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Workout 12-02-15

Image courtesy of Naypong at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Image courtesy of Naypong at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

I’m trying to balance a couple of running sessions a week with some core strength training, and last week started using some hand weights to try the exercises in the Feb 2015 issue of Women’s Running. This was my session for tonight:

Equipment: 1.5kg hand weights

Time: 20 mins + warm-up/cool-down

  • 10 reps – 3 sets of each
    • Dumbbell Bent Over Row
    • Dumbbell Lunges
    • Dumbbell Triceps Kickback – each side
    • Crunches – straight and each side obliques
    • Dumbbell Shoulder Press
    • Dumbbell Squats
    • Kneeling Side Leg Lift – each side
    • Toe Taps

Playlist: Home Playlist 1

Song of the workout: Rock This Country – Shania Twain

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GNR, Here We Come!

GNR entry

Well, it’s official! I’m not getting out of it now – ballot entry successful for the Great North Run in Newcastle.

My friend J and I decided to enter this year – neither of us having run the distance before, but hey, we’ve got 7 months to prepare right?! We’re both amateur runners – I can covered 5km comfortably at a jog and can make it round a 10km but the end sight is anything but pretty! We’re both booked into several different events between now and then of increasing distances and terrains.

Let the journey begin…

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