New Challenges

Starting today I'm doing a 30 days of yoga challenge, following this playlist by Adriene. It will surely be a well deserved change for this aching and stiff body that I've neglected since I got it. My shoulders and whole chest are in an awful state to say the least. A visit to my chiropractor and wonderworker is going to happen soon to help my body's healing process.

Earlier today I finally fixed the flat tire on my bike, which means I will start taking it to work starting tomorrow. It's going to be so nice not having to miss the bus every morning. And I'm of course wearing a helmet!

Since I'm going to get most of my cardio from riding the bike 7km two times per day, it is time to change my routine at the gym and do more muscle work. Have some research to do for that one, to get myself a good program.

As my crawl course finished last week it is time to start swimming on my own. Found out the other day that the outdoor pool will open on the 25th which is great since there's barely anyone using it on weekday evenings. I also found out that you can get a season pass just for the outdoor pool which is a lot cheaper than the regular card. So swimming on Tuesday will probably still be one, might get a bit flexible if I have anyone joining me.

And that's all the changes to my training clothes routines. Feeling very excited about the yoga and I'm really hoping it will help me get rid of my hurting chest and shoulders.

Back at the gym

After a week of rest I'm now back at the gym for my regular runs. My past week was filled with zero motivation and lots of crippling pms-anxiety​, so training was rather out of the question as going to work was hard enough. Today I'm still having zero motivation, but the anxiety is gone so it's a lot easier to force myself back here.

During the weekend I've made the decision not to do the triathlon next month, as I'm not good enough with the swimming and I also have no idea on how to transport my bike to the race area. For the same reason I will not attempt the Gothenburg classic as the swimming is even longer and the water filled with even more swimmers. It doesn't feel safe.

Next goal is therefore the midnight race, in Stockholm. Which will be bloody difficult because there is a hell-hill to climb... But challenge accepted.

(Can my nose please stop bleeding so I can actually start my run -.-)

Vårruset 2017

It was a rather cold but sunny evening when I joined 12.000 other women in Vårruset here in Gothenburg. I had my mum cheering me on as I did my best in this 5 kilometer long race. This was my first time running outdoors, usually I'm just on the treadmill, and it was a lot more difficult than expected. I think my biggest issue was to keep a steady pace as I ran past all the joggers and walkers. Ended up on a time around 40 minutes, don't know for sure since the watch I was using for time-taking was useless and showed 32 seconds as I passed the goal. I feel very certain that that wasn't my real time, but who knows for sure.

Though it was cold and harder than expected it was also a fun experience and I will be back next year for sure!

Still haven't decided if I'm going for the "Gothenburg classic" challenge. Mostly because I'm a bit short on money currently and the first race is on the 27th of May. It also falls on a day when Rhys is visiting, so I would have to drag him with me as well.

We'll see what happens. Should probably fix that flat tire of mine and start riding the bike to work first of all.

Bullet Journal

Poor thing. I've been completely forgetting all about my bullet journal during this last month. During the weekend I've been trying to get it back to life again with completely new layout. I think the last one worked against me because it was too difficult for me to get an overview. 

For May I've enlarged the monthly view, which will be my main-planner. On the next spread I've put my money-tracker and a weekly to-do list plus daily tracking of a few habits. I had to rip out a few pages, as I had already made the old template for the coming month. 

Here's the new monthly view, giving me a good overview of the coming month right away.

Tracking of economy and a simple weekly planer to keep track of tasks.