Turbo Man's Fitness Blog: 1 Nov 10. Another Fresh Start

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'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.' Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Monday 1 November 2010

1 Nov 10. Another Fresh Start

The end of season gluttony is over and today I started my journey to becoming an Outlaw; 24 July 2011 is a long time away so it will be lots of small steps. As regular blog readers will know I have already started swimming and running (my version of running) and I won't start keeping a training diary until the New Year; for now it is all about getting back into the training routine and eating healthily.

Swim Progress. After a couple of weeks checking I could still swim I decided I needed to try a couple of longer reps and see what sort of times I was doing. So today I started with a 400m rep and after a few shorter reps concluded my session with another 400m rep. The good news was that I completed the first rep in 7:25 and the second in 7:35; I also swam over 1500m without too much drama (admittedly with some long rests between reps!). I am delighted with how the swimming is going.

I'm feeling very positive about things at the moment. Long may it continue.