27th June.... finally the pace slows

Nursery is on holiday, gala has passed, no VAT returns due....bliss. The pace has slowed a bit and life is good. However, this does not mean exercising is any easier as I now have Catriona 24 7.

Today I needed to get some roofing supplies then pick up one of Catriona's friends and head to the soft play where we met more friends. Children needed to be supervised at all times so nipping out to exercise was not an option (shame, I just needed to sit talk and have a coffee instead).

My hubby told me he would be home early today so I thought maybe I'd get out for a quick jog before starting tea. I know it was still heavy rain but it was warm so I didn't mind. At 5.30pm, hubby phones to say he'll be home just in time for tea. Thanks! Back to trotting up and down the hall for 1km yet again. (Time taken 6 mins 59 seconds....speedy today). I did go for a walk with Catriona after tea so that's another 1.5km in 20 minutes. Hubby hopefully home early tommorrow so fingers crossed I get to jog outside for a change instead of wearing out the carpet.

June 26th – Royal Highland Show day

After yesterday I’m still shattered, but today we are all off to the Royal Highland Show. It is dry (wippy) and muggy, but not sunny. As long as it’s dry….

We arrive at the show field at about 9.45am and get back into the car at about 5.00pm. In between we sat down for ½ hour to have lunch. I’m not saying that we didn’t stand still to watch things but most of the time we were walking and some of the time it was with a 3 ½ stone child sat bouncing on my shoulders! That has to count as some serious exercise (I hope).

Anyway, just in case not, I did the hall dash (1km) whilst I cooked tea. Today it took 7 minutes 34 seconds. Come on….I’ve had a tiring weekend!

June 25th……Gala day is here at last

Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day, I have a wonderful feeling we’ll win some prizes today…

Well to start with it’s chucking it down… as usual. My castle is made from cardboard and there are 9 children and 10 adults waiting to pile into the float for the gala day. Not a good start. The castle wasn’t even attached to the car (well it was nearly 6 feet tall and wouldn’t go into the garage already attached to the top of the car).

First job of the day was to finish the float. I did the walk around to re-stick everything that had come unstuck due to the damp then got everything out onto the drive. After spending most of the night and the morning praying that it would be dry, the rain finally stopped at 9.30am. The castle was flung on top of the car and the husband left to secure it whilst I (the evil step mother queen to snow white who was Catriona got into character…that is put the fancy dress on).

We drove in convoy to Carnwath receiving many strange looks from motorists on the way. Once there everyone piled into the Castle gardens (the trailer) ready for judging followed by the parade. It was wonderful. First we won best turned out vehicle. This was not as easy this year as there was more competition than usual and the standards were really high this year. The main thing was it stayed dry and the kids had a ball (so did the adults).

After this everyone got out of costume then came back to mine for lunch (aaaahhhh). Everything was flung out of packets. No home baking I’m afraid. No time for that. Everyone seemed to have a good feed though and the kids a good play. After this the castle needed taking apart again. We then went back to Carnwath to join in the afternoon entertainment, back home for a small tea and then back to Carnwath for the evening ceremony of prize giving. This is when we found out we had won the best over all entry for the day. I was really chuffed with this, as was Catriona who hugged the cup for the rest of the evening.

Jogging….well yes….I don’t think I stopped all day so alas it was down to the hall dash….again. I know I dashed up and down the hall many times today but not recorded so I did do another 100 times at tea time just to stay on top of things. Today the 1km  took 7 minutes and 15 seconds. I’m shattered so bed time. Night night.

24th June .... ouch... oo....ouch....oo

Yeap, those weights from yesterday are paying their toll. Typing will be kept breif as the wrists are some what sore today. Maybe that bar is heavier than I thought! Backs a bit on the stiff side too. Thighs are okay though so that's a bonus.

Its a glorious day outside today. Makes a pleasant change. Unfortunately I won't have time to jog around Lanark Loch today though as I'll be cleaning a car and trailer and starting to dress them up ready for the gala parade tommorrow, so whilst I had the opportunity I dodged outside this morning to do a relaxing (ish) 3km from home. I completed the shuffle in 18 minutes and 45 seconds. Not too bad and that's today done. The next six days are going to be difficult as Nursery finishes for the summer today so no free time without Catriona. Never mind there is always the hall dash? Could cycle with Catriona and do the hall jog to complete the jog. I'll figure something out.

Must go now. Wrists now agony xxx

23rd June 2011 and I didn't make the 5 tonne....or did I?

Well today was what you could call interesting! I went along to the gym with my girlie friends after dropping Catriona off at nursery. Today was the day that we were going to see how much we could lift in 10 minutes and this would be noted on the gym board. First of all I did a 1 km warm up jog (6 minutes and 36 seconds). I didn't want to wear the legs out too much. Next to the weights. There are two weight bars. One is free standing and one is attached to a 'rack'. I preferred the rack as changing from squat to dead lift and back again would be easier. I had been told that the rack bar weighed 7kg on its own but that the weight of the bar would be included in the total lifted. So off I set with 15kg extra on the bar. I managed a total of 215 reps in the 10 minutes. At this point I was told the total was just the added weight. Now I wasn't too happy at this as I could have used the other lighter bar and put a lot more weight on it. In the end the instructor agreed to but both weights up (without and with bar). Its not as if I was challenging all those body builders, I was the first female to have a go. Anyway, without the bar I managed 3225kg total, with the bar this was 4730kg, not quite the 5 tonne I was hoping but not far off, I just needed another 13 reps to top the 5 tonne. However, and this is where it gets interesting, I was then informed that the bar actually weighs 15kg and not 7. This would mean I lifted a total of 6450kg. Wow.....megga....beat a couple of guys. However, I am dubious. I think it is 7 kg and 15lb. I am saying I did 4730kg and that is for definate. I could lift 30kg each time but maybe not for 10 minutes and it didn't feel like 30kg. I think I need to go into the gym and stand on the scales with the bar. It is the only way to know for certain what I actually lifted. I'll report back as I'm back in the gym tonight (Catriona has a swimming lesson). 6450kg would be awesome but I can't see it. Sweated enough but I'm dubious.

Later all xxx

22nd June 2011 - disapointing on the exercise front

Well as usual I had absolutely no time to exercise today. First of all it was paper work first thing followed by getting Catrion up, dressed, washed, fed and off to Nursery. Once back I had some phone ordering to do. My parents were then coming over as Catriona was 'graduating from nursery'. The nursery held a lovely 'ceremony' for the graduation with songs followed by each child being awarded with a certificate whilst wearing a cardboard morter board. Very sweet. This was followed by a buffet lunch. Home for a chat to the parents then off to horse riding lessons with Catriona and her best friend. Home at 5.40pm, tea on, eaten and cleared away. Next it will be the bath and bedtime routine for Catriona followed by me collapsing in a heap next to the castle which is nearly finished. I just need the draw bridge. Alas I only managed the 100 x 10m dash up and down the hall. Pathetic I know but at least I did something. So today time taken was 7 minutes and 4 seconds.

Tommorrow is Gym session. I'm booked in at tenish to be measured to see how much I lift 'officially' in ten minutes. I'll try to do a couple of km before hand to warm up and then do some more km after to cool down (if I haven't died by that point under an over weighted bar). Wish me luck.
 xxx

June 21st…… nearly at 5 tonne!

No that’s not my body weight though I could do with loosing a few pounds, that’s how much I lifted in 10 minutes using a dead lift and squat. 4725kg to be exact. I would like to reach 5000kg by Thursday but only time will tell.

Well I was going to have a lovely long jog outside this morning but it is absolutely throwing it down. The rain is bouncing off the road. I opted for a warm up on the cross trainer of 15 minutes (km) followed by the weights followed by 1km up and down the hall (7 minutes and 18 seconds) to cool down. At least I’ve exercised and managed to jog, even if it is in the hall!

Right now I need to get the paper work done and then back to laminating ready for the gala day on Saturday. Better check my costume fits!