped the 30 Day Challenge. I wanted to set a big goal, but it was getting emotionally demoralizing to keep falling back to Day 1 over and over. Now that I'm actually going to the gym, I just want to feel good about my progress and to keep pushing myself a little bit every day to grow more and more. Restarting the number felt like going backwards, felt like running in circles, when where I want to be going is linearly forward.

30 Day Running Challenge -- Day 4

I didn't make it to the gym today.

I tried. After work I bought Subway and Starbucks to try to save time and energy, but I fell right asleep on my bed. I just ate my sub and am so tired.

I'm just happy that I'm getting the rest and food I need. I'm also sitting here drinking gallons of water and chompin' away on my vitamins.

So today is my Get Out of Gym Free card day.

Tomorrow morning, I'll be back there.

30 Day Running Challenge -- Day 3

Having gone last night, going this morning was a little bit harder than normal. I don't know why I have this block about mornings -- why am I always trying to push it to later in the day? I don't know.

But I've made it to the third day! Finally! No more sickness or business to keep me back -- I MADE IT! AND!-- through my first morning. I'm proud of these two things.

Today at work, I will walk down to the sushi store at lunch, all by myself. I will order the big tuna and salmon combo, the one with the maki AND the nigiri. I will probably have a flavoured iced tea too. Mm! :D

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Distance: 2.4 km

Time: 25 min

Velocity: 5.76 km/h

30 Day Running Challenge -- Day 2

This time at the gym, it was all jogging!

YAYAYAY! :D

I thought I felt my heart skip a beat at 7:40 minutes in. I hope not. :( My heart is slightly irregular, in that it has a hole in it. I hope I don't break it or anything! I need it for LOVE and things, y'know? :)

Okay, time for a shower, then to finish my dress.

Tomorrow's going to be quite the day! I've got the UBC Poetry Slam Finals to attend -- hence the dress -- but that means I'm going to be back at the gym in less than ten hours. ACK!

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Distance: 2.4 km

Time: 25 min

Velocity: 5.76 km/h

30 Day Running Challenge -- Day 1, Take 4

Jogged again at the gym, with just a few minutes of walking.

ALSO! Started Week 1 of the 200 Sit Ups Challenge again! :D

I'm feeling good.

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Distance: 2.4 km

Time: 25 min

Velocity: 5.76 km/h