Last Week: w/c 18th May
May 25, 2009Monday: The increasingly bipolar weather decided that it would be cold and rainy Monday morning so Claire and I went to the gym. I did a 9k in 54 minutes, which was tougher than I thought it would be, but I suppose that was only my third 9k run.
Tuesday: More rain so back to the gym. Did 6k on the exercise bike and then 6k on the treadmill (36 minutes). Lots of stretching and then just a couple of sets on some of the resistance machines.
Wednesday: Back to the gym with the intention of doing another 9k on the treadmill. I was having a bad asthma morning and underestimated how worn out my legs were from the past 2 days, so I got as far as 3k (which my shoes got wrong again) and decided to stop. I ran an extra k to recalibrate the Nike sensor, had a 2 minute break and then ran other 3k to finish off.
Thursday: I decided my legs needed a break so did some core strength and upper body weights in the gym with Claire.
That little black dot is me!
Friday: I’d had enough of running in the gym. It’s fine for a while but it gets very boring and isn’t half as enjoyable as running outside. So, ignoring the wind, cold and rain, I headed out along the canal path with Claire on her bike as company. Unfortunately I managed to get a stitch during the 3rd km and so my 9km run/jog took me an hour and 2 minutes. It was good to be running outside again though.
Saturday: No running today as I had an archery competition which took all morning (and some of the afternoon).
Sunday: I check the weather forecast a fair bit so I had been looking forward to today’s sunshine for a few days now. It was up to around 14 degrees by the time I left at 10.10am but there was very little breeze so it felt a lot warmer once I got going (the sun reflects off the canal as well so I get added sunshine). I set out to do a 9k but I was still feeling strong at the half way point so I carried on for a bit longer. I knew my shoes were off (having checked them at the 2.5km marker and found they were 60m behind me) so I didn’t worry too much about aiming for a distance and just ran for the fun of it. Apparently I ran 10.9km, though I suspect it was a little further, in 1 hour and 14 minutes. I also have rather dodgy tan lines from my iPod arm band and RoadID :-)
Total Run: 41.9km
Today is the 3 month anniversary of this blog. Woo! I decided that it was time to commit to the blog and some of you will have already noticed that I’ve gone ahead and got rid of that pesky .wordpress in the URL. To celebrate the (sort of) landmark and new address I’m giving away a FREE running from zombies goody bag to the first 3 people to comment on this post. If you’re the first person to get a comment in then your goody bag will also have a few extras.
In addition to my new domain, I also have a contact email address now: sarah@runningfromzombies.com – Feel free to mail me for…whatever.
cooooommmmmmmeeeeeeeennnnnnnt! =) hehheh! i understand if i don’t count hehheh!
I think there may be something in the terms and conditions disallowing housemates that already have a sticker and a pen :p I’ll make sure you get a hoody when the blog is famous though.
I don’t know if this counts… but do I win anything? I just stumbled across this blog through twitter! I need to run more.
It certainly does count. Congratulations, you are now the proud owner of a load of stuff that you are free to use, give away or throw at people you don’t like. If you can send an email with your postal address to sarah@runningfromzombies.com I shall get it sent out to you this week.
thats a very impressive km total for the week…..
as soon as im fit, healthy and disease free, youre going down!
peace!
So, by my count that makes me number 3!!!
I’ll definitely give you a write up on the site for swag :D
Ha, thanks. I’ll have to have a look around ZC at some point…as soon as I have my PC back. If you can send a postal address to sarah@runningfromzombies.com I shall get your free stuff sent out to you!
I recognise that I’m not entitled to free stuff (plus I’m happy with my pen) but just wanted to say how impressed I am by your total distance.
Obviously 41.9km is a number so to begin with my mind just skipped over it but then I read Al’s comment and my mind started trying to figure it out, it went a little something like this;
5km equals me dry hurling into a bush (I’m nothing if not classy), so I’d need to dry hurl each day, every day for an entire week and even then I’d still be 6.9km behind.
Mad craziness.
Aw, thanks Scribs. We’ll get you doing 41k in no time :-)
Zombie Command make it compulsory to run 50km before breakfast.*
No zombies are going to catch us!
*This is a lie. ZC are lucky to run 50km a week between us but I might go out for a cheeky 5km just now.
Haha, I like that rule. You’ll be prepared for anything!
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It’s amazing how many comments you get when you’re giving away free stuff.
….Damnit!
You’re doing really well! I’m impressed. And you’ve de-wordpressed yourself! I am thinking of doing the same thing, but having a minor nervous breakdown at the thought of CSS and all that technical stuff.
Thanks! Being free all day has it’s advantages!
I only know a little bit about code so I’m letting wordpress host it (I bought the domain from them) so I haven’t needed to touch the code yet. Lazy wins! :-)