I came across Christine Tinslay’s Healthy Happy Habits on a Facebook bloggers support page when she offered me the opportunity to trial her 12 week program and blog about it. Of course my hand went up right away. As readers will know, I do love a 12 week challenge. Previously I have done Michelle Bridges […]
Another week on TOGO920 Cycling Challenge
The TOGO920 challenge is to cycle 920 kilometers in 8 weeks. We are up to week 3 and I am way, way, behind, but still feeling confident that I can make the distance. I have time off over the next couple of weeks, so plan to spend longer hours on the bike. This week, I’ve […]
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TOGO920 Cycle Challenge – Week 1
Sunday 15 May – O’Keefe Rail Trail: Axedale towards Bendigo and back to Axedale. First ride of the challenge and first ride since injury. Very short, only 18.1 ks but felt really good. I intend this to be the shortest ride of the challenge. Shoulder and knee are feeling good, and I do feel like […]
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Epic Hikes & Treks: Burke and Wills Trail
Even though the Camino was almost two years ago, I still can’t seem to shake off the restlessness. Lately, again, I’ve been thinking about what exercise challenge is next for me, so I’ve been googling and generally, just looking around. I’ve come up with a couple of things that call to me and have me […]
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Training to run again
I’ve been visited by a couple of examples of inspiration over the past few days. My friend Jane is a huge inspiration. She has lost a huge amount of weight recently and ran her first marathon last weekend. Then there is the example, that has been all over Facebook, of 100 year old Ida Keeling […]
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Post holiday challenge
So the holiday is now over. We had a wonderful time with everything turning out to be as fantastic as we had hoped and planned it to be. We crammed so much into those three weeks and have no regrets at all. But now it’s back to the real world and time to get fit […]
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Change of Direction
You may have noticed that there has been a slight change to the name of this blog. This has come about because as my life has moved on in recent years. I don’t feel that Next Phase In Fitness describes my life exactly anymore. Recording fitness routines and goals as I have been doing since […]
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Weight Training
Over Xmas, I gave myself time off weight training. But today, the last day off, I have been thinking about how much I’ve missed it. I usually start the day when the alarm goes off at 5.20am and hit the homegym. As I’ve committed to doing Run 4 Kids New Year Virtual Run, during the […]
