"Mojo: The life force. The essence. The right stuff. What the French call a certain... I don't know what. " Dr Evil

My training Mojo appears to be lost and there is a very simple reason - if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Now dont roll your eyes. This is not so much a lecture as a case study. After months of having great improvements in my running, riding and swimming times, something happened along the way and my schedule changed. I had a bit of an ankle 'thing' for 3 weeks which changed what activities I was allowed to do and since then my schedule has not recovered. Forgive me father, for I have hit 'snooze'.

Now, don't get me wrong, setting the alarm for 5am 5 days a week and just deciding what training to do when you wake up may work for some people, but in my own experience and my experience working with people...it rarely does. It is mucho easy to press snooze when you dont really know what you are getting up for. Remedy? Plan. Schedule it in. Do it now. Here are the general instructions for planning your own workout schedules for those who are relatively new to this.
1. Decide which days and times are feasible for you to exercise. Be realistic.
2. You can use any old piece of paper but I was given this great pad by a friend this year and it appeals to the part of me that loves everything to be neat and pretty (NB that part does not feature in the kitchen. 4 day old dishes in the sink don't bother me in the least)

3. As a general rule, try not to do exactly the same activity two days in a row. If you do like to run a lot or ride etc, then make sure each session has an aim. Try writing the activity, the intencity and the length of the session. See my schedule above for an example.

4. GET IT DONE!

I like to pin this on my fridge but you can put it anywhere that suits.

Ok - time to train!