Golf is the leisure activity of choice for many here in Almerimar and along the coasts of Spain, and who can blame with them with the year round weather, amazing views and plethera of golf courses to pick from. Manhy retire with plans of playing many a round of golf with friends and family, so [...]
Golf Fitness
November 5th, 2009Long Bike Ride This Morning Around Almerimar
April 4th, 2009Just back from my first ‘long’ bike ride in a
long time! By long I mean I turned right out of our apartment and cycled up the hill out of the marina. Turned left at the roundabout and rode through Matagorda, down through Guardias Viejas, along the beach, through the marina, and back up the apartment.
I [...]
La Barbera Work Looking Good
March 10th, 2009Just back from a great bike ride. Riding along the beaches here in Almerimar and up to Guardia Viejas on a day like this is actually a real joy. Bit windy again, but the sunshine and fresh air more than make up for it.
Took a quick photo with the iPhone of the work [...]
50 Today
November 3rd, 2008I have just set up the Wii Fit, and according to the initial tests I have a Wii Fit age of 50!!! That means it thinks I am 5 years older than I actually am ……
It also reckons that I have a BMI of 26.02 which makes me overweight (can’t argue with that) and am [...]
Saturday Morning Bike Ride
August 9th, 2008Went for a bike ride this morning – down past the nature reserve and along the East Beach. Posted a letter in the marina, then cycled through the marina past all the stalls for the Sailors Market, and then along the West Beach. For the first time I used the newly opened path through the [...]
Summer Thoughts
August 5th, 2008Wow it has been exhaustingly hot here in Almerimar over the past 10 days or so, and I have probably unwisely been trying to get back into my fitness, mainly by running! We’ve been meeting up with some visiting, regular Almerimar Life readers over the past week and they all seem to be enjoying this [...]
Sun And Pedalos
July 2nd, 2008Wow it definitely is getting warm! I still haven’t managed to get up and out for a run by 8.30 am my target time, but this morning I did manage 9ish. However that extra 30 mins seems to make a big difference now in terms of the sun’s heat. At 8.30 I was actually enjoying [...]
Early Sunday Run
June 29th, 2008Today I impressed myself by actually managing to run before breakfast. I was out the door by 10am, which felt pretty early this morning, as Sunday for me has always had that ’should be relaxing feel’, as I have normally been lucky enough not to have to work at weekends.
It was already heating up [...]
Starting Training Again!
June 29th, 2008I am off to play tennis this morning for the first time in over a month i.e. since I pulled the muscles in both thighs football training.
Since then I have had a lot of swelling, stiffness and pain in my left knee. Combine that with a general lack of activity and far too many beers [...]
July Fitness
June 26th, 2008Wow it has become SO hot in the last 10 days. I’m going to have to get up mega early to get any running in now! My gym wasn’t much better yesterday as although I know they have air-con, they don’t seem too keen to use it. Could this be that it just isn’t worth [...]
Step Again!
June 25th, 2008Interesting morning at my gym today. I’m finding fitness training tougher already in this new summer heat, so I have to own up to not feeling my most motivated, which is why I thought one of Damaris’s great tonificacion classes would be just the thing to get me going.
Imagine then my dismay when I arrived [...]
Morning Run & Coffee
June 21st, 2008It has definitely got much hotter in the past week, so much so that I now do need to get up and get running before breakfast. Today I didn’t get out at 8.30am which was my intention, but around 10am, after tea and a banana I managed it. It WAS hot but as i am [...]
Obstacle Course!
June 4th, 2008Interesting run yesterday morning; i wasn’t aiming to do a long one, but I was planning to run down past the old Melia Hotel and then turn onto the beach to come back. It was actually quite funny, but I discovered there is currently now no way to run down to the hotel as the [...]
FINALLY Ran!
May 24th, 2008Finally I have motivated myself to go running again, after a lazy week when I didn´t even get to the gym. I blame my trip to the UK, as, although I did a little fitness stuff during my 11 days there, I was basically pretty lazy on that front and it is SO easy to [...]
Tough Yoga
May 16th, 2008I’m impressed. My legs are feeling far more fatigued today, after this morning’s yoga class than after my cross-training and leg lifts in the gym yesterday, AND I thought I was merely doing some stretches. Of course it could be the cumulative effect of yoga, dog walking up sand-dunes, and the fact that Mum directed [...]
Tough But OK
May 6th, 2008Ok so it was only for about 20 minutes but I’ve actally just done my first run in at least 2 months! Well motivated Chris as I was definitely going off the idea, but I got to be pace-maker as I’m not that good at running slower even when not very run fit, AND Chris [...]
