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Is it my fault if I'm stunning?

I've completed my 6 mile walk but I wore sandals and now I've got blisters .

not at all, take a weight off have some

3 minutes running, 2 walking, 6 times. Not easy but ok. Tuesday's is going to be tough - 3 running, 1 walking, 8 times. I'm not looking forward to that.

Go go go!

do you want your tea?

Yay! The Ant can run for four minutes easily!!

4 mins running, 3 walking, times 5 plus 2 minutes running to get home quicker (because it is cold out there, dears) and a spectacular sprint finish.

Well done, Amy!

I don't know whether to say you inspired me or shamed me into it, but I ordered a new walking belt for my treadmill yesterday. And I've done 2 miles walking briskly each morning this week, tweaking the speed up a little each day.

So watch out, I'm right behind you!

Brilliant Amy!

My gym are trying to get as many members to participate as possible, but we are already doing somethgn on the 23rd.

My run is on the 26th, but I think the Guildford one is sometime in June .

Oh yes, the 13th, I think, we may be on hols then.

It must have been something else on 23rd, is there some kind of walk on that date? Or perhaps it was a social thing at the gym.

has anyone got a low heart rate?

My heart rate is currently 60 beats per minute. You could set a watch by me .

a pretty funky watch

mine is 55, when I was in hospital they asked if I did allot of exercise because it was so low, I used to do 30 miles a day cycling, apparently that counts.

Taking tablets like beta blockers can push your heart rate down into the forties. Any lower than that and you're probably in trouble. A will speak soon, no doubt.

I ran most of the way to the gym and most of the way back today because walking was too slow . I did 20 minutes on the rowing machine in one go and I aim to do 30 minutes before I do the run, just to check my stamina. I expect the final run to take me just under 30 minutes but I don't get to run the whole distance during training at any stage. They save that for race day. Clever psychology .

I'm still working through my list of suspected allergens. Somewhat surprisingly, I find that I react badly to aubergines, although I'd never noticed that before. I suspect it might be part of a problem with all members of the nightshade family but I haven't got as far as tomatoes and potatoes on my list yet.

4 mins running, 2 walking, times 6, sprint finish.

Only three and a half weeks left to the race so I'm going to have to step up the training. Mondays run will be (6 + 2) x 5

That's really impressive, Amy. You're putting me to shame. I've missed two weeks of gym visits because of a throat virus that made me feel lousy, but it sounds like it takes more than illness to stop an . Well done!

Well, Amy, I have tried to follow your fine example. I returned to the gym today and actually did some real running on the running machines. I did two three-minute s, each immediately followed by a further seven minutes' brisk stride; I also did 10 minutes each on the cycling and cross-trainer machines and five minutes' rowing. I feel great now, but I was walking a bit stiffly on the way home. I think the running disturbed some muscles at the tops of my thighs that hadn't been called into such vigorous action in years.

Well done, Orm! I must go and put on my PE kit. It's time for my .

I did it . And I had plenty to spare at the end of each 6 minute run. In fact I sprinted second half of the last 6 minutes. That was 40 minutes in total and a long, long way - I had to extend my chosen course twice to fit it all in. I think it was further than three miles - according to my calculations it must be over four miles.

If an ant walks at 3mph for 10 minutes and runs at 6mph for 27 minutes and at 9mph for 3 minutes, how many miles does the ant travel in total?

3.65 Miles.

(3/60)*10+(6/60)*27+(9/60)*3 = 3.65

I'm filled with admiration, Amy

Well done, you should be round that course in next to no time