10 miles 10 miles 10 miles - woo hoo!!

Ok I am a few days late - sorry.. however I have news...10 miles!! woo flippin hoo!!
Gorgeous Sunday morning, great weather, cold and sunny. Bristol really is BEAUTIFUL. We ran along the river, around the SS Great Britain and under the Suspension Bridge. GORGEOUS!!


It was hard I am not going to lie, but, and here it is... my legs ache, but NOT as much as last week. Now that surely is progress with a capital P!!


Kettle bells and alpha bags on Monday night with the lovely ladies from Energised Performance... wow those lunges hurt..


Kim (EP) emailed me the new plan to get me to the marathon - still too scared to open it, there's something in there about running 20 miles on 1st April - must be an April fools joke!!!


12 miles this weekend and then the Bath half is less than 2 weeks - OMG!!


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Ran aka hobbled with Kim this morning - isn't it meant to be getting better / easier by now??
Seriously lost the plot now and how great is Harris Active sports, beans for this, beans for that, a running belt (really??) Elite drops (WTF??) And BFF Fran's father in law just said - well don't you just kinda get up and run!! I mean really - does he think we are Forrest Gumps??


Legs still hurt, is it age or mileage, or just both?
Gonna try the Elite drops - sound cool, and it will be the only time I get to use the ELITE word!!
Anyway got home this afternoon to this:

Well its here the all important number and I never thought I'd say this - but its the Bath half and it a training run!!! OMG!!!

9 miles - get in!!

Been a few days but have been running - honest!!
So as my dear friend Teresa would say GET IN!!!
By BFF in the whole wide world was staying the weekend - the one that got me into this pickle. Note to self - do NOT get tipsy at your wedding (or anyone else's wedding) with your BFF and sign up to a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal) - not clever! 
Anyway she arrived in a flurry on saturday morning in her ruuning gear so off we went. A comfortable 6k - shame it rained so much - not happy :( and my poor daughter Anna (youngest and 13 on Friday - so still stuck in birthday haze) decided to come on her bike. We all got soaked - but we had a laugh..


Anyway friends around to dinner - all these lovely ladies and I have been friends for 20+ years and what a great night we had. Cheesy cooked - gorgeous. Fran (BFF) was v sensible and has been off the dreaded booze since NYE but the rest of us - well :( There was a lot for the recycling this morning and then the BIG RUN....
We had a route planned, the boys went off to the rugby and off we set. It was absolutley gorgeous, cold, bright and lovely. The first bit (2 miles) was ok, thorugh Stoke Bishop and WOT, then onto the dreaded Bristol Portway - along the river. Hateful absolutley hateful. Calves were aching and it hurt, really hurt. Fran said her bum muscles were twinging and well what a pair we were. 
Here's the thing, after we had climbed the hill from the Portway to the Downs it got easier and at about 6 miles the weirdest thing happened - it actually got better and yes, actually we did enjoy it. The pace was good, the breathing ok and yes it was ok.
So there you have it, I needed to do 8.5 miles and did 9.06 miles. 14.48K - OMG!!!
That is a PB - wow - 9 miles - never never ever did I ever think that I could ever run 9 miles. So chuffed....
Thinking of giving up the booze until after the big race....

Tired legs...... sofa, afternoon nap?

found this - made me laugh.... so have spent the day (mainly) on the sofa and eating. And no I do not feel guilty. :)


Took the kids to school, admin, coffee meeting with Alex to show me how to really do linkedin. Then food, TV and laptop on the sofa... 2 hours until i have to pick up children - do I have time for an afternoon nap?? xx

Valentines running training...

Happy Valentines day running buddies... started the say with the gorgeous Kim. I was still euphoric about doing 2 x 10K in a week and still being able to walk, but NO that, apparantley is not enough...so its run run run and we, ooops silly me I mean I have to up the miles, but by only 10% a week, otherwise I'll get injured!!


My BFF is coming this weekend and we have planned a 10 miler - I know I know OMG!! But I've got to break the 10 mile barrier soon. Marathon is 67 days today and its much less - 26 days to the Bath half!!! Anway apparatnley according to the guru (Kim) that's a step too far, and my homework is just to map my long longs between now and the BIG day. At least its half term this week and I run to get out of the house!!


How moly when did running get this scientific and strategic and so hard, or was it because I just started toooo late. Oops..


next time running buddies...

Feels like progress...

So heres a thing 2 x 10K in a week, the first (last sunday) I could hardly walk for 2 days (and not in a good way!) and then 10K yesterday - OK OK you read it and it was only 9.68K but I was fine today, HONESTLY FINE!! I wanted to run today but ran (excuse the pun) out of time.. but that is progress!!!


So a short blog - just wanted to say!!

Bra malfunction..

Beautiful afternoon, a run with one of my BFFs and a desire to run 10K - walk run you understand.

It was cold but sunny and lots of runners out on Bristol Downs, managed to chat most of the way around , and was in fits of laughter when I realised something had pinged and there defiantly wasn't the usual amount of support as usual (if you know what I mean).

Now they are not called Shock Absorbers for nothing. Nothing moves - honest! So when it pings you can really feel the difference. (Wanting to share the experience without it turning into a porn story!!)

So there we were, Jules feeling her way up my back and through all the layers, people out for a stroll on a sunny Saturday afternoon and they got a laugh!! :) Both of us in fits of laughter... guess it loses the humour in translation - had to be there.

Anyway , lovely run along the Downs, down past Badminton and along Canford Lane. 9.68K - 1hr 22mins (including the bra malfunction). Here's the kicker - could have run more, now surely that is a good sign??

Wine and pasta planned tonight and now a long hot bath.. more running tomorrow xx

Always pleasantly surprised by people

How does that saying go? "There nowt as queer as folk"


Well logged on this morning and saw another sponsor - so that was nice, followed the link and was absolutely gobsmacked that it was from an old work colleague, he's not old, its just been a while since we worked together. We had a kind of professional disagreement, and there are always 2 sides to every version. My version is clear - he treated me badly, uncalled for and unnecessary, but I'm a contractor so you suck it up and move on, recognising that maybe just maybe his ego got in the way. (he used to work for me, i moved on, introduced him to a role where I was working and knew that if he got it, I would be working for him. Not a problem for me - he's a great guy, very ambitious and very talented, and after all I'm a contractor so would move on. Anyway his ego got in the way and that was the end of that. And unfortunately a very happy business relationship. He deleted our linked in and FB connection, shame really. Great shame, but I believe in Karma.


So you can imagine that I was gobsmacked that he sponsored me, so if you are reading this - thank you I really really appreciate it, goodness how you found my blog, but thanks anyway, I miss our chats and hope work, all the kids and life is going really well. I always believed in you and you know that - life is too short. So lets catch up xx


So back to the running, this morning....5k run with the run club, wonderful group of people ranging from 20 - 73 - I'm somewhere in the middle!! Cold morning, but beautiful run, my calves are still killing me, got to get a move on as hot bath awaiting, and then back to back meetings all afternoon followed by a business launch tonight.


So if this blog has raised some money and connected me back with an old work colleague then today has been a great day.

Happy Wednesday everyone!

10k 10k 10k 10k - woo hoo!!

10K - massive BIG tick!!


Ok so imagine I'm singing 10k 10k 10k and doing a silling dance...


It was 2 days ago - 2 days ago and my calves still hurt! Kim did her worst this morning, and they are better - but honestly what is this lactic acid stuff?
It will be worth it, it WILL be worth it - think about the end game....


The sense of satisfaction, the fund raising, the sense of achievement...


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I got a medal!!!

My first race - a 10K, and I was not last!! Seriously though if my dearest friend Jules (still just about talking to her!!) had told me how steep the hills were I don't think i would have entered... just like I handled childbirth, knew they were coming into the world, didn't really want to know how - too scared, so didn't look up anything, go to any classes, or read any small print!! It happened, it was amazing and look at the end result - perfect!

Anyway, back to the running - her friends were lovely, the journey was fun, the atmosphere was great and the weather was good, no settled snow just a bit slushy, weather cleared up and even a little sun - and not a lion in sight!!

Me pre race - not so gorgeous! And before you ask, do you really expect me to allow anyone to take a photo straight after the run??

 My FIRST medal - woo hoo!!

So did i enjoy it? Answer - yes now its over. No - not at the time. Would I do it again? No not Longleat - too hilly, however it was a good training run. HA can't believe a said that a 10k a training run, now 3 months ago I couldn't have run to the bus (not that I go on buses). How I am going to up the mileage I know not how, but I know Kim will keep me on the straight and narrow...

Met two great girls running for a Leukaemia charity from Adams Estate agents in Bournemouth (Claire Louise) and her friend who works at Bournemouth hospital - Becky - their first run as well...

Mileage is going up this week - wish me luck.. xx

Lion Chases runner - very Funny

Snow forecast - Longleat 10k tomorrow - SERIOUSLY????

Seriously snow?? tomorrow?? OMG what am I doing? The run last night was good, rest today, a gorgeous afternoon with one of my oldest friends the beautiful Julia Kittow and she chose and ordered her wedding dress - can't say too much HE may be reading.
Anyway we are booked in for the Longleat 10k tomorrow at 10am - snow and lions permitting - so if the frostbite doesn't get me the lions will! 

Been down to Sweaty Betty this afternoon for more layers, just missed Kim (running trainer) by 10 minutes - she is also an Ambassador for Sweaty Betty - she defiantly gets about!


I'll let you know tomorrow


L
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3 in 1....

Its been a busy week - I'll explain.. 3 runs in one blog - like i said its been a busy week.


Where do i start?? running was not consistent last week, my business colleague over from the states - she's kind of a god in our business, but i guess we're used to seeing her in her pj's in the kitchen eating crisps - she's got a thing for walkers Thai sweet sensations (for which i take no responsibility!!) Anyway she was over to give me the keys to my FREE gorgeous (gangster style) white Mercedes (ML). Did i mention it was free???

Anyway like I said a busy week, the car "presentation" was due to be 35 - 40 people - the number that had RSVP'd - well when 105 turned up it was great, a lovely afternoon with lovely people, and yes it was chaos... so she left on Monday (the girls miss her, no strike that we all miss her) and the running resumed...


Tuesday - with Kim - running and core strength - how does she do it - gorgeous and inspirational
Wednesday - running with the running club out of sweat shop - gorgeous morning, cold, icy yet sunny - gorgeous. Great group of people - about 6k and it IS getting easier..
Friday - running- 6pm - OMG how cold was it?? with Cheesy and Sarah - good run about 6k - shhhh i could have done more - don't tell them - i was cold and hungry and actually craving a glass of red wine. No wine tomorrow as running Longleat 10k with friends on Sunday :) - My 1st proper run run! Should be lovely as long as I can run faster than the lions.
So what do i post - longleat lions, car photo, or this....?

I'll blog on Sunday - god help me....