Day 2 - London with Emily 19/2/23

Yesterday was awesome fun

Tate Briton, river boat to Tate Modern, bday cupcakes on the steps of St Paul, huge Waterstones at Piccadilly, Italian meal just by Waterloo.

29,000 steps 

Outlaw IM training starts today!!!

And so it begins

6.3km 48mins

Tri club swim session 1 hour

Tudor house for 2 pots of tea and a toasted tea cake

Operation fit & healthy = GAME ON!!!

#LizzieGoesLong 

Club La Santa day 4

It's 9:30pm and I'm in bed. 

That should tell you all you need to know about this place 😂

Lots of stretching

A front crawl coached session on the catch and body position 

The most amazingly fun dance class

Really interesting seminar on pain - hot/cold alternate 5mins of each, save ibuprofen for when pain is excruciating as if you can manage the pain your recovery will be quicker. Plus trick the brain to do more. 

And then more stretching 

Out for dinner and a little walk before the utter joy of bed by 9:30pm

Last full day

It's been amazing and def brilliant start to #LizzieGoesLong 

Club La Santa day 3

Started the day open water swimming in the lagoon - skins - 1800m approx 45mins.

Felt fabulous but arms were getting tired so decided to stop

I'm feeling very positive though for the Outlaw if I'm happily doing 1800m before I've been started my training in earnest!

The rest of the morning was breakfast and a spa 🥰

Lunch then :

I am really tired.

I guess it's the constant doing something 

An excellent easing in to my training proper in a few weeks time. 

And FYI - I now have an idea what to do with the TRX 🤩 An amazing piece of kit that enables you to do pretty much everything. I'm now excited to try it when I'm next at Jubilee or Mayflower Gym

Last full day tomorrow 

#LizzieGoesLong 

Club La Santa day 2 - 1st Feb 2023

First full day

#LizzieGoesLong

Feeling awesome and tired

Track session - 4.6km 45mins 

Pilates - the instructor rolled back, rolled forward and stood up. I couldn't do this 😂😂

Luncheon on our sun terrace 

Senior (over 50) strength session

Practically fell asleep during stretch and relax

1500m 55mins in the pool - did a made up set:

200m pull

200m swim

100m pull

Then x5 

50m sprint / rest 15secs / 50m easy / rest 30secs 

Then 200m back / breast / some kick 

100m pull

100m swim

100m back / breast 

Felt great!!!!

Huge supper

Little walk 

Now drinking tea and eating chocolate chip cookies 

Am feeling awesome about #LizzieGoesLong

My training proper starts w/c 20th Feb xx

Club La Santa day 1 - 31/1/23

Got out of the taxi at 12:45 and was checked in and having lunch with the girls by 1pm

Fabulous.

Got sorted with the app and got booking!!!

I am now a huge fan of CLS and I absolutely love their 50m pools 

Pilates/stretchy class - bit knackering 

1000m swim 28mins

Supper, wine and in bed by 9:30pm 😂

#LizzieGoesLong 

Winter Sun - the journey

I'm writing this from the sofa in our apartment at Club La Santa, Lanzarote. 

It's fabulous 

After work Monday 30/1 I caught the 7:18pm to Waterloo and was drinking tea with Pete and Nick in Pimlico by 8:40pm

Such a lovely catch up plus love my birthday pressie from them - ten steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby (loved her Netflix show)

Headed off to Victoria Station 10:15pm and was eating a Macdonald's on the train to Gatwick at 10:56pm

Basically I was going to sleep at the airport!

Spoiler alert - I manage an hour on a bench by Costa Coffee at arrivals North terminal 1:45-2:45am. I was starting to feel quite delirious but after my nap I felt so much better!!! I am now an even bigger fan of the nap 

Went though security at about 4am after walking around departures for awhile - both inside and outside. So peaceful. And smashed out the steps 😂

Charged phone, watched some YouTube, read my kindle and chilled. Then wahoooo - off to the gate for my flight to Lanzarote. Ate, read, snoozed and before I knew it - we landed. No luggage to collect so I was out of the airport and in a taxi to Club La Santa by 12:15pm

OMG

Lanzarote is beautiful.