I've been too busy to blog, but a lot of that time has been off the couch. My son is playing in a basketball tournament all weekend so I have been watching a lot of sport, but still manage to fit a little in for myself.

I have been cycling a bit, I find it a bit gentler exercise but my heart rate is still up at 75% for most of my ride. Tuesday I managed 13.4km, then Wednesday I did 2.4km on the elliptical and a 1.3km walk with some flights of stairs included. SMASHED my 30km at 31.75km with 2 days to go. It feels good to be on my way.

I set myself a new goal this week, still in preseason, to exercise 35km (my week runs Saturday to Sunday at the moment). Saturday was spent in 2 basketball stadiums watching many, many games, but my pedometer reads 8km. Of course I'm not including any of this on my tally, but at least I know I was moving. So it is Sunday morning and I got out of bed a little earlier than I normally would and cycled 13.1km on the bike tracks around home. I try to keep my bike in a hard gear so I am pedalling quite hard all the time, rather than coasting when there is a downhill stretch.

This weeks exercise tally 13.1km off the couch... and counting.

(Have packed my sneakers and socks so if I get a chance I can go for a walk during the day. It seems really quite funny that I am enjoying challenging myself to move, when only a couple of weeks ago I couldn't even imagine exercising!)