Notes by Nectar

Your destiny lies in your own hands

On Sunday the 18th of September I decided I was going to start the 10k Runner app from the very beginning. Week 1 Day 1 went like this: Warmup x 5 min Run x 1 min Walk x 1.5 min Repeat run/walk five more times Cooldown x 5 min I’d been struggling and thought starting …

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I went to the gym on Sunday and began with one set of the abs exercises Pete suggested I do with my workouts: Hanging knee raises x 10 Side bends x 10 on each side (20-lb weight) Abdominal toe touches x 20 I just didn’t feel like running that day. I decided I was going to …

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After my weekend yoga retreat, I woke up on Sunday feeling absolutely exhausted so I decided to take the day off. After all, I’d done ten workouts the week before! I had a session with Pete on Monday. I began with a 10-minute warmup on the cross-trainer at a steady pace followed by some stretches. …

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I went to the gym on Sunday and began with one set of the abs exercises Pete suggested I do with my workouts: Hanging knee raises x 10 Side bends x 10 on each side (20-lb weight) Abdominal toe touches x 20 I then did Week 6 Day 1 of the 10k Runner app: Warmup x 5 …

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So, April was a disaster – and I decided it was time to get back into my gym routine. I went to the gym on Monday and decided to ease myself in gently. I decided to do Week 4 Day 1 of the 10k Runner app: Warmup x 5 min Run x 3 min Walk …

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Another busy week! After the gym on Sunday, Dad and I decided to go out for lunch. I wanted to look at some dresses at the Dubai Mall – I was having my birthday drinks on Friday and wanted to look around. He wanted to look at electronics. So we decided to have lunch at …

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I went to the gym on Sunday morning. I did some stretches and did Week 7 Day 1 of the 10k Runner app (again): Warm up x 5 min Run x 20 min Cool down x 5 min I’d been struggling with Week 7 for the last three weeks. I almost managed to run the …

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