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Day ninety five: Wednesday 10 May 2006

Rest day.

Day ninety six: Thursday 11 May 2006

Yoga.  Well after the previous session, did I manage to stay awake or would I have to concede defeat and get a new pose named after me, like the sleeping pose! 

Today's session was focused on classic and viniyoga.  To start, I settled into a corpse pose for approximately three minutes, before starting the main postures with a cobra pose (Bhujangasana), which I followed up with a half locust pose on each leg (Ardha Salabasana) and a full locust pose (Salabasana).  Next, I performed a head to knee pose (Janusirshasana) and a forward bending pose (Paschimothanasana).  Shortly afterwards, I performed a shoulder stand (Sarvangasana).  My co-ordination is still not quite there in regards to keeping my legs at a 90 degree angle; at present, they angle towards my head and shoulders.  After this, I did a half spinal twist (Ardha Matsyendrasana) and to complete the classic yoga poses, a yogic seal (Yoga mudra).

The second part saw me do some viniyoga, starting with a standing forward bend which I repeated four times, followed by an upward legs and arms stretch, again I did 5 reps.  Next, I performed a bridge pose (5 reps), a cobra pose (5 reps) and to finish, a knee to chest pose.

Day ninety seven: Friday 12 May 2006

Rest day.

Day ninety eight: Saturday 13 May 2006

Rest day.

Day ninety nine: Sunday 14 May 2006

Bike.  Having scaled down my training for the last few days, due to a sore throat and cold, I decided to join up with the Sunday VC Norwich club run today.

Todays ride was a medium paced one; usually I ride in the slowest group but most of these riders did not turn up.  I cycled 69.19 miles at an average speed of 17.1 mph and managed to respond to most accelerations.  The terrain on today's ride was a little more challenging than usual, as we headed to West Runcton in North Norfolk.

Several riders commented on how much weight I have lost since they last saw me, a fact I never realised until this morning; when I fitted my heart rate monitor transmitter strap to my chest, it was approximately an inch looser than when I was in last year's peak condition.  I can only put this down to the ab exercises I have been doing of late.

This evening, I did the usual handgrip exercises (two sets of 30 reps), followed by the same number of reverse curls and ab crunches.

Day one hundred: Monday 15 May 2006

Gym.  Determined to press ahead with strength exercises, today was a significant improvement compared to my previous visit.  A full complement of thirteen exercises were performed.

As always, I started off with calf raises; I find these easier to do first because my feet are not as sweaty and slippery.  I raised 90kg with my calfs and managed the normal three sets of 15 reps.  Next, I leg pressed 250kg (three sets of 10 reps) without any muscle tweaks.  

No change to the other exercises, except on the upright rowing bar, where I persevered with lifting the bar weight plus a total of 5kg weight disks.  I lifted the first set of 15 reps, then 14 reps in the second set followed by 15 reps in the third, so one rep short of where I'd like to be at this weight.

For a change, I had no noticeable muscle aches after working out.

Day one hundred and one: Tuesday 16 May 2006

Rest day.

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