hmph, not to plan!

so, went to gym with *E* last night after work....

got on treadmill, and just couldn't work up any enthusiasm..... grr!

1.89 miles in 22.00 minutes.... rubbish! couldn't get into a comfortable running pace, and i have no idea why?!? grr!

went on the crosstrainer for 40 mins to make up the calories burned, did mainly quadracep work. by the time i got off of it my legs felt like jelly! much shakiness!

hehe, funny thing tho.... took a while to click! i went to donate blood a few weeks ago, and found that my iron level was too low to donate, which has also happened once before (last summer). Normally its fine. buuuuut, i was thinking this weekend, and thought, hmm, iron is important for haemoglobin.... which is important for transporting oxygen..... and muscles need oxygen.... hmmm! click! (d'oh, i'm a biologist for crying out loud!)

so instead of doing the eating apricots and cornflakes thing (the blood donor nurse suggested red wine and dark chocolate!) to bring my iron levels back up i decided to start with some iron supplements....(don't worry, it was suggested by the nurse too, but i normally prefer to do things like this more naturally)..... just to help increase my iron a bit quicker.....

i'll give an update of if i feel it has helped in a coupla weeks..... i'm hoping my legs will feel less tired!

TaTa *H*