The Dreaded Autumn Sniffles

I haven't done any workouts for days. I managed a good run last week and then I was hit with an awful cold. It got my head and chest at the same time so I thought it was best if I didn't train for a few days. My headaches have been really horrible so I have had to bring out the big guns - medicine wise - Panadeine Forte.

I have been having a nice hot lemon tea with some added honey in the mornings to see if it helps at all. I love lemon flavoured things so the tea is more of a treat and I have only been adding the honey to see if it helps my throat and it usually does for a little while. I absolutely love these little snapNsqueeze honey sachet thingies, it makes using the sticky stuff much easier with a lot less mess too.
All hot beverages must be consumed in my favourite mug (another of my OCD's) - my garfield mug which was given to me by a good friend of mine about 25 years ago. The amazing thing is we are still in touch. We live in different states now, but luckily there are telephones and facebook.

*Workout*
Yesterday I was feeling better as my cold has finally left my chest. I am always a bit weary about exercising when I have a chest cold - I did this once and ended up in hospital with pneumonia - Not a good move.

So, yesterday I went for a run on my beloved treadmill, but I thought I should take it easy so I only ran for 2 kms yesterday. I have also been reading Crunch Time by Michelle Bridges and she says that to simulate outdoor running you have to run on an incline of 2, so that is what I did yesterday. I really want to be ready for my fun run next month so I am going to practice as much as possible. After my treadmill work I decided to do a Pilates DVD. It was both easy and hard at the same time and I am a little sore today from it.

I have only done Pilates in an actual class about 3 times so I knew a couple of the moves from the DVD, but now that I have done the DVD, I know all the moves it has so I know what to expect next time. The DVD recommends doing the DVD 3 times a week, but I don't think I will be able to fit it in that often as I have other tapes that I like to do as well - something to think about I guess.

Sunday, 17 April 2011

• 1.32.03 mins (includes treadmill & Pilates)
• 618 calories
• 124 - avg. HR
• 190 - max. HR
• 25.29 mins in zone

Treadmill break-up

• TOTAL - 27.25 mins - 3 kms

• 16.07 mins - 2 km run
  
• Incline - 2
  
• Speed - 7.3 to 9.5

• 1 km of walking
• Incline - 5
• Speed - 4 - 6

I have a similar workout planned for tonight so I am hoping to see the scales go down this week. Last week they went up again, which takes me to 2 gains in a row, totalling 800 grams which is the exact amount I lost the week before the gains so basically, I have maintained for another 3 weeks. Better than a huge gain though, so still smiling :)