Keeping my eye on the prize

Nothing quite like rocking up for a Half Marathon having not run more than 8 miles in the last five months, 10 miles in the last year AAAAAND having had over a month off due to illness.. Underprepared is one way to describe it! However, this was the first Hampton Court Palace HM and the medal…

Mummy’s Day Off

Yep, you read that right.. Today I had a day off.. I bought my Mum a spa day for 2 for her birthday and she kindly chose to share it with me 😊The Husband took the day off to cover small people duties and I set off for a day of relaxation with Mum at…

My Chocolate Free Challenge

Inspired by a friend who ditched chocolate for Lent and has already lost lots of inches, I've decided to give it a go. Anyone who knows me knows I LUUURVE chocolate.. My favourite is plain old Galaxy but to be honest I would rarely reject any variety. Yesterday I scoffed the remaining Jaffa Cakes, plus a rogue…

“I want to join Facebook”

“Errrm, I’m not sure I want Mum on Facebook” I whispered to my younger brother on Mothers Day. Mum had been having a few IT issues and as a die-hard iPhone user I’d kindly nominated my bro to sort them out. As a die-hard Android fan he was less than impressed with Mum’s choice of…

Back on it

Whoop!! A full week back training! As of Saturday before last I still felt ropey so I was unsure. However, deciding to dose up with paracetamol and give it a go, I figured I couldn't end up feel any worse than I already was. Never had a I anticipated waking up and actually feeling better (though admittedly…

Exhausted – and getting nowhere fast!

My Twitter followers will have seen that I ran on Sunday... Yep, after weeks of feeling, frankly, like poo... I ran.. I was at a point in my cold where I honestly felt a little run would probably be the right thing to see the remainder of the lurgy off.... Errr, no! Two miles! That was…