I hate commuting into London, 50 minutes of standing on a train trying to read my newspaper is not fun, grrrrrr.
Anyway, I don't care this week as I'm off on holidays to Egypt/Jordan for a week of sun, sea, sand and pesky kids!!!! It should be great fun, the kids are really looking forward to it. The hotel has a gym, steam room etc wahhhhoooooooooo.
Home from work on time. Dropped kids off at school disco then hit the road for a quick six mile run before losing the light. It was a great evening for a run and wow great time again, the consistent training seems to be paying off. Six miles is starting to feel easy, I guess I need to start and pick up the distance.
Blast!!!! I'm in the London office today, so no chance of training. My wife is at gardening club this evening and so I'm babysitting, oh well I'll get a good training session in tomorrow.
Wow just back from my regular 6 mile, Saturday morning run and I've blitzed my best time this year by 4 minutes, just shy of my all time PB by 1 minute.
What was the difference about today from previous weeks ...... hmmm could be this power gel or it could have been the regular training and this was just a placebo. Anyway, today's run was fantastic. The best bit was entering the mile split times into my run tracking spreadsheet, excellent.
I had a fabulous weekend last week which started on Friday, in fact I enjoyed it so much that I'm doing the same again this weekend.
Yesterday (Friday), I dropped the kids off at school and hit the road for a 3 hour cycle around the Oxfordshire countryside. It was brilliant. great sunshine, quiet country roads, gorgeous rolling countryside. (Route is here at www.bikely.com [great web site]).
The best bit of the whole day was cresting a climb and then flying down hill no handed, arms out stretched, head up in the air, shouting yes, yes, yes. (probably not very wise especially as there are lots of pot holes in the road).
Today, I'm out for a six mile run, although my legs are feeling rather heavy from the cycle yesterday.
Crumbs, not long until my 70.3.
Yup I've got Friday off work and I'm off for a lonnnnnnng cycle ride. It was lovely sunshine today, I only hope its sunny tomorrow as well. Actually to be honest, even if its peeing down with rain I don't care, as I'll be cycling through the lovely Oxfordshire countryside and I won't be at work. Yipeeeee.........
Wow where did February go?
Work has consumed my life over the past month and exercise has been confined to the weekends. Midweek, I'm just too tired when I get home from work and want to crash and fall asleep. I found myself getting angry and depressed with the pressure of work and not being able to do any exercise. I think it started to affect my relationship with my family. Anyhow, I'm now resigned to be a weekend warrior and cram training into Saturday and Sunday along with domestic chores, I long for weekends.
Last weekend was great and such a relief. I was able to do a 6 mile run while Sam was at soccer practice and then a 2 hour cycle ride to my in laws on Sunday. I love weekends.
