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 70, Ooh happy day!
TEN WEEKS I felt the need for fireworks and a big brass band as I finished my seventieth run. Hell yes! I’ve completed Ten weeks. I’m so very pleased with myself. Ticking off theses mile stones has such a […]
Day unsure, Saved by basic maths.
Laughing at myself this morning, apparently I can’t count. I’m coming up on my tenth week! awesome. Clearly ten weeks is seventy days, obviously. Then why does my journal say ten weeks equates to sixty-two days? Why? Because I’m an idiot, […]
Day 51, Falling off the wagon.
Feeling very bloated today, don’t feel sorry for me though because you see, it’s my fault. Hangs head in shame. I had a sandwich last night. A white bread sandwich, well actually it was a fifty-fifty white bread sandwich so […]
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 21, How am I feeling?
Running along in the sunshine with a warm breeze skimming across the field was very pleasant yesterday. The birds were singing and butterflies played chase with me down the lane, one of them obligingly posing for the camera while I […]
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 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 […]