31-Aug-2013

First attempt on the new (to me, not actual new) cross trainer / elliptical machine. Did 33 minutes, unsure on distance as the machine had 11km and we certainly weren't going that fast! Wore an Adidas climacool shirt and climacool tennis skirt with built in shorties (these ones are breathable, which my black Adidas skirt isn't- so these were much more comfy). The shirt did get warm as I was inside, but not uncomfortably so.

30-Aug-2013

Rain! My first jog in the rain and I was worried about slipping over again so I went to the one flat road in the area and just did laps of that. Wore my LLL speed shorts (midnight iris) and an old billabong long sleeved t (because it was a bit chilly!), with vibram KSOs in orange/tan... The vibrams look fairly yellow in most lights so matched the yellow detail on the shorts. Top doesn't go with anything but did keep me warm, winning!

28-Aug-2013

Slower than expected again this morning- not really sure why, just felt I couldn't (or didn't want to) stride out at all. Still managed to get a good distance but it did take longer than I really wanted to spend on jogging today. The new 'run for your life' crops were still comfy but they are quite warm, don't think I'd want to jog in the middle of the day wearing them. Teamed today with an energy bra and an old Lulu yoga top I got off trademe (the straps from this look pretty neat over the pink straps of the energy bra).

27-Aug-2013

My new crops arrived! They are Lululemon run for your life crops. Went for a quick (though somehow slow!) jog in them tonight to test them out. Very comfy and quite warm- be interesting to see if they are too warm on longer outings. But so far I am happy - and such a pretty colour. Worn tonight with a men's x-small New Balance jacket and my vibram speeds.

26-Aug-2013

First run in this black top. It's a Lulu top but as I got it 2nd hand I'm not sure of the name of it, it's similar to mile a minute but not quite the same. It's comfy and doesn't wriggle/ride up. Has quite a lot of support so you can wear a normal bra under rather than a sports bra if you want. Teamed it with an old Adidas tennis skirt (built in shorties) which was great for the first 5km but then the shorties rode up a bit and rubbed / got annoying.

Wasn't feeling it today so I walked almost all of the uphill sections. Did my usual loop backwards and it just doesn't flow nicely that way. Did some mini laps of the one flat street all at a jog to make up some time/distance without having to do more hills! As a result, got lots of new personal bests.

23-Aug-2013

New (sale!) run: swiftly racerback (shortcut) with my run:groovy shorts. First day of long distance morning sessions with Andrea in Feilding.

21-Aug-2013

Puma crops and Lulu cardio kick tank. My first time doing an actual loop of jogging (through Tirohanga). New Vibram five finger shoes too - bikila.

19-Aug-2013

Puma crops and Lulu no limits tank, with my lulu beanie. Feeling so fat today :(

16-Aug-2013

14-Aug-2013

Fell over! Wasn't even 200m into my walkies-joggies and I fell over! Got up and kept going for a bit, I'd aimed to do 3km but quit after 2km and went to clean up my rather unpleasant gravel rash. I look slimmer in the pic, but (sadly) that is just an optical illusion due to angles.

12-Aug-2013

New clothes! I'm in Queenstown on holiday so I hit the Lululemon store and bought some shorts, a bra, a top and a beanie! This was my first jog/walkies in some of my new gears (run: groovy shorts and the energy bra) so I was determined to set some new records and ended up going about 2km further than I have before.

10-Aug-2013

Queenstown!

09-Aug-2013

Getting in some exercise the day before going on mini-holiday.

07-Aug-2013

05-Aug-2013

No pic in exercise clothes today, instead we have progress pics including in breeches (yes, even my favourite ones that I actually can't do up anymore). At the end of the month I will see if I'm looking any better (less-bad, perhaps, is what I am aiming for).