I love summer
I've had a really nice today, and it really brought home just how much more active I am these days, even discounting "formal" exercise.
My car needed work doing on its brakes, which presented a perfect run opportunity. I took the car to the garage, dropped it off and then ran home, the long way via the park and the lake. I did just over an hour, I was hoping for a bit longer but I'm still not pushing it too hard, so I called it a day once I'd gone a bit further than I did on Thursday.
I then did some gardening and worked up quite a sweat. It's still more of a chore than a pleasure, but it still gets me moving.
Then it was time to pick the car up. I could have got the bus down there, but as it was such a lovely day I decided to walk down instead. It's maybe a mile and a half, and I pretty much beat the bus anyway - as I got to the end of the road I realised I'd just missed a bus, and I was practically there by the time another one came past.
Then back home, and I decided to go for a bike ride. Not a measured, HR monitored, timed bike ride, just a potter down to the park and back for a bit more practice in a traffic free environment. Although riding in the park might have been harder because of the need to swerve round toddlers and dogs, with hindsight. I think I must have done a good 5 miles, and I treated myself to an ice cream while I was there.
It's ages since i've had a proper 99. Recently I've been disappointed with stuff like magnums, but having a tub (rather than a cone) of the soft white stuff with strawberry sauce and a flake made it feel so much more like a nice English summers day. And I'm sure that I must have burned it off with all the extra moving around, so it felt like a nice treat.
My car needed work doing on its brakes, which presented a perfect run opportunity. I took the car to the garage, dropped it off and then ran home, the long way via the park and the lake. I did just over an hour, I was hoping for a bit longer but I'm still not pushing it too hard, so I called it a day once I'd gone a bit further than I did on Thursday.
I then did some gardening and worked up quite a sweat. It's still more of a chore than a pleasure, but it still gets me moving.
Then it was time to pick the car up. I could have got the bus down there, but as it was such a lovely day I decided to walk down instead. It's maybe a mile and a half, and I pretty much beat the bus anyway - as I got to the end of the road I realised I'd just missed a bus, and I was practically there by the time another one came past.
Then back home, and I decided to go for a bike ride. Not a measured, HR monitored, timed bike ride, just a potter down to the park and back for a bit more practice in a traffic free environment. Although riding in the park might have been harder because of the need to swerve round toddlers and dogs, with hindsight. I think I must have done a good 5 miles, and I treated myself to an ice cream while I was there.
It's ages since i've had a proper 99. Recently I've been disappointed with stuff like magnums, but having a tub (rather than a cone) of the soft white stuff with strawberry sauce and a flake made it feel so much more like a nice English summers day. And I'm sure that I must have burned it off with all the extra moving around, so it felt like a nice treat.
posted by YP at 6:25 PM
2 Comments:
Wow, I need that motivation. It's good that you find all those ways to stay active all day long!
Those kind of treats are the best ones... the ones you can freely enjoy and indulge in because you know deserve it. I hope all is well with you YP! Greetings from Holland, Amanda Jane :)
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