I just jogged 7.15 kilometres in 50 minutes :)

Even better, I didn't collapse while doing it!

If Eddie Izzard can run 43 marathons after training for just five and a half weeks...

...then surely I'll be able to find an extra 5km or so in the next couple of weeks and do a 10k run, right?! Well I hope so, because yesterday - after a week or two of saying we would but not actually doing anything - a couple of colleagues and I signed up to do the Spar fun run in the Phoenix Park on April 18. Up until watching Eddie successfully getting through the equivalent of 43 marathons I was convinced the phrase "fun run" was an oxymoron. But now I'm psyched - compared to what he's done this is nothing!
But still, wish me luck!

Lollipop x

Like Frosties...

...my new runners are ggggreat :)

My new (magic) runners have arrived!

I'll let you know how great they are after trying them out tomorrow morning!

Lollipop x

New runners

Jesus I'm really getting into the running (or my life is super boring, one or the other) - I'm getting excited about runners now! My current runners - Asics Gel - are pretty run out. So last Saturday I popped into town to pick up a new pair. And I fell in love!
Asics Kayanos are the business - as soon as I tried them on I had to have a pair! At €140 I decided to take my euros to the Internet for a better deal, but I'm expecting them to arrive any day now. More details to follow, but I'm expecting magic!

Oh they're miles? That's ok then :)

I've been going home more often of late. It's mostly because I'm in love with my parents and love hanging out with them. But there's also a treadmill in the house, and I like to give my joints a rest from road running as often as possible.
Michael decided I should be running distance rather than minutes by now, so I went home with the intention of doing just that when I could easily see what distance I'd covered on the treadmill. He suggested 5K; I agreed but had my fingers crossed while I promised and decided I'd be happy with 3K.
So when I checked the distance I'd jogged after 26 minutes and it said 2.42 I was not impressed. I was whacked, but I'd somehow only covered 2.42K? I sat on my couch dripping with sweat, and glowered from anger rather than running effort. And as good Mammys do, mine very quickly asked if something was up. So I had a good moan at her saying I'd put in a whole lot of effort but it seems it wasn't worth anything and I wasn't getting anywhere and it wasn't fair and I don't know why I bother anyway...and then she told me her treadmill was set to miles. Well! The glower quickly changed to a grin as I did the sums - oh yes, that's just under 4K and good enough for me :)

In sickness and in health!

The evil 'flu struck me down last week and though I wanted to run (honest!) I did the sensible thing and retired to bed for a day and took it easy for two more. And then stressed for most of those days that when I tried to run again I suddenly wouldn't be able to!
I was back in the runners by Thursday though, and did my 24 minute jog in 20 mins - I should be sick more often!