Training Log Archive: pauline

Walk through Fry's Hill park, Spindleberry Park, & Gillian's Park, including trying out the new outdoor gym stations in Gillian's Park.

Virtue's supposed to be its own reward, but I was pleased to see first 1, then 2 Jays (does the magpie rhyme apply to them?), and then I discovered a set of outdoor gym stations in Gillian's Park & couldn't resist trying them.

I haven't investigated the Blackbird Leys Park stations yet, but Gillian's park has a cross trainer (which didn't work) and step up, lat pull down and shoulder press (the lat pull down was much easier than the shoulder press), leg press (surprisingly easy) and bench (which includes grips for tricep dips, as well as something to hook your legs round while doing sit ups), a chest press, and a spin bike and a recumbent bike (easier than the spin bike, which allows you to charge any device via a USB port).

You're supposed to do 10-20 reps on each of the resistance exercises & 3-10 minutes on each of the aerobic exercises, but I just tried each of them out, spending only c. 1:20 minutes at each of the 5 stations. Still, it was more than I thought I could do when I set out (when I wasn't feeling at all bright), so I didn't set myself back as much as I'd feared I had in November/December.

C • USB port 2

Walk to Waitrose & back to get lunch, having missed the trip to the pub due to my Swiss customer holding a last minute meeting from 12-13:30 GMT. Bother time differences.

Feeling the cold more today; I was glad to stop, as that was enough.

Short walk again as it was cold & drizzling, but I needed to get out of the office.

Clearing my head again.

Lunchtime walk - needed to get away from software testing & get some fresh air & exercise to cheer me up. It worked.