So 8 days to go... (till the city to surf)

Its been a shocking few weeks

- was sick the last week of school

- was away for 2 weeks of school holidays- too hot in Indonesia to run

-have only run once this week (okay it was the bay run 7km in 48min, but still not good)

I fear any dreams of running the whole 14km are no more.

SO my aim is to now run at least half of the city to surf, which is still an achievement considering the last fun-run we did (4 km) i only ran 3 km, so i've more than doubled my running capabilities!

So i guess- yay me?

So fingers crossed for next weekend- bring on the sunshine!

If i have a good run, I'm so getting a deep-fried mars bar in bondi!!!!

kt

NEW JOGGERS

On monday i got all excited.
I just bought a new pair of joggers (rrp $230, i got them for $115- love Paul's Warehouse)
Then monday night- i started getting sick
Tues- couldn't get out of bed
Its now Thurs and feeling so much better, but no where near up to running my 7 km bay run.

This sucks, i was going to christen my shoes at the school sports carnival on tues (which i missed).

So now i dont think i'll be going for a run until i get back from Indonesia, on the 26th on July.

I'm gonna have lost all my fitness by then!!

Since everyone else is doing it...

Since both KTP and Alicia have managed to post updates in the past few days I thought I better hop on the band-wagon (so to speak) and put my next post up.

I'm pretty sure in my last post I hadn't even purchased my gym pass yet!! However, I did manage to pick one up and have been making very good use of it since then.

At the moment I've been heading into the gym 5 time a week & sort of mixing it up between Cardio day and Weight Days.

Mon, Wed & Fri are Cardio days and consist of my Couch to 5K run (I'm currently on week 6 of 9), a 1km row, 10min bike ride (up the big hill) and then 30min on the cross-trainer doing easy intervals.

Tues & Thurs are Weight days and start with a 15min warm up walk (up a 9% incline) and then 30-45mins of weights (where I'm currently concentrating on upper body/core strength... thou this is mainly for cricket rather than Nepal), before finishing up on the cross-trainer again with sport intervals.

All in all it's going pretty well - I can definitely feel the increase in my fitness especially when I play hockey on Sunday! I now have the ability to run down those pesky wingers and run back when required (rather than lagging behind while trying to regain my breath.)

In other news... we now have plane tickets!! Which is awesomely exciting as you can imagine. We are officially leaving on the 22nd of December and returning a month later on the 23rd of January 2010!

The next step is to probably organise our first lot of accommodation in Kathmandu for the Christmas period, which we'll get around to soon enough.

Also, we've all signed up to do the SMH City 2 Surf in August (you can see it up on our Upcoming Events tab) which is both scary and exciting at the same time. You'll hear all about it once we've completed it in early August.

And as an ADDED BONUS here's some photos of Alicia attempting to Pole Dance... note these are BEFORE the lessons... The only way is up Leesh! :)

New Training for Alicia

Well just to update you all my hand I think has made a full recovery however left with a slight scar from the past as there is a slight bump on this particular part of the hand.

So I have started a new training program that will hopefully get me trim and toned for not only Nepal but for the remainder of the summer when I return. Its called I want 6 pack abs and is a 16 week challenge, check it out if you want: http://www.iwantsixpackabs.com/abs.html

We started our first session on Monday night June 29! So one down and too many to count to go. Its quick, its fast but boy do you feel it the next day. My arse can vouch for that!

Also me and Michelle are starting pole dancing on Monday July 6, so there is a lot happening in Alicia's life atm. Will let you know how the pole dancing goes, personally I think there will be more abdominal work out from all the laughing I will be doing!

I'm broke!

So i've gotta say- i love Kathmandu

Their end of financial year sale!

I bought a 35L backpack $150- at 60% off

an awesum polar fleece $200 at 50% off

Also at the easter sale i bought the same shoes as brennan and socks and neck warmer.

This trip is costing more and more, but it'll be worth it!!!

I CAN RUN!!!!!

So this is my first blog entry.

I went running around the bay yesterday....

I ran 7km in 45min non-stop!!!!

Next target- 10km!!!

It was tough, and I didn't think I was going to make it.

I've got blisters on both feet.

My calves are sore today!!!

That's all for now!

Kt

Alicia's Nepal Training Update!!!

Well as KT and Brennan were "training" in the South Pacific, I have been working out down at the local gym known as Mac Uni Gym. Been working the Rev and Boxacise classes along with an Aqua and Circuit classes during the week, throwing in a few squash and badmington games here and there! Everything has been going on track, getting fit, staying strong and applying our new found fitness at the Mother's Day Classic!

Unfortunately on May 29, 2009 during my Boxacise class I threw a punch that was a little off and received a nasty pain down my right arm. I think I had hurt my hand before this night however to my stupidity I ignored it! Anyway tried to keep boxing through the rest of the class however the pain got too much after one of the guys threw a big power punch to my right hand. The aftermath once removing my glove was a very sore and swollen hand, applied ice, splintered it however in the morning it was a slightly bluish colour and still quite swollen. Time to visit the doctors. To my dismay the prognosis was not good and I had actually broken my hand in my fifth metacarpal in two places, one horizontal and one vertical break. So currently I am in a cast and unfortunately my hand will be out of commission for six to eight weeks. So quite annoyed at the moment with my hand however the little so and so will not hold me back! Currently trying to work out a different work out routine to still work me cardiovascularly and muscularly! Will keep you posted on my poor weak hand!

Alicia and her hand