Yikes it's cold out there!!

Finally got a run in this morning. I went to bed early last night so it wasn't too hard to get up at 5:30. Still don't like it though, and it only gives me about half an hour's running time. Ran 20 mins this morning, and briefly considered adding an extra bit to make it up to 30 mins but it was so cold and I needed time to get stuff done before work. CAN'T WAIT TO MOVE! Bet you're sick of hearing that now!

It's freezing today!! The whole world is white with frost and my cheeks are still all tingly from the ride into work. Brrrr!!! But it's FRIDAY, which is just wonderful, even though it's going to be another hectic weekend.

Tomorrow I'm going to get in as long a run as time allows, hopefully at least an hour. There's a lovely route along the Thames that would be perfect. Then on Sunday it's long run day with the Windmilers, which I need cos I've got a half marathon in 3 weeks and I'm nowhere near trained for it. I'm already entered, got my number and everything, so I have to do it, but I don't think I'll be breaking that elusive 2 hour mark this time. I'm just going to bumble round at my own pace and walk where I need to.

Tiny little pavement run

We're house-sitting in Putney at the moment which means a spectacular lack of park for my morning run. There is a little park over the road from the house, but it has no lighting at all and I don't fancy running alone around it in the dark cold mornings. So this morning I tried a circular route on the pavements. Depressing, but at least it was a run. Only 25 mins too, so not very far, but I have to leave the house at 7:20 for work, which means I had to be up at 5:30 to get this run in. Not sure I can manage getting up any earlier for a longer run... might not be able to function for the rest of the day on that little sleep!

Good news is that I saw a house I really liked last night. We're going back on Saturday for a daylight viewing, but I think we might have found the one!! So as soon as we're done house-sitting, hopefully we'll be moving to our house in the country and then work will be just a 30 min bike ride away and I'll be able to run to my heart's content! Ah..... and it's only 5 weeks until I get my canine running companions back. Happy days indeed.

Finally! A long run!

I had the best of intentions to get a good hour's run in yesterday, but we're house-sitting for friends for the next 2 weeks and when I started to get dressed for my run, I realised that I'd left my running shoes back at our house. DOH!! Picked them up later on but it was too late to run. Oh well, life goes on.

This morning was somewhat more successful. Got dressed, including shoes, and rode up to Wimbledon for the Windmilers Sunday social run. I haven't run long since before Christmas (shame on me!) so I wasn't sure how today's run would go. I was a bit tired on the uphills, and was in the group right at the back, but I did the very long route, which is about 8 or 9 miles. Not bad going. Could be better, but not bad.

Next two weeks should still be crazy but I'll run where I can. I'm looking at 4 houses after work tomorrow, and with any luck one of them will be "the one" so we can move as soon as we're done house-sitting and then I'll be able to get back with the programme.

New year, woo hoo!

This is the year that good things are going to happen! A few of them are happening already, although I wish they'd calm down and space themselves out cos it's all a bit too much! All the stuff I was putting off until the New Year suddenly needs doing! I started my new job on Tuesday, and it's going well, though it's a bit intimidating. And we need to find a new house QUICK cos the dogs are finishing their sentence in 6 weeks! In a strange twist of irony I am now indirectly working for DEFRA, the mean people who made me leave my doggies in France for 6 months. I don't like 'em, but hey, if they're paying my wages who am I to judge!?!

Anyway, new job is 1:30 - 1:45 commute each way, which needless too say has put a damper on my training. As did the cold I woke up with on New Year's day. Sniffle!

On Friday, as promised, I rode to Guildford, but the route I had planned was too busy so I had to buy an atlas and plot my own (somewhat longer) route as I went. It was 57km, which I figured was quite far enough, so I caught the train home. Ahhhhhhh......

And that was the last time I exercised until this morning. Unless you count the bike rides to and from the station on each end of my commute. I'm probably spending about an hour of the 3 hour commute on my bike, which isn't bad, I suppose. Anyway, this morning I dragged myself out of bed at 5am and got in a 6km run. Took me 42:05, which is not very good, but I blame a) not having run for a week b) just recovering from a cold and c) various other reasons.

So, until we move I'm not quite sure how I'll get my morning runs in, but I figure that if I can manage to get out 2-3 morning a week and get in longer runs over the weekend, I should be OK and then I can pick up my training schedule again once we move.

Not sure how much time I'll have for posting here since I don't have much internet access at work, so please forgive sparce entries until things calm down.