There is a reason I haven't written for a while. I've been feeling guilty. My training has slipped by the wayside somewhat in the last two weeks.
I would like to blame the poor weather or the fact that my weekend was spent enjoying the long awaited and beautiful wedding of Kurlie and Matt and catching up with lovely friends who I don't see often enough! However, we all know that there is no excuse. I have been lazy.
I went out for a run on Monday - a whole week after my last one. I made it to the end of the road and felt like I was about to collapse from sheer exhaustion. Needless to say, my 30 minute run was cut short to a mere 17 minutes and believe me, that was hard!!
Now, next week we are away on holiday in the Lake District. I know we will be walking lots but just in case we don't manage to get out and run I knew that we had to do a big 'un before we went. So now to the reason why I have 'blogged' again tonight.
We ran for 67 minutes without stopping!
I never knew I was capable of doing actual physical exercise, let alone enjoying it. It was a 5.34 mile route but to be honest, I'm more impressed with managing to run without stopping for over an hour. I know I'm still slow but I just don't care! If 'The Tortoise and the Hare' taught me anything it was that 'steady and slow wins the race' and if I complete the Half Marathon in September, I will have won the race. My race. So there!
I would like to blame the poor weather or the fact that my weekend was spent enjoying the long awaited and beautiful wedding of Kurlie and Matt and catching up with lovely friends who I don't see often enough! However, we all know that there is no excuse. I have been lazy.
I went out for a run on Monday - a whole week after my last one. I made it to the end of the road and felt like I was about to collapse from sheer exhaustion. Needless to say, my 30 minute run was cut short to a mere 17 minutes and believe me, that was hard!!
Now, next week we are away on holiday in the Lake District. I know we will be walking lots but just in case we don't manage to get out and run I knew that we had to do a big 'un before we went. So now to the reason why I have 'blogged' again tonight.
We ran for 67 minutes without stopping!
I never knew I was capable of doing actual physical exercise, let alone enjoying it. It was a 5.34 mile route but to be honest, I'm more impressed with managing to run without stopping for over an hour. I know I'm still slow but I just don't care! If 'The Tortoise and the Hare' taught me anything it was that 'steady and slow wins the race' and if I complete the Half Marathon in September, I will have won the race. My race. So there!
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