Waiting

Apologies... apologies... I see I've had loads of hits here since my last post. I haven't blogged because my "dork" of a husband cut the phone line while decorating a bedroom. He thought the wire was an unused one... if only he'd asked... I have lived in this house for 16 years and could have told him it was the phone line... the big giveaway was the BT box he cut the wire from...

So, I'm sat here, still in my "comfies" waiting to get ready for a run/walk. Today is 4 hours followed by a 14 mile walk. Last week the run/walk for 3.5 hours was great. If it hadn't been for the wind it would have been amazing but the last 8-9 miles was headlong into the wind and it was tougher than I'd hoped. The 12 mile walk that followed also went well. I found the last 2 miles I was curious to see how I would feel if I started running again (after around 6ish hours on my feet) and it was fine. The first bit felt very ungainly and awkward but it improved the more I did it. I only ran about 50 metres at a time but it felt good. It gave me a bit of confidence that after a lot of walking I can actually make myself start running again!

So, today is my 'Nemisis' route... it's the one with the huge hills. Last time I did this however, it showed on my Garmin as nowhere near the elevation I thought it was (I have seen a Garmin tell me it is around 5000ft before but last time it only showed up half of that)... well, whatever it is, I'll find out today... and whatever it is, it's still a really tough route.

And the reason I'm waiting to go out running and am blogging instead is because it's raining quite badly. I know that's quite wimpish, but apparently the sun is going to get out and it's going to be a glorious 13 degrees (if you're reading this from abroad, I understand that will sound quite a conrtradiction in terms... in the UK however, 13 degrees is, like... PROPER summer weather) :-) So, that changes the attire and the accessories needed. I'm hoping to ditch the waterproof jacket and wear sunnies and suncream instead. I'll let you know how I get on...