Juneathon - Day 2: Core Exercises

No running today so what to do instead.  I thought core exercises would be interesting so I spend 35 minutes running through various different core exercises and I have to say today the stomach muscles are a little tender.  I'm not a frequent core exerciser and I guess it is something that I should spend more time on.

I really think this Juneathon idea was a great idea and many thanks to Joggerblogger for coming up with it.  I'm going to try some Yoga tonight for day 3 and then back to running tomorrow.  I've a feeling that I'm going to be in much better shape by the end of this month and who knows maybe I'll establish a habit for myself.

Juneathon - Day 1: Running

Over the past month I've been very bad where exercise is concerned.  To try and get myself out of the bad habit and back into the good habit I've had for the first three months of the year I decided to try Juneathon.

The rules of Juneathon are:

"Run or do some form of exercise every day.

Blog about it within 24 hours.

Join the Juneathon group at the Running Free website and log your runs/exercise.

Visit other blogs and leave comments, giving your support.

Link to the Juneathon website and display the 'Juneathon Participant' logo (above).

And that's about it really. Simple, huh?"

So the idea is to exercise every day in the month of June and today I went for a 6km run.  I know I won't be running everyday but this gives me a great excuse to finally take the bike out of the shed, fill the tyres with air and start cycling to work again.  I don't need the car everyday and I don't live too far from work so I really should bike in the days I don't need the car.  Core exercising and yoga might fill in other days when I won't be cycling or running.

So here's to Juneathon and the challenge it is going to give me.  If you are interested it's not too late to start.  Head over to the website and inform yourself and enjoy the exercising month.

Easy Run

I'm trying to get back into running after a small break, so up I got Saturday morning and met a friend for a nice easy 5km run.  It was a cool, breezy morning and we set off at a slow and easy pace.  The first 3km was at a nice easy pace and then I picked up the speed for the last two kilometres, finishing at a sprint.  Nice outing.  Now to start building up the distance again.  It was good to be out.

Lazy Days

I haven't been very good lately with exercise, food and blogging, both reading and writing.  I took about 19 days off not so long ago.  I didn't run, I didn't blog and I ate badly, it was a nice break but towards the end I needed to get back on the road.  I'd like to put it down to the fact that my Achilles tendons were sore and I was resting them, but I could have ran.  Maybe I was tired but that wasn't really it either.  I guess I got lazy and didn't really want to run.  I needed a break.

It is amazing how a little break like that can set you back in your training.  My first run back was supposed to be a nice 6km run.  I felt after running 21km in my last run before my break that 6km would be doable.  Not so.  At 5.26km the old ITB issue struck again and I had to walk the last 750m back to the car.  I went home and took out the foam roller again and rolled out the legs.  The next run was better and I finished the nice 6km run at a very good pace.

Since then I've only completed two more runs a 5km and a 2.5km run.  The short one was because it was all I could squeeze in and rather that skip a run, as I would have before, I ran what I could and ran it fast.  I think the break has been good for me and I'm enjoying running again.  Time to set a new, flexible, plan for the next month or so.