Midmorning in my sunny office 🙂 What a lovely space to be in. We have recently relocated to another part of the building altogether. Although quite out of the public eye (and a long walk to freedom from the nearest loo hehe) it has turned out to be quite a pleasant move. Anyhoo, did not have (or rather, did not make) much time over the last couple of days to blog. Oh, I anticipated this change from initial “over the moon” excitement to merely something I have to maintain. Alas, still as excited as ever, but time has run away with me and my ideas.
So, where was I? Ah yes, on 5am cardio. On a treadmill. In the gym.
Whenever I get asked about my exercise regime, and I finally admit that I am in the gym 9 out of 10 mornings at 5am, the general reaction is something along the line of “Why punish yourself like that?”. After all, this means getting up at least at 04h30 (which massively impedes on good old sleeping time) and better still, in the middle of winter it is freezing cold down in the Cape. To which I then answer “It’s my time”. Simply put, the excuse of “I never have time” and “I have other responsibilities” and “But it’s cold” never convinces me. When all the time you have to exercise is 5am in the morning, then make good use of that time.
There I was this morning, 5 am, happily toddling away at 6.3km per hour, at an incline of 7 degrees. An average HR of about 127. Low intensity cardio they call it. Wide screen tv’s everywhere, CNN showing the latest on the US Presidential candidates. Darkness outside, some random drips and drabs of traffic on the highway in the distance. And I,toddling away for 1 hour. For 540 Cal.
At this point one would ask “What on earth does she do with the time” – yes, a WHOLE hour. Simple, I think. People often complain about the lack of quality me-time, quality time to recharge and plan and think upon your own existance
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