Last summary of 2012 Clanettes, so naturally I had to go B I G!! Lets start with this week...
Monday
Christmas eve - 'rest' day
Tuesday
Christmas day - I may have been tucked up inside drinking alcofrol, but Paul was in the game!
Weds
Turbo!
Thursday
Turbo!
I won't keep taking pics of my turbo sessions, don't worry, but I thought these were good for interest. This is me taking a pic of me, looking at my reflection as I see it, in the shed window! (Yes, I am wearing my sweat band!)Then there is the bike towel, known as the 'bike thong' (no really, that is the brand!) to catch the sweat and save the bikes paint work from corrosion.
Friday
Gym and swim with Lucy. Cept I didn't gym, just swam 20 lengths and then went to Lucys for a much needed Thai Massage (description
here).
Oh Clanettes, I will admit to you that I am suffering with my back again. Its been iffy for two weeks now and I am miserable about it - but full of plans. More on that in another post because I have much more exciting things to share below!
Saturday
'Rest' day - its been a busy week...!
Sunday
Gym and swim with Lucy. We got to the gym super early this morning, because Lucy has written me a new yoga set specifically to build, support and maintain my back. I felt great after 40 mins of this, so I tentatively did did 5k on a bike, and then sweated my Christmas exploits out on the cross trainer for 20mins. Followed by 30 lengths in the pool.
Summary:
W/E 30.12.12
Cycle: 16.5 miles (2 x turbo sessions and 1 x gym session)
Run: None - back not up to running right now
Swim: 50 lengths in 2 sessions
(NOW FOR THE BIT THAT BLEW MY BRAIN AWAY!)
Given that this is the last summary of the year, and given that you know how much I love to record everything.. I thought I would try and tally up this years distances.. this proved to be a mammoth task, but I think the following stats are pretty accurate..
Drum roll please....
In 2012, I have:
Cycled 1571 miles / 2528.5km
Run (Starting from absolute zero with the C25K in January) 157 miles / 254km
Swam 1642 lengths of my local pool. 1642 x its 25m length = 41050metres.. 25miles / 41.5km
In total, if every distance for each discipline were added together, I have trained my way through
1753 miles / 2821.5 km.. The equivalent of me going to Bulgaria!!! I AM SO BLOODY PROUD OF MYSELF!!!!!!!!!
I DID THAT! I flogged myself, killed myself, bled, sweat, cried and swore my way to those figures and in hindsight, I have loved every single minute of it. The lows and the highs - there have been many.
My summarising prompted Paul to do the same. No surprise really, but his bike miles are amazing at 5562 miles - the equivalent of cycling LEJOG again and then going straight to Turkey! Only 388hrs in the saddle! His running total is 105 miles.
The main thing I have learnt this is year, is that you may as well do it. Whatever it is, just get on and do it (unless its housework!). The time will pass anyway, the miles will clock up, the little ones count as much as the big ones (sometimes more so!) and looking back at accomplishments, is way better than any regrets.
Whatever you aspire to do, or achieve, or be in 2013, is absolutely within your remit.
Get to it x x
