It’s been 8 days since I started my Sponsor A Fool challenge for the British Heart Foundation. The plan is to cover 310km in the 31 days of May using only gym equipment. This is how I’ve done:-
Progress So Far
| Date | Treadmill | Rowing | X-Trainer | Daily Total |
| 01/05 | 1.01 | 5 | 6.15 | 12.16 |
| 02/05 | 1.02 | 5 | 6.23 | 12.25 |
| 03/05 | 2.01 | 5 | 4.25 | 11.26 |
| 04/05 | 1.02 | 5 | 6.09 | 12.11 |
| 05/05 | 1.01 | 11.5 | 12.51 | |
| 06/05 | 1.02 | 10 | 11.02 | |
| 07/05 | 1.03 | 5 | 6.25 | 12.28 |
| 08/05 | 1.07 | 10 | 11.07 | |
| 94.63 |
As you can see I’m ahead of schedule, and if truth be told getting fitter by the day. In those 8 days I’ve covered 94.63 kilometres (or 58.8 miles in old money), that’s more than 2 marathons. If anybody wants a way of quickly improving their overall fitness then this is it.
Whilst there is obviously some physical effect from this the tiredness is more than countered by the well being I feel afterwards. When I’m finished in the gym I’m raring to go for the rest of the day. In fact the only downside to doing this challenge and raising some cash for the British Heart Foundation has been the time factor. By the time I get to the gym, do my hour workout (I’m limiting myself to an hour each day) have a shower and then get home it’s usually 11:30. Whilst doing this a few times a week would be OK, doing it every day is having a serious impact on my work, it would usually be those hours that I’d catch up on e-mail and stuff like that. But never mind, it’s all for a good cause.
2 Responses to “Sponsor A Fool – Progress Report”
le vin
May 10, 2009
just blogwalking dude!!
|Joey Logano Fan
May 12, 2009
That’s awesome Paul. Hopefully after you are done with your challenge, you can keep it going, but yeah slow it down to perhaps 4 days a week. I heard from my running coach, that 3 days is the minimum to keep the shape you are in.
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