Repeating Week 1

I had a good training session yesterday evening. After a motivational speech from mountaineer Kevin Walker (that has made me add the Brecon Beacons to my bucket list) I went for a late visit to the university gym, though it was still busy even after 8pm. The pulled muscle in my back is pretty much completely healed, though I'm repeating my Week 1 Day 1 exercises to get back into the programme:

• I started with15 minutes warm up in the bike - finally managed to sync to the My Wellness cloud and save my stats.
• Mobility drills - there is not much floor space and even less wall space, but I found a spare mat and tried not to feel self conscious while doing these. Eventually I realised everyone else was in their own zone and not at all bothered what I was doing!
• 10 to 2 reps on push up - I managed the floor push up from knees rather than wall, so feel I am making progress despite starting over.
• 10 to 2 reps on squats, using the fitball. I tried to take it slow and concentrate on my technique so I can build on this in future.
• My CV finisher was 1 minute max out on the rower, and I managed 229 metres.

To make the most of my time at the gym, I finished with a kilometre on the treadmill. I wanted to see if I could improve my speed. I was aiming for a 10 minute kilometre but finished just outside that in 10 minutes 14 seconds - something to aim for next time. Rather than concentrate on time running I tried to do it by distance, running for blocks of 100 or 150 metres. It seemed to work well and I also tried running more on the forward part of my foot, which puts less pressure in the joints but more through the calf. I was sore the next day and my Achilles heel was a little twangy but I've stretched out well and am feeling fine now. Looking forwards to the next session!