My new exercise plan...
Er..hum… – I… er… I… wentforarunthismorning.
Yes, I did.
The grand plan is to do the same again on Wednesday, then again on Friday.
Of course, being me, I did it first, and then came home and started researching what I should have done – I found this plan that looks doable.
In fact, it looks a lot more doable than what I did – someone told me to run for 2 min, then walk for 5, run for 2, walk for 5 etc etc – didn’t work – I started by speeding along thinking “This is just soooooo easy, I can totally do this, trainers make all the difference.” Then after about 90 seconds I decided that 2 min must be up, so I’d walk for a bit – and checked my watch for the first time. Once I’d got my breath back, I started running again – oops, check watch – about 3 min – oh well – then “O M G!!!! This so NOT easy, why am I doing this to myself? This HURTS!” I stuck out another minute, then walked and ran my way home (and yes, I’m fully aware that a step-by-step breakdown of someone’s first run is not exciting – hey, even the edited highlights are not exciting, I’ll stop now.)
But hey, I did 15 min – which is less than the recommended 20 min, but people – I DID IT! And why am I blogging it – a bit of accountability, that’s why. I’m due to go again on Wednesday. I’ll let you know…
Now for some knitting content…
You remember that Wendy very kindly sent me some black 4-ply wool – well the project is well underway:
– a pirate jumper for Adam – top down raglan – I took the inspiration from here, and then, just like she did, used Hello Yarn’s free hat pattern (the one I used for his hat for the skulls)
A bit more detail (it’s not blocked, it will look better when it’s blocked – everything looks better when it’s blocked – I’m now the number one fan of blocking… )
(To be honest, I’m rather pleased that they don’t show up that clearly. I don’t particularly like pirates. They aren’t exactly the fun seafaring adventurers of popular fiction – they, well they are (and were) brutal and violent and – oh you know – I’m not going to get on my high horse about this one – I just don’t like glamorising them – but they’re so well accepted that it’s hard to buck the trend. So I’ll knit pirate clothes for my son, but I’ll keep it subtle.)
And because he’s very excited by the whole new exercise regime – here he is stretching:
Now, if you’ll excuse me, he wants me to take him for a run too…
five comments:
Oh, that’s going to be such a cute sweater! Wow, more power to you re: running. :)Chris () (link) - 30 July '07 - 15:33
that is so cute!pixie () (link) - 30 July '07 - 17:07
How cute, they are in aren’t they… Yay for running! I need to start up again, I fell back in my lazy rut, I might use you as some inspiration. I’ll check up on you to see if you did it on wednesday!jessica () (link) - 30 July '07 - 19:09
The jumper is almost as cute as the model. You be careful with that running, it becomes addictive! A very useful get-fit-quick though, if you persevere, you will see results, which all adds to ‘the buzz’. (Says the recently lapsed runner…
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Louise () (link) - 01 August '07 - 12:39
Euw, running?! But doesn’t that take time away from knitting?!Daisy () (link) - 03 August '07 - 19:10
