Training went well today. We did circuits comprising of various types of torture. Our coach is an Ex Army Major Ian Couch www.adventurehub.com, a Karate black belt with a background in Judo, Thai boxing and cage fighter, also the holder of 5 world records and two pending. He has rowed the Atlantic twice and, skied across Greenland and run across the Gobi desert. Ian has a positive approach to training but is careful not to beast us. We are all mums at school so he is careful to motivate us to “grab the cake” rather than “punch the air”. The running ones are easy for me but painful for Becky. Especially today as I forgot to bring the horse exercise bandages to strap them down. We did the Russian twist, man maker, press ups, lunges, carry the shopping bag (this comprised of heavy duty sack full of weights –obviously we all have natural talent in this area), plus others.
I am training as part of my programme to prepare for a 50 mile run at the end of January in Yorkshire. Jo is training to move up from Yoga to the next level and Becky is training to get a bum like Kylie’s. I have always had an interest in running and fitness and find that I am best happy whilst in training. It calms me down, the jeans fit and I am less likely to have to rely on a glass of wine in the evening to wind down. I sleep better and have more energy. I am slightly hyperactive anyway and get wildly excited about things so the running helps me keep a lid on perpetual embarrassment.
We all finished the session thinking we had worked out as hard as Rambo – especially since we are allowed to put gloves on and try and pummel the pads. Jo was pleased that she had given her bat wings a good going over. She also said her arms felt so dead that she thought they were someone else’s . Becky was recovering from mild self inflicted concussion – (Note to self remember horse bandages). I felt it was a job well done. I did 20 proper press-ups and 15 girlie press-ups in 1 minute.
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