Articles from May 2010

Sunday Is My Favorite Day At Holmes Place

Spaddicts Log Sunday 30th May Run on Elliptical 80minutes Aerobics 60 minutes Total Calories Burnt 2450 I cannot wait till tomorrow morning to feel this damn cast come off  tomorrow and start my rehabilitation and get back to regular exercise. Problem is I overdid it a little with the hand on Friday and I have had [...]

Shabbat Shalom

Spaddicts Log Friday 28stMay Trail Run +- 12KM   Total Calories Burnt 1350 I had the most awesome run this morning. I was in the dunes at Wingate and it was great. Perfect weather and a perfect trail .See some of the pics of this place it’s the most serene place to run.  I ran [...]

Almost Forgot To Log The Slog

Spaddicts Log Thursday 27th May Run on Elliptical 90minutes  Swim 10 laps cooldown Total Calories BurntAfter Cooldown 1650   I almost forgot to log my effort for the day at Holmes Place. As you can see not much is changing but it has been an overall consistent week of hard cardio so far. I am hoping [...]

Ya Da Ya Da Ya Da !!!!!!!

Spaddicts Log Tuesday 25th May Stomach exersizes 15 minutes Run on Elliptical 90minutes Total Calories Burnt with cooldown 1750 The Elliptical is definitely less impact and I only get stiff muscles it’s a different soreness altogether. The 90 minute run on it is an awesome but  very hard workout. I thoroughly enjoyed the ride today [...]

6 Days Till My Cast Comes Off

Spaddicts Log Monday 24thMay Run 62 minutes   Total Calories Burnt 1100   My legs are killing me today . I had a hard run and was almost ready to turn back earlier but I fought through the pain and laziness and pushed on to 10km on the road today and on the marina’s wharf. [...]

A Refreshing Start To The Weeks Labour Of Love

Spaddicts Log Sunday 23rd May Trail Run 60 minutes Aerobics 60 minutes Total Calories Burnt with cooldown 2200 Did not manage to get the morning run going so I settled for the shortish (+-10km)  trail run with a lot of uphills and sand. It was great to be outdoors again and not on the elliptical. [...]

10 Days Left Till My Cast Comes Off

Spaddicts Log Friday 21stMay Run on Elliptical 88 minutes   Total Calories BurntAfter Cooldown 1550   10 Days Left Till My Cast Comes Off and it cannot come sooner. Boredom is setting in and it’s a dangerous factor to my training regime. It explains yesterdays complete laziness in not doing anything yesterday.  I made up for [...]

Yawn !!!!! A Little Bored Today

Spaddicts Log Monday 17thMay Run on Elliptical 83 minutes   Total Calories BurntAfter Cooldown 1466   Its sounding boring and sure as hell is starting to feel a little repetitive but what can you do. I need to run more outdoors weather permitting this week to make it more interesting . 12 days left till [...]

Running Hard On The Elliptical

Spaddicts Log Sunday116thMay Run on Elliptical 90minutes  Swim 2 laps cool down Total Calories BurntAfter Cooldown 1700 I have been running hard on the elliptical these days and my heart rate is up there while doing it. I would say for the 1st 60 minutes am keeping it at around 160-172 Beats per minute average [...]

Tomb Of Our Patriarchs

Spaddicts Log Thursday 13thMay Run on Elliptical 85 minutes   Total Calories Burnt 1300   I have a huge blister on my one toe from yesterdays run. Ouch!!! I did manage to get to the gym again this morning and do 85 minutes on the elliptical. I am getting good n the thing and my fitness [...]