A hot afternoon. A short run. Job done ✅
It was my third bout of exercise for the day. Not that you could tell from looking at my Garmin stats
Since I'm not in the habit of tracking my heart rate or time spent cleaning (when the mood strikes me) you'd never know I was scrubbing tiles and walls today to remove marks and grime.
Well, now you do.
With a bunch of screen time today, as is usual for most of my normal work days, I was itching to move my body some more before it had even hot 1pm.
As soon as my lunch had gone down sufficiently, and before the Mister got home, I turned on some Ed Sheeran and do my favourite set of exercises in the lounge room.
In the 31'C heat, I did a made up combination of yoga moves, body weight exercises and specific strengthening moves.
No, I don't know the names for most of them. All I can tell you is that I usually do my core exercises and push ups well beyond when my mind says, "I'm tired. I've had enough." I call it mental training: an extremely useful skill for life. I also aim to target all the major muscle groups.
One day I'll bother to let an expert tell me if I'm missing anything. Maybe.
After another screen session and a chat with my Mum (who obligingly played the "good listener" role) it was almost time for even-more-sweaty workout number three.
This one I actually caught (part of) on my watch.
As my Garmin collected nothing more than my steps, we walked from home to meet some others from one of the run clubs.
Hellos were said. Introductions were made. A group photo was taken.
Then we ran, right up a hill, in the sun. I was glad I chose to wear only a sports bra on top; we were cooking.
Then onto the single track we went, a little conga line of trail runners, chatting away, watching where we put each and every foot.
After 20 minutes of running it was time to peel off and take our exit for home. His legs were tired from everything else he'd already done today. My heart was happy to have run and also to stop.
We strolled home. He photographed a dandelion.
I dreamed of sculling cold water and dripping into the pool. I did both.
And now? Now it's time to do as we do most nights: watch something on YouTube about running.
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Thank you Garmin Connect for the screenshot of my stats. Thank you @new.things for the rest of the photos of us and the other pretty weed 😉
I also love watching running stuff on Youtube. Any favourites? I guess mine would include all things Barkley marathon, all things Billy Yang and lots more.
Hmmm, we also love the things you mentioned. Hmm, we also watch Salomon videos because they're really well done. And the Rich Roll Podcast because he interviews so many interesting people (and the quality is really high).
Hi. It's been quite a looong while. 😁 Glad to see everything's going fine.
I tried starting a daily exercise routine with my roommate here in campus, but so far, we've not had much luck. 🥴😅
Seeing this makes me want to restrategize and start again. Perhaps I might get it right this time around.
And it's nice to know you also listen to Ed. I'm a big fan of the guy.
OMG brother. OMG. Did you feel me reaching out to you saying. "I misssssss you?"
I think you must have felt me because I had been meaning to write on one of your recent posts and say exactly that... but no need, apparently. You could hear me calling out to you from way over here 😂😍😄
Gosh, I love it when things like this happen. So hi! I missed you 😂 !LOL
How have you been, mister? What's news? How's university going?
Yes, things are good here. Interesting some days, challenging others. Almost always trending upwards and rarely bad enough for me to feel (too) sorry for myself. (Being on Hive also helps with that by reminding me how freakin' blessed I am).
Daily exercise routine hey? It's much easier if you have someone to tag along with who is ultra driven. My partner is very, very driven to do exercise and had been doing it every day, without any prompting from anyone else, long before we met. I just get to gratefully go along for the ride. I wonder if there's anyone else who lives closeby to you guys that you could jump in with? Or an exercise group or run group? Are there such things near you?
Ed, big fan. Big. He's ridiculously awesome as a musician and I love that he loves creating music so much. I think it's good for the soul to engage with others who are truly lit up by what they do.
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I've actually been hearing the call for quite a while now, but I've been waiting for the "right time" to make my comeback. 😅 I had quite an hectic day yesterday, and I somehow found myself picking my phone to check Hive for the first time in a long time, and there's really no point in me coming on here if I don't stop by to say Hi to you.
I've also missed you as well. 😁
I'll try not to stay away for too long from now on.
I've been great!
Spent the past couple of months coping through a heartbreak, a little bit of self development, registering for one too many programs, and just trying my best to survive and figure things out. 😅
And University's been hectic. I'm a student union leader and I've had to deal with quite a number of stuffs the past few weeks. But all in all, the experience has been great!
It's nice to hear that. I'm glad you've found a way of making Hive a coping mechanism.
Yea, I figured it would be easier if I had someone to motivate me, and I was hoping he'd be the one, but it turns out we're both the same when it comes to being consistent with exercise. 🥴😅😂
Most of my close friends, unfortunately, aren't into those kinds of things. They're mostly interested in academics and anything that's related to it.
I don't know of any such group around here. I'm mostly clueless about most of the activities on campus, but I'll try to check and see if I can find one. I know there's a gym close by, but I don't think I can fit in gym sessions into my schedule for now.
You're lucky you have someone that motivates you to do more. For now, I guess I'll just have to be my own source of inspiration. 😅
Yea, I love both his works and personality. He's part of the very few artistes I actually enjoy listening too.
Passenger is another notable mention. The guy is quite good as well.
Haha!
Awwwh, shucks 🤩😄
Promise? 😂 !LOL
Awesome to hear :)
Oh, bummer. That sucks. I'm glad to hear you spent time with someone you care about but it totally sucks when you heart gets broken. Sorry to hear that brother. I know how hard that can be; I've had my heart broken many times... in my past... before my darling Brad 😉
Doesn't surprise me 😉
Haha. Of course 😉
Ah, I think that's life, right?
Yay! Student union leader. Of course you are!! 😂 I can so imagine you being a leader. I think you were designed to lead people, brother. For sure.
I hear you. Brad suggested the following ideas when I mentioned your challenge to him:
Do your exercise the moment you wake up.
Drink water, pee, get dressed and go do your exercise.
It doesn't matter if it's a run around the block or push-ups in your room,
just move your body and get your heart rate up before you do anything else (major).
You'll feel better for the rest of the day because you know you've done it.
If you can't make it fun and interesting to do just think of it like medicine you have to take (because it is!) and just get it done.
I think this is really useful advice. (He's done a lot of exercise over the years. He's fit it in around full time work and raising a child, so he knows rather a lot about exercise and fitting things in).
I'd also add that it's useful to be really clear why doing exercise is important to you. When I was training for a 100km ultra-marathon several years ago I was only able to do the amount of training required (much of which was totally on my own; everyone else thought I was crazy) by making sure I keep the idea of why I was doing this event and the training.
Our why is what provides the motivation when it's hard. It can be incredibly powerful but it has to be very personal. Like, "I want to be fit and healthy so I can...
You get the idea. Find your 'why' (i.e. what's truly important to you), make it as personal as possible and decide if you want to tell people, or not.
Ok. Enough advice. Off to spend some more time with my Mum (as we are on holidays and seeing her for the first time in over 6 months!) 🤸♀️🤸♂️🤸
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I don't know if I'll be able to keep this promise if I make it, so I won't. 😅 But I'll definitely stay in touch, and that one's sure.
Yea, it was a really lovely experience while it lasted.
I love how you and Brad complement each other. That's definitely one thing to look forward to in a partner. Happy for you guys.😊
Yea, but sometimes, I just wish we had a pause button. 😅
Thank you very much. 😊 I've been told that a couple of times, but it's funny how I've never actually seen myself as one. Guess I'm missing something. 😅
Thank you very much for this. I'll definitely try this. I'll keep you updated on my progress. Help extend my thanks to Brad for the suggestions.
100km?! That's incredible.
I agree with you. And I think it can be applied to other things I'm currently into. The main reason I want to start exercising is to keep fit, and it's been years since I last played any physical sport so I'm hoping to use it as an alternative.
I really do wish to be in your shoes right now because it's starting to look like schoolwork might prevent me from going home for the holidays this time around. 😅
Anyways, enjoy your holiday! 😁 And help send my regards to your Mum.
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All read, received and appreciated.
And I also realised something: Brad and I complement each other well, yes. But we also compliment each other regularly and that helps strengthen the relationship. Get me? I think this is really overlooked in relationships but it's vitally important for any relationship (romantic or otherwise) to last for any real length of time (and be healthy, that is): two people have to genuinely appreciate each other and tell each other that they do.
Look forward to reading more updates from you regarding exercise and university and anything else you want to tell me, way over here.
Coming to you from the next stage of our holiday, now in Auckland, New Zealand.