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The more you go to the gym, the more you want to go to the gym. Worked hard today - did the cross-trainer (OMG!) for about 5 miles, then 11 miles on the bike and some weights. Our sitter is coming over tomorrow instead of Sunday so we'll be on the road again... just so we don't forget what it feels like :) Hoping to do another half-marathon distance, but we'll see how it goes .... oh, and William still loves Tae Kwon Do :D

Went for my free (1 of 3) personal training session today to determine how fit I am, where improvements (what? I'm perfect already!!) can be made etc. Brad seems like a nice guy - couldn't get him to smile though. Anyway I had 'white-coat syndrome' which screwed up some of the test results. Apparently my blood pressure was a little high and my heartbeat recovery was poor (I shall be keeping an eye on it, don't worry!!!), but overall I'm in a good place - my current health age is 2 years younger than I am, my body fat %age is low. It will be interesting to see what I would get for my $89 sessions if I were to go with the personal trainer regularly.... honestly, I think I'll use the 3 freebies to get pointed in the right direction and go from there.

Well I went to the Gym this morning! Iain absolutely loves it there. He has lots of toys to play with, and lots of kids his age to interact (and catch colds!) with. As for me, I got my ass on a treadmill and ran for an hour. It took me about 50 minutes to get used to it... let's just say I was a bit wobbly on the edges - it's not easy running on those things!! Anyway, I walked @ 4mph for the first 2 mins then pumped it up to 6mph for 1.2 miles (the same distance as a lap around our street), then down to 4mph for another 2 mins etc. until I did 5 miles (57 mins total) then cooled down @3.5mph.... The positive side of it is that you're forced to pace yourself, but it's not quite the same as being on the road. Loving the Gym though :D K.M.F... with a/c :D

Well I took the plunge... it's really difficult to train every day when you have kids and your partner goes away a lot on business, so I decided to join a GYM ("Gime? what the heck's a Gime?" - Homer J) It's surprisingly nice, has great Kids facilities (2 hours a day!!), 100's of treadmills etc. and it's half the price of the Y .... oh, and you can get all naked in the tanning machine - I've never tanned my butt before !!! :D Anyway with William back to school tomorrow I shall be starting up my morning with a workout that isn't at 5:30 in the am ... YIPPEE!!!!