I think I’ve prepared well up till now but today I wanted to go through both an indoor and outdoor workout back to back. I booked into the Send it Saturday class and decided I’d head out with one of the dogs after it. One of the things I’ve read about the 75 Hard is that your workouts need to be spaced out. I like being spaced out. Anyway, that’s not practical every day and the main thing for me is going to be making sure both are done.
I dropped Carol off at 7.40 as she was heading into The Portal for a spin class and drove round to SBF. I’d just pulled up when the phone went. Her class had been canned and as she had no jacket, no keys and it was showing 3 degrees on my thermometer. We decided, she did, I would have to go and pick her up before my class. I, honestly, never broke the speed limit as I made my way back to her and then had her drop me at the gym. Going back to one car after 25 years is taking a bit of getting used to. Fortunately, there were still folk coming in to the gym and I managed a decent enough warm up. It was a You Go I Go session here and you know you’re working when any waiting in between rounds just seems to take no time at all. 45 minutes later, having finished what was an excellent class, I jumped into the waiting car and made my way home.
I’d time to put a bit of a charge back into my watch and have some water before I took Lacey out. Carol went with Columbo. During the week I bought myself a 9kg (20lb) cast iron plate that would fit snugly into my backpack and make my walks a bit more challenging. When it arrived and the wee Amazon guy was struggling up the drive with it, I asked myself if this was a bit too heavy. Picking it up, I realised straight away it was and ordered the 6.8kg (15lb) one, which arrived on Thursday. This is the one I loaded my bag with before heading out.
Thirty minutes in and I was struggling. To be honest I was feeling the pull of the weight as soon as I stepped outside but having walked that long with Lacey deciding she had to stop and sniff every 2 minutes and dragging me it was putting a bit more strain on my shoulders. I started to notice a bit of pressure on my legs as well and honestly, when Tom Petty’s American Girl came on I’d happily have jumped into Jame Gumb’s van and lay down without him having to batter me over the head with his stookie. Then something weird happened and I started laughing. Music’s like that with me and one thing I need is to make sure I have a few good playlists to help me through. I’ll share some as I go but they may be a bit heavy with suede tunes.
I probably rushed myself a bit too much when I was heading out but I learned something. It’s not a good idea to have too much weight on my back when I’m out with the dogs. I let her off for five minutes near the end of the walk and we were both relieved. I do think I’ll be able to build up though and I’d reckon that the 9Kg weight will be used a bit over the next 75 days. I also found myself taking voice notes without actually thinking about what I was doing. That’s going to be good through this as it’ll let me live in the moment instead of trying to remember how I was feeling. One thing that I really need to mention is just what I’m feeling after this morning. I don’t think I ever walk out of the gym, or finish a run and feel worse than when I started. Walking the dogs is the exact same. I’m sitting here a couple of hours after that and it’s still with me. I still have that satisfied sensation only exercise brings and that’s one of the things that will keep me going through this. I’ll also not be writing nearly as much as this, but it’s Saturday, I’m home and have a bit of Van Halen on the stereo, feels like the room’s on fire and I can’t wait to start this thing.
There’s a couple of pictures below of us both being a bit happier and who doesn’t love a picture with a dog in it.
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