Just 10 days now before my first half marathon. My ankle is hardly even swinging now, which is great, and I managed to squeeze in a 3.3 mile run yesterday in spite of events attempting to conspire against me (one child with flu, another injured at gymnastics class requiring hours waiting in A&E). It was far quicker than I was intending or anticipating, but again I didn't push, it just happened, which was nice. Then today Mike the Bike and I had a date. Quite a short ride for me, but fast and nice to blow the cobwebs away. I rounded the afternoon off with day 15 of my "30 Days of Yoga" practice, which was pretty blissful if I'm honest.
I am also now the proud owner of a meditation cushion and a yoga block! So on to the serious stuff. The Day is fast approaching and I'd really love it if people felt able to sponsor me. Here's the link to my Just Giving page - even just £1 from each visitor to my bog would make a massive difference. Thank you :)
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I won't lie... Since I injured myself 2 weeks ago, I've felt restless and grouchy. Sure, I've managed to walk the dog (hobbling!) and a few swims and bike rides, even a couple of weights sessions. But I've felt a gnawing anxiety at not being able to run, and the worry of the clock ticking. I'm not sure what made me think of it, but this week, on Wednesday, I decided to try yoga for the first time. YouTube was my friend here and I quickly discovered Yoga with Adriene. Adriene is a quirky and up-beat yoga instructor, from Austin, Texas (where my sister currently lives) and I am starting out with her "30 days of Yoga" programme. After only 5 days, I am feeling stronger, more peaceful and more flexible as well as noticing a rapid improvement in my injured ankle. I am hooked - I can see this as something I will do every day (or almost) from now on - it's gentle but powerful and just feels awesome! My muscles are already more defined and I am far less worried about what will happen when I am able to run again (hopefully in a week, if my improvement continues). THANK YOU ADRIENE! Having made short work of the house work today (for once in my life), I saw the sun shining and decided to treat myself to a quick bike ride. Really glad I did - got some sun on my pale, vitamin deficient skin and managed a better pace than yesterday by a long way.
There were lots of flooded fields around us, but the birds were singing, it was almost spring-like! Hopefully the sun will come out for my long run tomorrow... Usually I go for an evening swim on a Friday (cross training, y'know) but that's been scuppered today as my lovely husband has a gig tonight (Wham! Tribute Night of all things!), so I decided on a quick morning bike ride instead. My trusty mountain bike (Mike) is a B'Twin RockRider from Decathlon, with hydraulic brakes and everything! It was a birthday present when I started getting more into cycling and I realised that my old MB (Mavis) - that I'd bought on eBay for £30 - was actually several inches too small for me (well, I am 5' 8"). So I managed a rather slow (for me ) 9.45 miles at 12.7mph.
There was certainly a breeze picking up, and there were also some drivers determined to brush elbows with me, reminding me of why I used to confine my bike rides to 6am at weekends! But needs must, and it blew the cobwebs away. I think that Mike and I will be trying to get out more often from now on...watch this space! |
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