I went for a run.

I don't expect anyone else to care about this post much, but I know that by posting it I will motivate myself that little bit more.

I have decided to train for a half marathon, specifically, the Canberra one on April 14th 2013.

Anyone want to join me?

The rest of my weekend and purchases...

My current flowers, looked better 5 seconds earlier in the sun...which I obviously missed getting my phone to take a picture of them...

Just a warning, this is a photo heavy post.

12wbt - Week 9

Love these tights!

Getting very close to the end now, only 3 weeks to go!

Weekend Wrap Up

Yes I know, it is already Tuesday night so I am a little late. I started to get sick on Sunday before leaving Brisbane, sore throat, headache/dizziness, super tired. Dragged myself to work yesterday but I barely had the brain power to do my work, let alone blog or catch up on blogs. Spent to day in bed and I am feeling better now. Caught up on most of my blog reads and the forum so now I am ready to post...

12wbt - Week 8

Another bike photo from Sunday

I'm definitely bored of these updates, luckily there will only be 4 more to go!

My Long Weekend (in a Long Post)

We hit the road around 7am on Friday, managing to miss most of the traffic. Was a great day, rather a shame to be stuck in a car for 7 hours...

12wbt - Week 7

I'm getting bored of these updates and it's late, so I will try to be brief.

12wbt - Week Six

These stairs are not my friend...

This was my best week yet during the 12 week body transformation. My 5500 calorie burn challenge has definitely helped keep me committed to my exercise.

12wbt - Week Five

Finally some decent progress! A 1kg loss recorded this week which I am over the moon about. Makes up for that 0.5kg gain last week!

12wbt - Week Four

Not a great week again for me...

12wbt - Week Three

Week three of Michelle Bridge's body transformation has been a tough one for me. Really struggling with exercise motivation and I've been rather hungry. So compared to week two, definitely not a good week for me.

12wbt - Week Two

So here I am at the end of week two of Michelle Bridges 12 week body transformation.

12wbt - Week One

Another post that's a little late, but I'm sure you will all agree that the wedding post was more important :-)

First Bikram Yoga Class, Done!

I dropped SJ at the airport for 6:30am this morning then made my way to my first Bikram Yoga class. Before I get into that though, I'm sure you'll all appreciate seeing the goodies I bought for myself in preparation yesterday. Thanks to a recommendation from The Etail Queen I visited Lululemon on Bourke Street.

On Ya' Bike

I got back on my bike for the first time in 4 months today. Tomorrow is actually the 4 month anniversary of my elbow dislocation. I know they say it's 'like riding a bike' and you never forget, but it felt so weird. Firstly, in order to ride my arm is extended as far as it currently goes, so it hurt a bit. I also had traditional pedals on it again (rather than clipless) and rather than make me feel more stable (knowing I could my foot down quickly) I actually felt like my feet might slip off. I won't be riding with them on for long before I go back to proper ones and my cycling shoes. I'm going to try and ride a little more this weekend, I need to build up my confidence, before hopefully getting back into riding to work next week.

5 Reasons Why I Need Bikram Yoga

Okay, so maybe NEED is a strong word to be using, 'should try' is probably better.

My personal trainer recommended Bikram to me a few weeks before Christmas so I've been seriously thinking about it.

#1 - Breathing

Perhaps my biggest issue with any workout that I do, is that I forget to breathe. You'd think since it's so fundamental to living I'd be more used to it by now, nope, even when I'm not working out I frequently hold my breath for no real reason. All yoga teaches you to breathe.

#2 - Learning to calm my mind

So I hold my breath while thinking rapidly. Not a good combination. I need to learn to relax and focus on doing one thing at a time. Even today at lunch, I read a few Bikram yoga articles and kept flicking to new tabs to google things and half reading other articles. Must focus.

#3 - Flexibility, posture and knowing my body

My trainer has already helped me so much with this, I am more aware of the position of my hips now and how weak they are (and how bad my posture was - may post on this at some point). Again, any yoga would be good for this.

#4 - My elbow

It's still not where I would like it to be, I have about 150 degrees of movement in it. That means I still can't straighten it. Any stretching will help it but the heat during Bikram will make stretching it easier.

C25K Week 2 Day 1

First off, I apparently measured myself wrong the other day. Monday evening my trainer measure my hips at 98.5cm, I still feel like that wasn't my widest but I'll take it (and just prepare for smaller losses in the future).

C25K Week 1 Day 3

I successfully completed Week 1 Day 3 of the C25K program yesterday. Wasn't too strenuous, but I worked up a decent sweat and was out of breath after every 60 second run.

Time to Run

Back in 2008 I went running on a beach...

I've never been a runner. Sure there have been times when I've forced myself to do and I've even managed a few 10km charity runs in my time, but I am definitely not a runner.

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