Archive for February, 2012

My Dog at the Beach This Morning!

I’ve been pretty slack with my exercise and always seem to have an excuse not to do it.  It really is just lack of motivation and I need to find something to get me motivated.

So this week I found my motivation!

My sister, who is 2 years older than me, has started a Facebook group called ‘Exercise or Excuse’.  In the group we go on each day and say what exercise we have done.  My sister is preparing for the City to Bay run which is in September so I’m thinking that perhaps I will train for it too and having this group to record our progress is something to keep me motivated.

I’m just starting out slowly and will work my way up.  Yesterday I did a 2.25km walk and today I took the dog for a walk to the beach and did a 2.25km walk with around 2/3 walking and 1/3 jogging.  I’m going to stick to around the 2km distance for a couple of weeks and then increase the distance to 3km, then to 4km and so on until hopefully I can do 6km at mostly jogging.

The City to Bay run is 6km so that is my goal.

I must remember to do some stretches before and after as  I do have a sore leg that plays up every time I walk or jog.

What exercise have you been doing this week?