17 days to go

Still not happy with my level of fitness. On the plus side, my disciplinr has held and I haven't missed a morning jog yet. Been mighty tempting, on these cold, rainy mornings.

Actually, I think the wind is a bigger pain than the rain. I can just chuck a hat on and that keeps the rain off my glasses. But the cold wind... brrr! Especially my hands.

Still, it all helps to harden me up. I think I need to find someone who knows what they are doing to do push ups with. There is only so much I can get out of videos and such online but my technique is still off. I keep putting my elbows out too far.

Well, onwards and upwards...

Progress so far...

Exercise routine is going well. Currently doing two laps around town each morning, which is a hair over 6km. On my days off I do three laps.

Pushups I'm doing in an ad hoc fashion at work between tasks, but making good progress there. My form is getting better and I'm not sticking my elbows out as much.

Sit ups however, need improvement. Both in quality and quantity. The good news is that I worked out I can stick my toes under the sofa for leverage while I'm gaining strength in my core. Pretty sure standard sit ups are meant to be done unassissted. But because I'm still so bony, it isn't very comfortable to do sit ups on the hard ground.

Need to gain more weight...

6km in 43 minutes

I've worked out that my regular jogging route covers just a hair over 3km according to Google Maps. I do two laps in the mornings and today it took me 43 minutes.

Not too bad considering that I've only just started after 10 months of no jogging. :)

This afternoon: push ups. :o

25 days and counting

Yesterday I was up at 5am to go jogging in the dark and the rain. Dedication, or insanity?

Still need to work on my push ups. My chest has always been weak and my techique needs improvement. I got used to doing push ups "the hard way", spread eagle. With arms out wide and feet out wide too. I can bang out 20 but get puffed really easily.

I "know" the proper way to do a push up, I just need to develop those muscles in order to do it properly... by doing push ups!

Sit ups on the other hand... ow!

27 days to go.

First day today. (Actually, yesterday would be the first day but I'm calling it day 0). Off to a good start. Did three laps around town, which is just over 9km in total. Will do pushups and situps tonight.

Tomorrow will be the hard one. I'll be sore from today and I'll have to go out first thing in the morning before work. As in right after I get up. As in before dawn.

Yup, hard one...

Sunday Morning

A quiet night at home last night. Wasn't falling asleep on the couch this time though, not like the night before when I was on the couch watching the telly with the family and *thunk* head against the wall.

That was pretty amusing, no pain in the morning. Have a list of things to get on with, so need to prioritize and work out what is most important. Then get on with that.

Long Weekend

It's a long weekend. Which would normally be a good thing. I have a salaried job so I don't have to go to work but I still get paid.

Sadly, my wife is working night shifts, which means she's asleep during the day and so I can't do anything or go anywhere with her.

Which sucks. :(