Author: Gemma

  • #Janathon Day 23 – Deadlifts and Kettlebells

    #Janathon Day 23 – Deadlifts and Kettlebells

    Yes, today I went back to the gym, despite the disapproval from my TomTom, and I didn’t even finish on a cardio machine. I just walked home briskly again (and once again had to walk past my house to earn those last few points). I’ve reached that point in Janathon where the futility of it…

  • #Janathon Day 23 – Deadlifts and Kettlebells

    #Janathon Day 23 – Deadlifts and Kettlebells

    Yes, today I went back to the gym, despite the disapproval from my TomTom, and I didn’t even finish on a cardio machine. I just walked home briskly again (and once again had to walk past my house to earn those last few points). I’ve reached that point in Janathon where the futility of it…

  • #Janathon Day 22 – Olympic Lifting and a Brisk Walk

    #Janathon Day 22 – Olympic Lifting and a Brisk Walk

    Yeah, my hamstring is still a bit twingy, but I’m sticking with the “ignore it and just don’t aggravate it too much” school of rehab. Things that aggravate it include forward bends and touching my toes with my legs straight, anything that involved twisting my leg or lots of pushing (which is why I think…

  • #Janathon Day 22 – Olympic Lifting and a Brisk Walk

    #Janathon Day 22 – Olympic Lifting and a Brisk Walk

    Yeah, my hamstring is still a bit twingy, but I’m sticking with the “ignore it and just don’t aggravate it too much” school of rehab. Things that aggravate it include forward bends and touching my toes with my legs straight, anything that involved twisting my leg or lots of pushing (which is why I think…

  • This Week I….. (and #Janathon Day 21)

    This Week I….. (and #Janathon Day 21)

    Good Afternoon! I hope you are all having lovely Sundays. I really value a good lazy Sunday afternoon so we’ve just lit a fire and are settling down to watch some terrible movies on Now TV. Before I do all that, though, I best get on and tell you that this week I….. Had Smashed Avo…

  • This Week I….. (and #Janathon Day 21)

    This Week I….. (and #Janathon Day 21)

    Good Afternoon! I hope you are all having lovely Sundays. I really value a good lazy Sunday afternoon so we’ve just lit a fire and are settling down to watch some terrible movies on Now TV. Before I do all that, though, I best get on and tell you that this week I….. Had Smashed Avo…

  • #janathon Day 20 – The One That’s Late

    #janathon Day 20 – The One That’s Late

    I went to all the effort to actually remember to take a photo wearing skates while I was at Roller Derby practice, then promptly forgot to actually write the blog post as we headed out to the pub in the afternoon. So instead I’m writing this one early on Sunday morning. I earned my 500…

  • #janathon Day 20 – The One That’s Late

    #janathon Day 20 – The One That’s Late

    I went to all the effort to actually remember to take a photo wearing skates while I was at Roller Derby practice, then promptly forgot to actually write the blog post as we headed out to the pub in the afternoon. So instead I’m writing this one early on Sunday morning. I earned my 500…

  • #Janathon Day 19 – The Frosty Run

    #Janathon Day 19 – The Frosty Run

    Basically I spent a lot of this morning whinging about Janathon. I changed into my running kit to take the Pugs to the park with the plan of doing my normal routine of getting back from our walk and immediately going back out for a run. I complained a lot about my poor achy legs…