This last week had been a good one – I started my new job and managed to get a balance with exercise / training and sleep / rest time.

I’m already getting a good feeling about my new job, and I’m trying to remember it’s only week one… plenty of time to get to know things… lots of mandatory training and getting used to things to happen… but I’ll be fine and I have a feeling it’ll be great. It certainly has a great building, views and facilities (including a free gym!)

Above is the training I did last week, along with a plan for next week. The 25 min walk days are days I’ll be in the office… a nice 10-12 min walk there and back two days a week. It’ll be Tue Wed for a bit, then Tue Thu from some point. I’ll just amend my training to suit.

If you know me you know I’m up early to train, and this week I was waking around 5am or 6am and feeling ok. I need to make sure I’m getting enough sleep (not staying up too late)… but other than that I did:

2 runs / 3 strength / indoor swim / outdoor swim / no rest days

I did a training session from my Garmin on Tuesday…. 5 x 3 mins effort; 2 min recovery. It felt a bit tough but I’m sure it’s good for me. Then today we did 7.5km easy to glasgow green and back.

I’m on a bit of a mission with a fresh start to stop being so greedy and see what happens with my body composition. So far so good. With a week of not being greedy, I’m down a couple of lbs and feeling good. The numbers are looking good anyway.

Tomorrow I’m off for an early morning swim in Loch Lomond with a friend. Maybe a mile or so swimming… and today I treated myself to a good breakfast out and an ice cream for lunch (after I washed the cars).

Next week I’m planning 2 runs, 2 strength, a swim and a long hill walk on Sunday. With Saturday off training to go help someone move, a day trip to help them.

Other than that I’m having a nice time sunbathing in this nice weather. 👍🏻 Enjoying Summer and trying to make the most of it.