Today’s Personal Training session was quite a surprise indeed. After I had done a little warm up on the treadmill I discovered Mr E had decided we were going outside for a run. We set off on the same route as last week only this time as is usual for Mr E when he thinks things are getting to easy (he must be reading this site) he spiced it up a little further. After we got past the 2k point, which I was really pleased to discover I did without stopping once he decided that we should do a combination of jogging/walking/sprinting up and down the road. It certainly got the heart pumping again but unlike last time I had no trouble at all with my calves. I actually enjoyed it – but please don’t tell him.
After we turned the corner past B&Q he then introduced an incentive that went along the following lines. So long as I kept up with his pace, he would do a single burpee and then sprint ahead of me for every 30 seconds. Despite my brain telling me I had had enough by this time, I actually found the fact the Mr E was now working equally as hard as me quite motivational and watching him do these burpees and sprints actually kept me going longer than I suspect Mr E thought I would. I think he was actually very pleased to hear me say as we approached the end of the route that I needed a rest. Unfortunately I had to do a Burpee as punishment. Still my one Burpee was worth the many Burpees Mr E had to do. Seeing him sweat for once was really good fun. We finished off by Mr E having to do push ups, while I jogged ahead until a point in the road where our final race to the finish point would begin. Sadly for me, despite him having put some effort himself into the training for once, he still beat me to the finish post. I remarked “not for much longer” as we returned to the gym where we both did some final sprints on the fixed bikes before stretching.
I hardly dare say it, but I actually enjoyed this session. Keep it to yourself though.
