Run: 2 * (2k @ 10kmh, 100m @ 6kmh) + 650m @ 10kmh

Got up this morning to make up for missing the session last night, and also because we’re off to the snow tonight, so I’ll miss the gym tonight as well. Was supposed to do 3*(2k/0.1k) but the treadmill cut me off at 30mins. Apparently that’s normal, so I’ll have to structure my run around the 30min break. Maybe run for 14 min, then walk 2min and repeat. That would mean I’d be finishing my second 14min as the machine slowed down, and would give me 2 mins to stop and restart it. I’m trying to build up to running for an hour or so, so the 30min limit is a pain in the arse.

YTD Totals:
Run: 14.64km
Swim: 1800m
Bike: 9km

Run: 2 * (1.75k @ 10kmh, 100m @ 6kmh) + 1.3k @ 10kmh

Swim: 14 * 50 on 1:00 Avg: 41 SPL: 33 → 35

The run was supposed to be 3 sets of 1.75/0.1, which I programmed into the treadmill, but the bloody thing stopped before the end of the last set. Bloody pain in the arse. It also decided that I really meant to run at 1kmh on the second and third 1.75k so I had to correct that as well. In future I’ll just have to do it by hand.

The swim was OK, though I’m still hopeless.

Bike: 17.5min @ 28kph, 90rpm

Swim: 12*50m on 1:00 (avg: 40, 33spl)

Had intended to do 30mins on the bike, but knee was acting up for some reason. It’s too early in the game to be doing the “no pain, no gain” crap, so called a halt to proceedings.

Hit the gym last night and all went well.

Run: 3*(1.5km @ 10kmh, 100m @ 6kmh)

Swim: 10 * 50m on 1:00 (Avg: ~40sec)

Run was OK. I can run for 30mins at 12kmh, but I want to build up to runs longer than 30mins, so I’m taking it pretty easy. It’s hard to hold back at times. As for the swim, that was a disaster. It’s so long since I’ve been swimming fit that it feels all wrong. My arms felt like lead on the last few 50s, and I wasn’t trying to swim fast. There’s a long way to go!

Right, I’m now officially better and am off to the gym this evening. The journey begins. I’ll have to take it easy though. No point getting carried away on my first day back.

The dreaded chest infection doesn’t seem to have materialised so far. Fingers crossed. Still have a dodgy throat, so am dosing that with various concoctions in an effort to get rid of it. Will still be out of the gym for the rest of the week though.

The general idea was that the month of September would be when I got stuck into the gym on a regular basis and started a training program. As luck would have it, I seem to be coming down with some sort of infection.

John got a chest infection a while ago, as did Neil. Tom’s not feeling too good today, so bad in fact that he’s not going skiing this weekend. Now, Tom claims that what I feel like is what he felt like a few days ago, so it could be all downhill from here. I’ll just have to OD on vitamins for a couple of days in an effort to stave it off.

On a positive note, it will be interesting to see whether my body can fight off the infection any quicker, now that I’m no longer a smoker.

Well, in the words of someone else, ‘Everyone else is doing it, so why don’t we’. Hence, I now have a blog. The general theme will be swimming related, in that I used to be a pretty good swimmer, but, after a couple of years of being a couch potato, things ain’t looking so good any more.

I’ve decided to do something about it, and regain some semblance of fitness. Also, there’s a nebulous idea of maybe doing some ocean swims, or a triathlon in the future, but I’m not making any promises.

So, let the journey begin…