Juneathon Day #25

Some people take Juneathon seriously and some people sit in the pub all day, having sunk 5 pints by 2:30 in the afternoon.  I, of course, being a finely tuned athlete, fall into the former category so off I diligently went after work to the gym to go to body pump.  I had loads of time to spare before the class started so I jumped on a treadmill but the ones near the telly that shows Neighbours were all taken so I had to make do with some cartoon sheep and the spin class that was going on in front of me for entertainment and I stayed on the treadmill for 30 minutes then went to body pump where I proceeded to show just how weedy I am by having lighter weights than everybody else and still not managing to do the whole class without stopping a few times.

Stats:
Treadmill: 30 minutes
Distance: 4.45k
Speed: 9kph
Class: Body pump

Juneathon Day #20

Despite still being partly crippled from Monday’s body pump class, I am not as crippled as Joggerblogger who apparently is now sporting a rather fetching wrist strap (photographic evidence to be produced shortly) and what with him being a show off hardcore still managed to go out for 8 miles before 6:30 this morning, I ignored my rumbling stomach which was telling me to forget Juneathon and do Lunchathon instead and went to the gym.  I jumped on my new best friend the treadmill and did a v. slow 10 minutes, then turned up it up for another 5, then up again for another 4 then up again for the last minute then got on the rowing machine for 15 minutes but stayed on for 20 and left the gym feeling energised and returned to the office to stuff my face.

Stats
Treadmill: 20 minutes
Distance: 3.1k
Speed: 9/9.5/10/11kph

Juneathon Day #19

Although yesterday’s body pump class (description here for those of you who want to know what it is) left me unable to move my arms this morning, my legs weren’t so bad so I packed my rucksack in preparation for a running commute.  But as I sit at my desk for 99% of the day my legs were beginning to stiffen up and so I went for a walk at lunchtime to loosen them up but because I don’t do walking for the sake of walking I went shopping and bought some clothes which I was in dire need of because I hadn’t bought any new clothes since this morning when I bought some on the way to work.

During the afternoon I was still feeling pretty stiff and was wondering if I should maybe wimp out of the running commute and just take my new purchases home to try on instead, because not only had I made two shopping trips today but my delivery of new running kit had also arrived and I wasn’t sure I was patient enough to leave everything overnight in the office and I had a shitload of stuff to do tonight anyway and then at about 5 o’clock it starts raining and I think oh no, it was warm and sunny all day and now it’s raining, maybe I should wimp out of my running commute and I check my email and there’s an email from Bear saying don’t think you’re wimping out of your running commute just because it’s raining and I think ha, how little do you know me, I don’t do wimping out and I say I’m not wimping out, and I leave my purchases on the floor under my desk and go out into the rain although it’s not actually raining any more and my Garmin takes about three weeks to get a signal and I eventually start running and as usual after about two feet I want to stop and it’s chokka at Angel as usual and I go past a pub that says it’s the coolest pub in London and I think that needs investigating one day and then it starts raining which is nice and cooling and I’m doing a lot of walking and I’m thinking this running commute really does go through the dullest, grimmest and most boring route possible and I’m wondering if I can do six miles on the treadmill instead  without dying of boredom because this running commute thing isn’t really doing it for me and I get to Pembury Road and I decide it’s a hill and walk up it and then I’m still walking and still walking until I get to Murder Mile and I take a little jog to the roundabout and get to Lea Bridge Road and I think I’ll go through the marshes because it will be more scenic and also has the added bonus of saving me the trauma of seeing B and bloody Q and not having cyclists running me over every three feet so I go through the marshes and I try to run but I end up walking again and I get to the stables and stop to stroke a horse and I manage to jog a few feet but have to walk again and again and again and I think when I get through the factory I’ll run the rest of the way but that doesn’t happen either and I end up walking home like a lightweight and when I get home there’s a card from the Post Office to tell me there’s a package there for me and that’ll be my new pink digital watch, hurrah.

Stats:
Miles: 5.99
Total time: 1:26:28
Average pace: 14:25
Total calories: 484
Music:
Calvin Harris
The Damned
Bobby Conn
Courtney Love

Juneathon Day #18

For the first time this year I’ve managed to get on the body pump class, now that all the new year people have buggered off. So after a day of me wanting to kill my unreasonable tosser of a boss and hoping he hasn’t heard me mutter fucking prick under my breath for 99% of the day I try and remember where the gym where the class is held is and I eventually take the right turning and get there and I have half an hour before the class starts so I get on the treadmill and I’m thinking about my dream last night where someone broke into my house to attack me and I asked him if he could come back another day instead and he said ok and when I woke up I thought that’s pretty handy, I’ll have to remember that and it reminded me of my conversation with Gary when he said that it was really hard to strangle people and I said yes because you could just tickle them, and after 10 minutes on the treadmill I turn the speed up to 10 and then up to 11 for the last minute and then I get off and go on the bike for 12 minutes then go to the body pump class which I haven’t been to for over six months and the music’s better now and I think I’ll stick to the lightest weights as I remember not being able to move my arms or legs for about three days after the first time I went last year and so just about get through the class and stagger out of the gym and my arms and shoulders are stiff and I think oops, I don’t think I’ll be able to do the running commute I had tentatively planned for tomorrow. Ho hum.

Stats:
Treadmill: 15 minutes
Speed: 9/10/11kph
Distance: 2.3k
Bike: 12 minutes
Class: Body Pump
Arms working properly: 0