The Mock Turtle

Oh no! But you are right to listen to your body, and as Smal has said, you're only postponing.

Definitely only postponing, if I am! My plan would be to do Toulouse in October, and then re-attack Paris in 2021.

Your plan overall sounds good and sensible - either way you will do the Paris and hit your pre-birthday deadline. Trust your gut.

I walked and it was just lovely.

Commute to and from work...just shy of 20km. Should have been more but I couldn't be arsed to get.out of bed this morning

Couldn't be arsed to go to the gym today so a quick and dirty kettlebell workout at home. 200 KB swings, 100 KB presses, 55 pushups plus a nice movement flow thing (squat jump to cobra to jackknife to getup, repeat).

40min run, bribed W to come out on his bike so we went at 4.45, and it wasn't even totally dark when we got back. It was fun.

I went to spin tonight, I was running a bit late so arrived about 5 minutes after the start. After 30 minutes, he started the warm down, and I was like "oh shit, it must have been a 5pm start, not 5.15!" then one of the guys in the class said "er, you've got another 15 minutes to go mate"

I was slightly disappointed but the last 10 minutes were ok. It was CrotchGuy who I hate but needs must!

5K tonight but I totally screwed up recording it. At least I was going for gentle run rather than record time this evening.

I hit the gym tonight and upped my time on the cross trainer to 40 minutes. I’m getting a bit quicker too. Still- a long way to go and need to start playing with the other equipment

Hill reps here tonight and it went well considering I was doing them on my own.

Time to up the distance though, I'm not going nearly far or high enough at the moment and I feel as though I'm good to push it some more.

Still, that's 3 times I've been out this week so far and that's good going for me.

Pilates circuits tonight. There was one exercise my hamstrings hated, instant cramps!

Easy 40 minutes for me tonight, nice chatty pace.

Last night was first time at bootcamp so my legs and arse are killing me.

I wanted to throw up just reading your “nice move” Geek

Well done runners, riders, walkers and pilaterers!

We had a 5k club race last night. I hate the winter 5k route, and I wasn’t feeling very good at the start, AND there wasn’t anyone of a similar pace around me to work off ( ) but somehow managed a 30 second PB

Oh! Well done! Unexpected end to that sentence. It's always the way, sometimes it's hard because you're going really fast

My PT gave me the following session to do;
250m row with the rest equal to the time rowed x 5 times
10 press-ups, 10 sit ups, 20 russian twists x 3
I know I have to take things slowly/build up gradually but it was ridiculously easy.

I had to look up jack knife, but we were doing those last night in Pilates. A much gentler session than Geek, I’d bet!

I’ve just been up to the park to do the outdoor HIIT session (did my bear crawls indoors first though). I must’ve looked insane taking my kettlebell up the road.

Easy is good, Wiggle? Means you’re ready to level up?

I've messaged my PT and get some advice, Pip. I want/need to up my intensity but I know I need to be patient.

Argh, I'm at spin again, and its CrotchGuy. He must take every fecking class here

How annoying!

Did a 40min session today, it was fine

Is there any way you can check who is running the class before you go, Sal?

I love that you marched down to the park with your kettlebell, Pip!

I walked. My lucky run on the weather ended though - it was a bit showery in patches but the wind was an absolute nob.