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Juneathon Day 4: I actually made some effort. Kind of.

June 4, 2011 in Bowling, Juneathon, Product Review, Running | 2 comments

Day 4 in the Juneathon house…

Actually, I thought I better make a bit of effort today. This is largely because is it day 4 and all I’ve done is run a mile and walk around to get to pubs. Juneathon is mostly making me drunk and sunburnt. I also had a pair of socks to try out and thought I better do so. The socks are from RunBreeze and you can check them out here. They look very smart and are extremely comfortable. They are also double layer which apparently helps to reduce blisters. They are also extremely warm which isn’t overly nice on a very hot day, but then, I suppose most socks are like that. Anyway, they’re comfortable and I think they’d be a good marathon sock.

Back to the run. It’s really hot today and I only managed two miles because I am pathetic. Actually, I’m putting it down to the following reasons:

  • It’s bloody hot.
  • I’ve only eaten a toasted tea cake today.
  • I’ve drunk an awful lot of alcohol this week.
  • I’m a bit sleep deprieved (see above reason)

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    Anyway, I managed 2.05 miles in 18 minutes and 5 seconds, a pace of 8.57 minutes per mile and then I felt a bit sick and hot and sweaty and stopped and got home to find a squirrel on my doorstep and I initially thought “awww, cute” but then I remembered that they are plotting world domination and I went to take a picture of him so I could warn you all, but then he moved.

    Maybe I’ll have a better run tomorrow. But I’m going to a dinner/dance for bowling league tonight and because we are the league champions, I might get drunk again and then running might be rubbish, ho-hum.

    Juneathon Day 2: I ran a mile

    June 2, 2011 in Bowling, Exercise, Juneathon, London, Running | 4 comments

    This was really not a good week for me to start Juneathon due to meeting up with new friends and old friends and lots of alcohol consumption. And then Jog Blog called me lame and because she is being good and hardcore, I neglected to point out that she walked around the garden on the first day of Janathon. Oh, wait…

    Anyway, despite being slightly tipsy last night, I somehow managed to get up and out of bed at 6.00am and went for a run. Yes, it was only a mile (and a bit) but I still did it. I would have said it was a lovely morning, but there were lots of bin men about and the streets smelt of bins and I had spider-eyelashes which looked a big scary as I didn’t remove my mascara last night, so I looked a bit like a chain-smoking prostitute in running gear and I think that this was the reason the big-beefy-dustbinman who looked like he did steroids said “morning love” with a wink as I plodded by.

    Anyway, I didn’t do much, I just ran 5 minutes out and then 5 minutes back and then because I was hardcore (more along the lines of thinking that I couldn’t be too lazy) I ran up the hill. Yay me. And I’m bowling later.

    Juneathon Day 1 – A little bit tipsy

    June 1, 2011 in Exercise, Janathon, Juneathon, London | 2 comments

    Juneathon is making me drunk.

    I went to the pub with Jog Blog yesterday and got mildly pissed. She was hardcore and did her first Juneathon effort in the wee small hours of the morning. I ran for the train and tried to call it my Juneathon effort. Twitter had mixed responses.

    So, how was I going to get my effort in? I had work today and valuable pub time in the evening. What’s a girl to do? Go to the pub a mile and a half away of course and walk there! This counts; I’d normally get a bus. Today I walked.

    So, that was my effort. I walked a mile and a half to the pub. I am hardcore.

    I might run tomorrow. Maybe. If there’s time before bowling.

    Well done to everyone on their crazy efforts today. Here’s to a fun-filled June. And that reminds me, I need to change the Janathon graphic…

    Janathon and the Brighton Marathon

    November 19, 2010 in Juneathon, London, Running | 1 comment

    First of all, some of you will know that Jog Blog is in the process of getting Janathon under way. If you want a challange for January, do go and sign up. It is very similar to Juneathon – exercise, ideally run, every day and then blog about it after. I’m not sure how quick it will be before I fall off the wagon, but it should be good motivation for the Brighton Marathon.

    Yes folks, the Brighton Marathon 2011. It has dawned on me that April 10th is really not that far away and it is time to stop dossing about and get training. I’ve been quite good this year, I think. In April, I weighed just over 12 stone, wore a size 14/16 and was a complete non-runner. I couldn’t run 10 minutes without stopping. Since then, I have done a Race for Life, the Bupa 10k and two half-marathons; I now weigh a shade over 11 stone and wear mainly a size 12, occasionally a size 14. Unfortunately, until today I hadn’t run in over three weeks due to my back being very painful and flaring up. I decided to rest it, so as not to prolong the pain further, being mindful of the marathon and today was my first run. Yes, it was only a mile and a half and it took me fifteen minutes, but it didn’t feel as bad as I thought. I would have carried on, but I ate too much at lunch time and was in danger of throwing up! Nonetheless, I feel that I am back on the wagon and I intend to go for an easy three miles on Sunday afternoon, building back up again.

    Why a marathon? I don’t know. It was a moment of madness and putting my money where my mouth is, after saying I wanted to be able to say I’d completed one. I have to be honest, from a selfish point of view, I’m looking forward to losing some more weight and hopefully the training will bring me down to my personal target weight of 10 stone. Somewhere down the line, I also decided that if I was going to do this, it would be for a good cause, so I have chosen to raise money for Mind. Why Mind? Maryanne Riley, the mother of my friend Kath, died over the summer after losing her fight against breast cancer. She worked as a mental health advocate for Mind and it was extremely important to her. Being a very kick-ass lady, it seemed right to raise money for Mind in her memory. For this reason, my fundraising page is open now as any donations that anyone may be kind enough to make will help spur me over the line when I feel like giving up. My page can be found here.

    Good luck to everyone else taking on the challenge of a marathon in April, whether it is Brighton or London. We’re all in it together, right?

    now-I’ve-crashed-out-of-Juneathon post

    June 17, 2010 in Juneathon, Running | No comments

    Yep, have well and truely crashed out after doing absolutely nothing last weekend bar a little bit of time-warp dancing and Wii fit. Spent some more time with my friend – her lovely mum’s funeral is this Saturday.

    Got my butt back to the gym yesterday. Still not doing any running as I’m my shin still really, really hurts but I felt great for a workout. Did 15 minutes cycling, 15 minutes doing a hill climb workout on the cross-trainer and then 15 minutes doing a hill walk on the treadmill. I was very good and didn’t run – but damnit, I miss running! Nonetheless, 400 calories burnt, hurrah! Going to go again after work tonight and will try to before work in the morning. I feel my fitness has depleted due to lack of running, but I did feel good after. Going to stay off my shin another week, then try a short run on a softer surface – either treadmill, or grass.

    I miss running!

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