Another 9 weeks

Little Nemo has become a Fitball Fanatic since her return from LAnzarote. Tonight is Fitball night at Dalgety Bay Leisure Centre and so a new venue for tonights visit to the gym for Bigman.

The plan was to repeat last night with a step up on the heart rate. He climbs on the step machine and the rhythm clicks. The cycle rate is over 3oo revs per minute, the calories are racking up faster than the Ironman calorie count, and the heart rate is rocketing up to 150 beats per minute and it feels good!

650 calories later and Bigman feels in the zone. No bikes are available and so the treadmill waves him towards it. and in an instant he is swallowed. The moving black mat speeds up as if to throw him on the mat like a bucking bronko. Of course, it is his own hand on the speed increase button. sense prevails and he resists going beyond a pedestrian 6.5 mph. The Ironman hardly breaks sweat at 8.5 miles per hour but he is not likely to burst a blood vessel.

A warm down with some upper body weights and Bigman feels like the half a bionic man. Another 9 training weeks and he will be at peak fitness ready to give his all to raise money for Aberlour Child Care Trust.

For the benefit of the eagle eyed blog spotters - The Fit One had stopped his car to phone The Ironman :-)