Aiming for October...

Lashing rain this morning, wore the wrong jacket, sore legs, rain in my eyes... BUT ran 4.25 miles in 43"04'. Not fast I know, but kept going, no walk breaks, just running. Now excuse me while I hit the shower to warm myself up.. brrrrrr...

Thanks for the encouragement. Just one of those days I guess. Everything hurts and when the alarm went off at 6, I was so tempted to stay in bed. But I didn't and I suppose I should take comfort in the fact that I dragged my sorry a$$ around almost 5 miles. Might take tomorrow as a rest day and see how I feel then. Saturday is supposed to be a 10 mile lsr - will wait and see.

Ran for 25 mins, didn't map it so not sure how far - think it was around 2.5 miles. Just jogged easy, with a bit on grass. Then walked few mins to get home. Nice and relaxing on a Sunday morning!:)

Sore, sore, sore. 2.5 miles of sore calves and shins. Noteven going to mention time cos it was crap.:(

Went out this morning for a little while, 26 mins to be precise. Didn't map it so not sure how far I ran, just went out to see how I got on. I was tired - prob cos my food intake yesterday consisted of toast and tea - but at least I got out. Will try again tomorrow.

5.95 miles this morning in 59"22'. Felt ok, legs a bit tired but kept going. I quite like the route I followed this morning, it's got a good bit of ups and downs. Still quite slow though, would like to be faster but just not able for it yet (and that's a very big yet;))

Thanks lads - I have to get up that early cos OH goes to work just after 7.30, he's not home till 7ish by which stage I'm not able for running. And if I don't get out in the morning, I have to bring the babas with me - can't see them liking an easy 4 miler:rolleyes:

3.85 miles in 35:50. Finally plucked up the nerve to run around Fairview Park on my own - ran along the side and then did two laps of one of the football pitches. Just didn't like it, felt quite nervous running on my own, which I have never felt before. Concrete roads and footpaths for me it is, so... Then again, I ran faster than normal cos I'm a wuss so, every cloud etc etc;)

Had a bad feeling about this. Didn't feel great yesterday - stomach acting up again. Got up this morning and felt minging. If it had been a regular lsr, I wouldn't have done it. Anyway, got to the park nice and early but still had to queue for a loo! Felt a bit under pressure as a man with a megaphone kept roaring "5 minutes to the start, hurry up". As if I wanted to be standing there... Went to the back of the 90+ pen, much better organised than the 5 mile, very little congestion. Did the first 3 miles in just under 30 mins, but then cramps hit. Felt really bad for miles 4 & 5. 5 mile time was 52:00. Rallied a bit for mile 6, but cramps back again for miles 7 & 8 - seriously thinking of finding a bush to hide under at that point. All I wanted to do was cry and fling myself at the St Johns ambulance man . Just keep going, just keep going, I kept saying. I went through the whole "i'll never make the marathon, who am I kidding" towards the end of mile 8. Mile 9 marker gave me a bit of a boost and I made it to the end. Just as I turned the final corner, my OH and kids were roaring at me and jumping up and down. That pushed me down the last few metres. Thought the end was very well organised - got through to goody bags and out in a few mins. Walked slowly back up to OH and kids and almost collapsed into OH's arms. Kids devoured contents of goody bag and spar lunch box cos I thought I was going to hurl. Anyway, home now, tea and toast eaten and staying where it should, feeling a bit more resigned about the whole thing. The time I had in my head was 1:40 and I did 1:44:56 feeling like sh!t, so I think that's positive. So - that was my day, how was yours?!