Up at the crack of dawn yesterday morning to run before a day trip to London. 6.30 am, I know it’s not early for some, but for me it truly was OMG-o’clock. Trying to learn the lessons from the trip […]
Day 95, Still Going.
The holidays are rolling along and I’m still going. I’ve completed another month so here are the stats for week thirteen and July. I ran a total of 92.2 miles in July, another monthly increase. I averaged 12,876 steps a […]
Day 79, Making it up as I go along.
Tuesday was tricky. We’ve been away. Had a great time, but Tuesday was the travelling back day on which we drove from Newcastle down to Norfolk. On the Sunday before, when we drove up to Newcastle, I got up at […]
Day 50, Excuses I’ve used, No 3.
“Targets!! ooh dear god no, I shan’t bother setting myself a target, I can’t stick to them. It always leads to failure and that’s so demoralising.” I had said this to myself before on many occasions, but I think the […]
Day 36, Excuses I’ve used, No 2.
This is kind of an extension of excuse number one. This is the excuse of being a parent and having days when it’s just me and the little one, but more specifically. It’s just me, the little one and the […]
Day 27, The hardest part of the day.
I had no bones, no muscles, no will. My carcass, a great mass weighing heavy was holding me immobile. Gravity and the mattress colluding to keep me in bed’s comforting embrace. My mind was completely clear of sleep but my […]
Day 19, Excuses I’ve used, No 1.
Exercise avoidance can become an art-form. I have had a good go at it in the past, but no more. Being aware of my laziness in one of the first steps a healthy lifestyle, so, here is confession No 1; […]
Day 12, Pushing on through.
By rights I shouldn’t have been walking today let alone running as I ran four miles yesterday. But my beloved who pushed me to do four miles, only a little bit but pushed none the less, gave me the most […]
Day 10, So tired.
That was hard. I knew I was tired when I woke up, so I decided to do my two miles straight after the school run this morning. Less chance of putting it off and it becoming this looming task that […]
Day 8, A close shave.
Day 8, still on target, just. Looking at the clock and realising it’s almost midnight and that I’m still a few hundred steps short of my goal has proven to me that, my step counter is invaluable and that my self-imposed […]