I had struggled a bit towards the end because all the music that shuffle put up was techno chill-out which isn't really conducive to pedalling like mad when you'd rather be eating eggs benedict on a sofa reading the Sunday times style supplement. But that was nothing with the struggle I had when I started the run/jog. I just couldn't find anything to keep me going - not helped by the fact that I seem to hold my breathe everytime I pressed the forward button on the ipod so after about 15 attempts to find something vaguely inspiring or even just simply upbeat I was wheezing like a warthog amid the odd expletive that was meant to be in my head but spilled out causing my exercise neighbours to look at me nervously (large, red, sweaty lady keeps shouting out swear words while running very slowly on a treadmill hmmm) and then I lost my temper, pressed the stop button and did my best to stomp off while my legs did bambi impressions. I managed 1minute 38 seconds! *sigh*
So to regain some self-respect I did 3 sets of 10 full press ups (yaaay!) - although the 3rd set were interspersed with a couple of little
PS I cannot do this!
You need to get "f**k the world" by the vines. It got me through the last mile of my (only) half marathon. Tee hee. If you do the tri then I will sign up for another half. X
ReplyDeleteLOL thanks my lovely sis. I think I will have to put out a request for other suggestions for inspiring tracks so I can manage 10 minutes on the treadmill after my cycling. I will do the tri although I can't guarantee it will be particularly fast so you'd better start running xx
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