Training update #3
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The original post Training update #1 Training update #2
Nothing specifically funny to report today (sadly) but I thought I’d keep you in the loop as to how our respective training is going for Race For Life.
As mentioned before, Jo is actually running the 5K Race for Life in June after starting from the ‘couldn’t run to the fridge for chocolate’ end of the athletic scale. I promised to run 5K in support of her on a treadmill at the gym; this is so that I can bring the kids to support her on the day.
Jo:
Jo recently celebrated her 1st goal of managing to actually run a complete mile by heading off to the shops. I’m no expert at athletic training, but I was still taken by surprise to learn that a key part of my wife’s training programme concerned the purchase of some new jeans.
It had transpired that her usual tracksuit bottoms were only good enough for sub mile runners. Anything over a mile and you need special fluorescent pink breathable tracksuit bottoms. I didn’t want to stand in the way of her training programme, so I looked after the boys as she went into town looking for the edge that she needed to get over that mile mark.
Oddly enough, she found the trousers she was after, and I had to admit I could see how they would help, certainly if I were wearing trousers that shade of pink, I’d be running quite fast too. It also turned out (though I have to say I’ve since studied her training guide, and could find no reference to it) that to get over the mile mark Jo also needed two pairs of jeans, a new top and yet another new bottle that will go into the bathroom. I have no idea what is inside the bottle or for what purpose it is used, nor do I have any idea what is in the other three hundred bottles that are currently open in our bathroom (except for the 1 X shower gel & 1 X ‘2 in 1’ shampoo/ Conditioner that I use).
Clearly my cynicism is misplaced though because the other night Jo came crawling into the house (just after the sounds of a taxi driving away died down) smiling her head off. Jo had completed a mile and a half. The trousers, the jeans, the top and the bottle had worked. My wife is now running a mile and a half!
How good is that?
Brilliant!
Admittedly she was gone for three hours and smelled vaguely of lager, but none the less, Jo has made it to the half way mark, 2.4K. I’m very impressed by this.
Relevant posts:
The original post Training update #1 Training update #2
Nothing specifically funny to report today (sadly) but I thought I’d keep you in the loop as to how our respective training is going for Race For Life.
As mentioned before, Jo is actually running the 5K Race for Life in June after starting from the ‘couldn’t run to the fridge for chocolate’ end of the athletic scale. I promised to run 5K in support of her on a treadmill at the gym; this is so that I can bring the kids to support her on the day.
Jo:
Jo recently celebrated her 1st goal of managing to actually run a complete mile by heading off to the shops. I’m no expert at athletic training, but I was still taken by surprise to learn that a key part of my wife’s training programme concerned the purchase of some new jeans.
It had transpired that her usual tracksuit bottoms were only good enough for sub mile runners. Anything over a mile and you need special fluorescent pink breathable tracksuit bottoms. I didn’t want to stand in the way of her training programme, so I looked after the boys as she went into town looking for the edge that she needed to get over that mile mark.
Oddly enough, she found the trousers she was after, and I had to admit I could see how they would help, certainly if I were wearing trousers that shade of pink, I’d be running quite fast too. It also turned out (though I have to say I’ve since studied her training guide, and could find no reference to it) that to get over the mile mark Jo also needed two pairs of jeans, a new top and yet another new bottle that will go into the bathroom. I have no idea what is inside the bottle or for what purpose it is used, nor do I have any idea what is in the other three hundred bottles that are currently open in our bathroom (except for the 1 X shower gel & 1 X ‘2 in 1’ shampoo/ Conditioner that I use).
Clearly my cynicism is misplaced though because the other night Jo came crawling into the house (just after the sounds of a taxi driving away died down) smiling her head off. Jo had completed a mile and a half. The trousers, the jeans, the top and the bottle had worked. My wife is now running a mile and a half!
How good is that?
Brilliant!
Admittedly she was gone for three hours and smelled vaguely of lager, but none the less, Jo has made it to the half way mark, 2.4K. I’m very impressed by this.
On top of all her running, Jo has also been dancing. At the bottom of this post you can see the video of my wife in action! Raising money for the School where she works, Jo and some of her colleagues helped out at a ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ style show.
Well I say they helped, I’ll let you decide if you think she was helping :-)
Glen:
Ah, er yes. I think I may need to do some shopping. I’ve not actually made it back to the gym since the hilarity and embarrassment of Training Report #2. I suspect I may need more than a pair of jeans to get me past the mile mark.
My training schedule suggests I need a new T.V.
Well I say they helped, I’ll let you decide if you think she was helping :-)
Glen:
Ah, er yes. I think I may need to do some shopping. I’ve not actually made it back to the gym since the hilarity and embarrassment of Training Report #2. I suspect I may need more than a pair of jeans to get me past the mile mark.
My training schedule suggests I need a new T.V.
Please enjoy this video of my wife and her friends, helping to raise money for their school and the children who go to it.
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I think I recognise some of those dance moves. Were you the choreographer Glen?
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