Well I've just spent an incredibly silly half hour adding nearly five hundred poundsworth of very flashy looking running gear to my 'Zalando' wish list, not too sure why but it was good to dream for a little while!.
No running today, rest day following my great run yesterday but it was just as well. Going into the office is rather like letting off a small explosion in the middle of my life, everything flies upwards and outwards and I have no idea of where it might all land. 'Tidying and keeping up with the washing' time is taken up with hair and make-up, 'running' time is replaced by getting there and back and 'keeping up with everyone else' time is taken up with trawling through my wardrobe trying to find something to wear. Days one and two are just about ok but day three is always a nightmare, I end up torn between the Penguin onesy, a pair of running tights or a re-run of days one and two!. Roll on Thursday when I can take control once again and maybe, just maybe I will have won the lottery, sold my book to a publisher or found another job before the next time, here's dreaming!.....
Running for health, happiness and a good laugh whatever your age, size or fitness level
Monday, 24 September 2012
Sunday, 23 September 2012
Going quite well
Well another good Sunday run, it wasn't looking good when I started and I nearly stopped at 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 25 minutes and every other minute that followed but I managed to complete 10 kilometres and I did it in just under an hour and a half. I did walk for 5 minutes to start and then when I got to the 70 minute running mark I walked again to 9 kilometres then I ran for the last kilometre. I do feel as though I'm going forward but as usual it doesn't get any easier. If we are to do the Norwich half marathon then I do need to speed up just a little, if you don't get to the half way mark by an hour and a half then they disqualify you. Need to do my 5 minute warm up before I start so I can really see where I'm at.
This week will be quite tricky again, I'm just getting going and I have to go to the office for 3 days, tomorrow's ok, it's a rest day but Tuesday and Wednesday may be difficult, might have to give discord a miss again.
This week will be quite tricky again, I'm just getting going and I have to go to the office for 3 days, tomorrow's ok, it's a rest day but Tuesday and Wednesday may be difficult, might have to give discord a miss again.
Monday, 17 September 2012
Super Sunday
Quite out of the blue, without any warning I had a brilliant run on Sunday morning. It was on the machine, we were off out in the afternoon so we didn't have time to go out.
I managed a whole hour's running, in total I did 65 minutes, I walked the first 5, I did the next 59 at 7.0 km an hour and the last minute at 8.0 km an hour (sprint finish). I went 7.4 km - I know, you could all walk faster, well that's great, I'm really happy for you. For me, on Sunday, this was massive. For the last few months I haven't been able to run . . . lope/waddle for more than 5 minutes but everything seemed to come together on Sunday and it all worked.
I've had a rest day today but I shall be waddling off again tomorrow determined to build on the progress I'm making.
I managed a whole hour's running, in total I did 65 minutes, I walked the first 5, I did the next 59 at 7.0 km an hour and the last minute at 8.0 km an hour (sprint finish). I went 7.4 km - I know, you could all walk faster, well that's great, I'm really happy for you. For me, on Sunday, this was massive. For the last few months I haven't been able to run . . . lope/waddle for more than 5 minutes but everything seemed to come together on Sunday and it all worked.
I've had a rest day today but I shall be waddling off again tomorrow determined to build on the progress I'm making.
No easier - the problems just change!
One year ago this last weekend we took Charlie off to Leeds. It was a difficult weekend but so full of hope, I was so excited for him. As I've got older I have so wished that I'de gone to university, of course it would have been impossible because I wasn't too bright but I wish I had been and I'de been able to get a degree. There's so much that I wish I knew, books I wish I'de read and friends I wish I'de made. It wasn't a question of Charlie living out my dreams I just wanted him to have a better start than I had, education wise.
One year on, and it was another difficult weekend, Charlie didn't go back, which is fine, it wasn't for him and that's ok. He's working now and seems happy but I'm not sure it's absolutely right for him. What saddens me as I listen to all the wall to wall 'freshers week' commentary that I never seemed to have noticed before, is that had it been a different place or a different course I'm sure he would have loved it, I can't help feeling a bit responsible for that, we should have been involved more, been a bit more pro-active in his choices. I hope he still has dreams and I hope that we can help him with them, I hope that he'll go on and do something so wonderful that he'll never regret not staying.
It never get's any easier does it . . . this parenting lark!!!!
One year on, and it was another difficult weekend, Charlie didn't go back, which is fine, it wasn't for him and that's ok. He's working now and seems happy but I'm not sure it's absolutely right for him. What saddens me as I listen to all the wall to wall 'freshers week' commentary that I never seemed to have noticed before, is that had it been a different place or a different course I'm sure he would have loved it, I can't help feeling a bit responsible for that, we should have been involved more, been a bit more pro-active in his choices. I hope he still has dreams and I hope that we can help him with them, I hope that he'll go on and do something so wonderful that he'll never regret not staying.
It never get's any easier does it . . . this parenting lark!!!!
Sunday, 16 September 2012
Well Done
Well done to everyone who ran the Great North Run today, especially any 'back of the pack Penguins'
Monday, 10 September 2012
Sunday, 9 September 2012
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