Today it rained....

....so hard my contact lens almost got washed out while I was running. I took off my shoe and water poured out.

Anyways, what's a bit of rain. It's character building etc. The last weeks schedule:

Mon 21st Jan: rest day 
Tues 22nd Jan: 1 hr 10 min ER. Snow is going! Found a new route around the least icy bits of   Tooting, Balham and Clapham. Have discovered podcasts.
Wed 23rd Jan: 50 min ER. Early morning run to Clapham common. I find getting out of bed tough generally but especially in the pitch black before the heating comes on. But felt on top of the world for the rest of the day. 
Thurs 24th Jan: 50 min SR. Managed to remember how good I felt after getting up, and got up a whole 15 minutes earlier than yesterday. Woop! And it means I can have a treat of a cheeky glass of wine with Becca and Steph after work :-)
Fri 25th Jan: 1 hr 10 min SR. At work late and headache. Want to go home to bed. 7.30pm: Eat some chocolate and a jaffa cake and sit around a feel bad at not going. 8pm: Go. Feel a hundred times better after 10 minutes. Note to self - a run always helps!
Sat 26th Jan: 2 hours LR to Wimbledon common and Putney heath with Andrew. Wombleledom.
Sun 27th Jan: 12 mile walk (maybe? who know's how many time we walked round that forest) with Lisa in High Wycombe. Followed by a pub tea. Need to replace calories from this week. Probably over replaced.

Excellent week!

Mon 28th Jan: 45 min SR

The snow is thawing!

Today my horoscope told me to 'get out there and blaze a trail Aries!' It wasn't so much blazing rather tiptoeing gently through the snow and ice, but I still made a trail of1 hour and 10 minutes running. Back in the game! :-)

Thoughts

“Today is a brand new day. A fresh start. Replace any negativity with positivity.Think happy thoughts. Exercise. Drink lots of water. Fill your body with fuel.Healthy is happy. Inspire yourself. Create. Laugh. Play. Love. Learn. Givesomeone a compliment. Make a new friend. Do a random act of kindness. Itcreates good karma. Take chances and finally start living life to its fullest. But nomatter what’s thrown at you today, smile and remember, tomorrow’s always afresh new start.” -unknown

Every time this year when I don't feel like going out for my run, I'll remember back to today when I wanted to but I couldn't, and appreciate that I am able to.

Snow way this is going to work....

Perfectly prepared for Marathon No 1:

Monday: rest, carb loading (OK, perhaps a bit keen) 
Tuesday: rest more
Wednesday: 30 min ER, in cold
Thursday: 30 mins ER, in ice
Fri: rest, in SNOW!!!!

MARATHON CANCELLED!!!!!

Oh.

5 days till Number 1

With 5 days to go to run Number 1, I've decided it's time to get on top of things and start recording how my training has been going! All been going well so far this year, the first two weeks I trained quite hard, and this week have eased off before Sunday....

ER = easy run, TR = threshold run, LR = long run, SR = steady run, IR = interval run, HR = hill run

Mon 31st Dec: 5 miles ER
Tues 1st Jan: 5 miles ER
Wed 2nd Jan: rest
Thurs 3rd Jan: 10 min ER, 3 x (15 TR, 5 min ER), 10 x (30 sec fast strides, 30 sec ER), 10 min ER
Fri 4th Jan: 150 min LR home from work 
Sat 5th Jan : 70 min SR
Sun 6th Jan: rest 

Mon 7th Jan: 10 min ER, 15 min TR, 5 x (5 min IR, 2min ER), 10 min ER
Tues 8th Jan: 60 min ER
Wed 9th Jan: rest
Thurs 10th Jan: 20 min ER, 20 min HR, 5 min ER
Fri 11th Jan: rest
Sat 12th Jan: 180 min LR Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park
Sun 13th Jan: 3 miles ER

Mon 14th Jan: rest
Tues 15th Jan: rest