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*jogs through in her new 'Run for Life' t-shirt*

The t-shirt and natty hat have arrived so it's time to start training in earnest. I'm wearing the t-shirt - I may as well, before it goes in the wash - but not the hat. The streets of Leeds aren't ready for an ant in a bright pink hat just yet.

Day 1: Run 1 minute, walk 1 minute for 10 to 15 minutes. How hard can it be?

Well good luck and may the Barometer be with you!

Hope it goes well, the imagary of a life sized ant running around leeds in a pink hat is somthing I will never stop giggling about.

Who would have thought that minutes were so long!

I'll tell you when I start swimming again -

Good luck Amy - this seems to be a day for salonista's healthly projects..

I have found that time behaves differently at the gym, it goes slowly when I'm puffing away on the cadrio stuff, the just as I start the relaxing stretches and cool down, it speeds up again.

Keep it up Amy and don't forget your , I never exercise without mine.

and I've recently just managed to find a gym patrner, so I've used up all my final excueses of why I shouldn't* go to the gym Spring is in the air; I've just ordered a shelf full of books and some DIY equipment, and soon new things will be springing up in my house Good luck ,

I don't think just reading about exercise works very well, 2legs .

I have a rest day tomorrow. Well, I'll go to the gym but I won't do anything on the treadmill and the training instructions say not to do weights with the legs. I'll be running again on Thursday.

The Race for Life is on May 26th.

The reading won't be about exercising, that will be done down the road at the nearby gym

Hi Amy, Its been ages since Ive heard from you, Good Luck with your run, are you sponcered at all?

Any way, have fun and once again, Good Luck with it
Smudger.

Well done that ! What's the distance of the Run For Life?

5km, Orm.

Hi Amy
Well done Amy, I really admire anyone that can do any running! Me, I did the London Strollerthon a few years back for Save The Children. It took most of the day and 10 miles has never seemed so long, especially the last 2. And that was strolling!! I did raise £2,500 so it was worth it, but as for running - count me out!!! So good luck and keep us posted on how the training is going, I am with you in spirit even if the body is cream crackered!

I did run to work in the winter of 2001, my bike had a bent wheel and I couldn't be bothered to walk, that was about 5km.

ok so my kind of running is classed by everyone else as fast jogging but to hell I managed it in 30 minutes

Best of luck,

Martin Owens

I'm aiming to run the 5k course without stopping and to do it in 30 minutes. However, running for one minute is a challenge at the moment .

In answer to Smudger, yes it's a sponsored event. The money is for cancer research.

The website is at http://www.raceforlife.org/

I'm back from the gym. I did my usual 35 minutes of cardio and then 15 minutes of upper body weights.

My left knee (back leg) is a bit dodgy. I'll have to keep an eye on it.

running for 1 minute? how much can you jog?

well done on going the gym by the way.

-- DoctorMO --

I don't think there's a difference between ant-running and ant-jogging .

I'm following the training programme provided when I signed up for the run.

About your knee, Amy, I just happened to come across this: http://www.asterlil.com/antknees.htm

That made me laugh out loud. Yep, there's the problem in a nutshell.

I'm off again in a moment. This time it's 1 minute running, 1 minute running. Just like last time really except that I have to do it for 15 minutes - I'm not allowed to wimp out at 10.

*goes to warm up*