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Last day for May

Friday 29th May Resting my legs this weekend. Thanks to my team mates  and team sponsors. I had plenty of people sponsor me personally the last two months.  

I hung out in the F Cancer 31 minutes in May facebook group, and saw faces from March Charge. Also lots of photos or maps of wonderful walks across Australia. Its a nice way to get weather info. 

I have seven weeks more Foot Restoration training. It would be nice if I could build up to 31 minutes a day by the end of it.  Its ok for Cancer Council to suggest monthly goals I can't meet yet.  I've surpassed the goal i set myself 2 out of 3 months.  Did too much and paid for it the first month so that's actually a lose although I had the fundraising win. This week is an activity win if I can repeat it next month. I don't have a dog to walk in June, but I hope all the dog owners enjoy the challenge. 

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The Three Month March

Thursday 28th May Alternatively titled "Around the block in 88 days" as 10km was the minium March Charge distance.  Today was my second slowest speed this month but closer to sustainable for longer. I dropped my original plans this month to do equine themed core fitness, and concentrated on the Foot Restoration Program. I haven't been able to maintain a steady 31 minutes, but I feel like I'm getting a better feel for what's possible. 
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One Day Until Goal!

Wednesday 27th May I woke up looking forwad to the finish line, and then started to feel sick warming up! So put the walk off until evening and took it very slow. Which is funny as my pace was much slower a few weeks ago. My gait has improved in the last eighty seven days.  Share

Three days until goal!

Monday 25th May I took the weekend off as I was quite sore and last week was a big week. I've only taken Tuesdays off treadmill before that becasue I'm doing Pilates. I'm up to Week Five of the Foot Restoration Program because its five days a week.  
I've had an almost stable 130 metres a day, so in three days I should not only reach 3 kilometres on the treadmill, but 10 kms since March 2nd when I first started fundraising and 10kms was the minimum for the March Charge initiative. I thought for a while maybe I could do that in two months on the treadmill; well if its taken three, its getting there that matters.  Share

Treading Steady

Sunday 17th May Garmin thinks I only did a kilometre in the real world. I assure you it was more on the google maps.  Share

Midway through May

Friday 15th May I had to drop the core workout, so I'm not making half an hour most days. But I AM staying consistant with 130m on the incline treadmill, only leaving off Tuesday which is Pilates Reformer Day for an hour. But we've regressed back to maintenance there. I'm still showing some improvement in things that matter: sit to stand, and picking up a water bottle. 

Clean Sit-to-stand is facilitated by physio. I'm dragging the weak side up less; more coordinated. My speed increase in the 130m can be almost totally credited to The Foot Collective training, as I could correct weighted stance with pilates reformer but couldn't translate that into gait.  Its still wobbly and feels terrible but demonstrably more time efficient. I'm not trying to speed up, just go more accuratedly forwards.  Share

And we're off!

Friday 1st May I did not deactivate my garmin from the March Chargers until AFTER I did my walk. Oh well, seeing I only get metres it doesn't matter so much. Flying for my last fundraiser was exciting, but all it entailed put me into a ME/CFS flare. So I'm staying close to home this month to establish a pedestrian baseline. 
Last month I had to cut back on my usual pilates, and tried to replace it with a five minute core fitness challenge from Dressage Rider Training, figuring wheelchair rider posture is also important. I failed at five minutes a day, but am trying again this month. https://dressageridertraining.com/free/ This is a free challenge. 

I'm also training for treadmilling and then walking a little more carefully, using a twelve week online training from the Foot Collective. The first class felt surprisingly brutal and its just toe mobilisations. Granted I have a neurologically compromised foot and this is aimed at an average sedentary person. 

I have team mates! There doesnt seem to be a team blog though. Still really working out this site, which is quite different from The March Charge. So is the aim for time spent (suggested 31 minutes) rather than kilometres run or walked(minimum 10km). This is a much more custamizable and disability friendly challenge.  Share