The search for more time

It quite surprises me just how much gets done when you know you have a whole week off work. You seem to have time inside your head to work out exactly where your time would be better spent, I guess because there is the luxury of knowing there will be a little bit of time left over and that if you work late into the night you can at least take things a bit more slowly the next day even if you do still have to get up early.

So, here I am, two computers running and a list of 'projects' beside me, most of which I'm quite excited about - now that's a different type of Monday morning. Is there anything on the list that might part me from the day job, well, maybe but of course a lot more time would be needed and an awful lot of work but here's hoping!.

Firstly, I do now have a training programme, I also have a training programme to get me to the start of the training programme!. It has yet to be agreed by the coach but I'm sure she will be fine with it. I've actually gone back to the one I used last time around. It has the least amount of running to any other programme I have found but that's not quite the way it sounds. We just don't have the time to be out running nearly every day of the week, we are both working full time, Madi is trying to start her business and I have 5 people to wash, iron, cook and clean up after (I've given up moaning now!). I'm going to get back to the mindset that finishing is enough, I'm a bit late in the day to be going for any records now. The other thing I am 'so' determined to do this time is to enjoy it, there is no doubt in my mind that this will be my last marathon and I want to be at the marathon I've seen on TV for so many years, not the one I was at last year.

The running machine has been folded up and will be reserved for the coldest, snowiest, windiest, wettest days only. I need to get out. I'm going to do a bit of lounge loping too, I used to enjoy my lounge lopes, it was the only time I felt I was really getting anywhere.

Well for now I need to get on with the list and tick a few bits off.