54 min. Run 10 minutes. Walk 1 minute. Do this 4 times.
I was
dreading this. I put off the session
until Wednesday, because on Tuesday morning my legs still felt tired from
Saturday’s and Sunday’s exertions. I
then decided that I had better go out in the morning before work, rather than
afterwards, as I would likely chicken out if I had the whole day to stew on it.
So I got up
at 6am, had a slice of toast and a yogurt and was out of the house at 6.25am.
It wasn’t
really worth worrying about. The third
round was quite hard, but there were a good few minutes of going up an incline
in that one so I walked a few seconds of it.
I managed to not check my watch until about 5 to 7 minutes in for each
round, which made it feel easier. I
worked out that it takes me 10 minutes to do one mile, which equates to a pace
of 6 mile per hour. It’s very slow, but
I’m not bothered about being fast. The
first, second and fourth rounds felt OK.
I wasn’t huffing and puffing as much as I have been on previous training
sessions, which must prove that I’m getting fitter.
I considered
trying to push myself to go faster and/or take longer strides but decided
against that. This week’s training
sessions are planned to be quite close together (Wednesday, Friday and Sunday)
so I don’t want to push myself too hard.
From next week (easy recovery week yeah!) I plan to get back into the
Tuesday/Friday/Sunday sessions. Week 6
left me all out of whack. Hopefully by
week 9 I’ll be able to push myself a bit more.
If you like
reading about my progress please consider supporting me to complete the
training by donating to the Abortion Support Network (ASN). You do this in two ways:
Directly to
ASN: https://www.abortionsupport.org.uk/support-us/donate/
Total raised so far: £26.75.
Why am I doing this? ASN provide
money to women needing to travel from Ireland (both the Republic and the North)
to England to access an abortion. Currently
it is very, very difficult for women to access an abortion in Ireland which means travelling for the procedure is then only open to women with money. That's not fair.
It strikes me
that if you’re going to make abortions very difficult to get you should provide
high quality sex education, free contraception for anyone is sexually active (no matter the age),
fully paid, statutory maternity and paternity leave for at least the first year
of the child’s life, state subsidised cheap childcare, a set of comprehensive
benefits that don’t mean people have to live in poverty, and an effective
adoption and foster care system.
Do any countries provide this?
Do any countries provide this?
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