Saturday, April 25, 2015
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Walking update
We're 5 weeks into our walking challenge and after a couple of weeks where I didn't do so well (I was sick for a couple of days) and the odd bit of bad weather I've picked the pace up a bit.
I'm still getting up early on every work day and quickly knocking off an easy 3,000. There has only been one day when I flagged that and that was because it was fair chucking it down. I've a few other wet starts where the rain coat has been pressed into action and the walk done regardless of the weather.
When I get home from work I check out the pedometer and work out how much more walking I need to do. As long as I'm over 8,000 steps then I generally get my 10,000 just wandering around at home. If I need more steps it's generally a short walk or sometimes a trip to the gym and some walking on the treadmill.
Last weekend I was determined to bring my average up after a couple of slack days. So on Saturday, Bart and I knocked out about 4,500 steps in the morning and then in the afternoon a went out for another big walk of just under 6.6km. I did this in just over 1 hr and the phone's GPS reckons an average speed on 6.18km/h - not too shabby I reckon! I finished the day with just over 14,000 steps and followed it up with another 12,000 on Sunday.
This week I've been busy at work and covering a lot of ground while working so haven't needed to do any extra walking (except for the early morning trot) to get my total. Tonight, mowing the lawns gave me an extra 2,000 so I'll end up over 12,000 again - sweet!
One thing that hasn't been so good is that I've been fairly tired (the early start and not following that up with an early night and a good sleep) and this has meant that I haven't hit the gym as much as I would have liked. When the challenge is over I've got a few ideas on how I'll mix things up a bit so that I can still do plenty of walking but not miss out on the weight training which I enjoy.
I'm still getting up early on every work day and quickly knocking off an easy 3,000. There has only been one day when I flagged that and that was because it was fair chucking it down. I've a few other wet starts where the rain coat has been pressed into action and the walk done regardless of the weather.
When I get home from work I check out the pedometer and work out how much more walking I need to do. As long as I'm over 8,000 steps then I generally get my 10,000 just wandering around at home. If I need more steps it's generally a short walk or sometimes a trip to the gym and some walking on the treadmill.
Last weekend I was determined to bring my average up after a couple of slack days. So on Saturday, Bart and I knocked out about 4,500 steps in the morning and then in the afternoon a went out for another big walk of just under 6.6km. I did this in just over 1 hr and the phone's GPS reckons an average speed on 6.18km/h - not too shabby I reckon! I finished the day with just over 14,000 steps and followed it up with another 12,000 on Sunday.
This week I've been busy at work and covering a lot of ground while working so haven't needed to do any extra walking (except for the early morning trot) to get my total. Tonight, mowing the lawns gave me an extra 2,000 so I'll end up over 12,000 again - sweet!
One thing that hasn't been so good is that I've been fairly tired (the early start and not following that up with an early night and a good sleep) and this has meant that I haven't hit the gym as much as I would have liked. When the challenge is over I've got a few ideas on how I'll mix things up a bit so that I can still do plenty of walking but not miss out on the weight training which I enjoy.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
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