Sunday, July 08, 2007

My life revolutionised... with exercise

I'm a free bird now... well almost, I only have Thursday to go, then I'm back to the world of freelance journalism until I find a job that is challenging, creative, fun, pays my bills in full and can cover a shopping spree when the need arises...

So, like any lady of leisure, I decide to do a complete overhaul of my life. From the inside to my exterior. Starting with exercise.

Ok, you can stop laughing now - I can hear you so-called friends rolling over like you're watching a re-run of The Office. I have been known to do a bit of exercise in my lifetime.

Anyway, like a sucker, I took to the new health and fitness centre around my way. I took one look at the list of classes and saw something called Revolution... that sounded perfect. I didn't bother to find out what it was, because for me, too much information = enough information to back out of anything that will a) break a fingernail; b) break a limb or c) bore the living daylights out of me.

Anyway, by 11am on Sunday, I had found a whole new respect for cyclists. I hereby promise not to overtake a cyclist at full speed, accidentally-on-purposely giving he/she a water bath on a wet April morning... and I promise not to block the cyclist lane because I don't want to drive at 2mph behind him/her until I find enough space to safely overtake.

And I will never flick over when Tour De France is on. I want tips on how to sit on a cycle for those long periods of time...

Revolutions turned out to be aerobics on stabilised cycles. Sitting down is "challenging" at the moment... and that's all I'm prepared to say about it.

For now....

Monday, July 02, 2007

Smoke-free London... I'm loving it

1st July and the smoking ban has come and it's like a breath of fresh air - sorry!

I feel like a child who was none the wiser to smoke-filled bars, restaurants (even I always sit in the non-smoking section), and train stations.