Dry January is officially over. I confess that I haven’t been completely purist about it. There was the trip to Dubai with Jonathan mid-month, he may well have sent me home on the first flight if I had refused a glass of wine, and besides I didn’t do it punish myself. The reality is I [...]
As I reached mile 10 of the Royal Parks Half Marathon on Sunday, I had to stop for a minute or two and have a quiet word with myself. I’d been running at a fairly steady pace, about 8.5 minute miles to that point and I was starting to really feel it. My legs suddenly [...]
And for my next trick….I’m going to give the Royal Parks Half Marathon a go. Again. It is in approximately 3 weeks time and I’ve only just agreed to do it. Two of my friends were running it for a very worthwhile charity called Homestart (more later) when one of them injured her foot. I [...]
Today we had a lovely day. I made balloon animals in the morning. As you do. I was rather good at dogs. Him indoors was less good. His was a ‘robo dog’ apparently. Then I went for a run. It was a very good run. 10.6k, quite hilly but average 8.36 min/mile so I was [...]
I have just got back from a Triathlon training run, which my watch told me was my Best Ever!! (the watch did the !! not me), it all but cheered at me and reached out and slapped me on the back. Wehey! By Best Ever it means quickest, not longest. But that’s good given I’m [...]
I’ve done half marathons, lots of 10ks and a few 10 mile races. I am proud to officially call myself a runner. At least I was until I started reading ‘proper’ running blogs and realised that I’m still just a wannabe really. But a wannabe’s better than not being at all so I’ll settle for [...]
