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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OK, I don't want to jinx this, but I may actually be getting there.
Yesterday I tried to run and made it about 100m down the road before I decided to bail out, and went for an 11 mile bike ride instead (so Mike the Bike was happy!). Today I tried a different tactic. No expectations, 30 second intervals on my FitBit. I managed 10 walk and 10 run intervals before feeling like I needed to stop (ankle), so walked most of the way home, then ran the last 0.15 miles. It doesn't seem like much, but the fact that a small yoga session killed any aches makes it feel like a massive step forward. I then walked Ollie-dog with no pain at all (and no painkillers). Softly softly, catchy monkey!... 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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