Great work Jane~Doe! (and everyone else for that matter!)
I swear in on August 18th and start BMOQ on the 25th. My friend and I have been training for a 10k here in Halifax that is on the 17th so that has kept me running. When I handed in my application in March I started to seriously work out. Sad to say but in March I could not even do one lady style push up....now I am up to 15 military style. My goal is to be able to do the men's standard on my Expres test at the very least.
Keep up the good work everyone and I will see you all there!
Hey everyone- sorry I didn't get to post last night, their was a big storm and I had to unplug all the tech. Anyways, what did I do yesterday? Biked to the gym and then did a little on the elliptical. Went for a 3k run (which was more walk than run, but hey- it still counts) and then after work I went to a pretty intense step class. It was a scorcher all day, so just breathing was a bit of a workout. As for today, I Rollerbladed the 6k to the gym, and did a run that I'm really proud of. It was on the treadmill, which isn't ideal, and it was slower than normal, and on no incline at all, but I ran for a full 20 minutes and got in 2.15 miles!!! I know to all you gazelles this is small potatoes, but theirs no way that I would have been able to do even this a month ago- so yippee. I biked the 6k home, and did a few push-ups... another personal best! I got to 9 this time!!! That's 4-5 more than when I started the 30 day count!!! I'm psyched- hope everyone else is starting to reap the benefits too.
As far as running when you are injured goes- take all the time you need to feel 100 %, and seriously, take another few days after that. I had a knee injury a number of years back, and although I've been extremely lucky and it hasn't bothered me since, I'm not about to test it's patience. Stop at the first sign of trouble, and then stay stopped until you are completely sure that you are AOK. It's just not worth it.
And Chach- I would have been on your BOTP if my papers hadn't gotten messed up (officer forgot to sign the back page... and then went on vacation... sigh)- But I'll be there a few days after you. Congrads on the push-ups. Keep it up and stay in touch, it would be cool to meet some of the people from this forum at training. Just curious, but what are you going in as?
Keep it going everyone- I want to know how you are all doing, for better or for worse!
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
Confucius