I was thinking of all the Down-Under exercisers today who are bravely getting out in the winter chill. My husband and I went for a walk for more than an hour this morning. It was hot, bright, hot, sunny, hot and so sweaty!! Oh did I mention that it was hot? It was 35 degrees.
Now, I hate being cold in winter, but I also hate the degree to which I sweat in this humidity. It was really hard to peel off my clothes when I got home because they were completely soaked. I wanted to put my swimsuit on to go for a swim, but couldn't it on my sticky skin!! So, I grabbed an old, big swimsuit and threw it on, then plopped into the pool. Ahhhh the relief!!!  Except... the swimsuit was so baggy that my boobs were floating out of it. Not a good look, but it made me laugh.
I tried jogging for a while. I learned that while I can 'jog' for 25 mins on the crosstrainer, I can't jog for long on the pavement. It's a whole different kind of exercise. However, today's long walk demonstrated very clearly that I am so much fitter these days (it would be hard to have been less fit back in January -  I was a couch slob!!)

• I enjoyed the whole walk and wasn't wishing we would turn around and go home
• I didn't stop or puff on the stairs in the path at the end of the walk. I used to have 2 or 3 stops on those steps
• I jogged for a while and didn't collapse
• Ian didn't stop to wait for me - I was with him, and sometimes ahead of him
• I had energy left to do some laps in the pool

I'm saving my own life.