Now before everyone starts, I am counting a different Parkrun venue as a different activity this month. End of. No more discussion.

Today was Gorleston Cliffs Parkrun; my home Parkrun. Lovely morning, sunny, warm, the perfect start to the weekend.

Just about got there in time this morning – I had about 20secs to spare before the off. It was a bit of a late decision to attend.

Ran it pretty steady/fast – sub 8min/miles – getting a bit quicker every mile.

Coolio.

So, for today’s exercise I dragged the Gold’s Gym Exercise Bike circa 1980 out of the garage and onto the patio.

The actual readout doesn’t work, so have absolutely no idea how far I cycled. But I did 30min – probably around 5 miles – whilst listening to Frank Turner.

Nice.

The sun was shining when I got in so decided on a weights session in the garden in the late afternoon sun.

One minute of each followed with 30sec rest:

• Chest Press
• Lunges
• Curls
• Step-ups
• Rows

Repeated four times. 30min session in total.

I used to do these sessions quite regularly. I enjoy it. Note to self: do it more!

My month long quest of trying to do a different activity for each day of the week is bumbling along.

Tonight I ventured to the park opposite to have a go on the public exercise ‘machines’.

There are five different ‘machines’ so I decided on one minute on one followed by a lap of the park. Did this for each of the ‘machines’ and then repeated the process.

Ended up doing a 35min session which included a 2.5 mile run. It was ok.

So it’s been a pretty solid first week:

• Day 1 – Run (3.6 miles)
• Day 2 – Coastal Walk (7.3 miles)
• Day 3 – Holkham Parkrun
• Day 4 – Bike Ride (5 miles)
• Day 5 – Track Run (3 miles)
• Day 6 – Treadmill Run (3.4 miles)
• Day 7 – Park Exercise Machines/Run (2.6 miles)

Very busy day, followed by a shop in Tesco. So it was a treadmill run today.

30mins – 3.4 miles. Done.

Tonight I ran on a track. Yep, I get it, not the most amazing place to run. But this was no ordinary track, let me explain…

Now I’ve run on plenty of tracks, I’m a teacher, so I often take advantage of the facilities. The current school I work at has a track, I’ve not managed to get out on it until now.

The initial plan was to do various laps alternating between fast and slow so that I completed a lovely interval session. That was the plan, however we all know that things don’t always go to plan.

I put bag and water bottle on the inside of the track and began a gentle warm-up. It wasn’t long before it became obvious that the track wasn’t as it seemed. It was not a 400m lap. The straights were very short, probably only 10m in length.

There was also a straight bit of track attached to the loop – I assume to make a 100m ‘straight’.

So my time was taken up trying to work out what the actual lap was. I think the lap was 200m which is ridiculous.