What a lovely Sunday.......... Lie in till 10am, I just couldnt get outta bed.... Hubby watching his Formula 1 so I made him and Dylan a big sunday breakfast  eggs (our Own chickens eggs) bacon (and no Paul has not talked me into a pig in the garden yet!) tomatoes, toast, tea more toast.......   lovely yummmmmmy....

So 11 hours sleep for me still felt tired but my legs felt ok no aches 1st time in months yay.... the stretching is paying off I did over an hour of stretching in front of the tv last night.......

We walked the dogs to the local village for a coffee (yes Chris Neros!) and walked back this was a nice loosen up for my legs which are feeling really good today.

I was going to do a medium tempo run today maybe 12 miles with a pickup throughout..... but it was getting late and wanted to watch Liverpool V Chelsea,  but as the half time whistle went I really was fed up of it tooo stressful..  Off for a 6 mile run instead .. I thought to myself go out easy come in hard..... Paul and Dylan cycled on there bikes

I felt good really good. 1st mile 7 mins and I was holding it back my route is ;  home to fishermans path to coast road which is undulating then coast road by-pass southport road, and home.   still holding back on the 2nd mile being 6.40 mins... started to just go with how I felt and really felt good 1st time in months Ive felt this good :-) grin grin.... 37mins37secs with a sprint finnish ( I did a warm down jog after about 0.5miles)  I felt sorry for Dylan he kept up but it was harsh for him with those hills....... so its the equivelant of a flat 6 mile run ! 

So hey I got my running mojo back proper this time and I have to take it easy next week but build my mileage each day......  ta for reading have a nice day I have :-)

Oh my goodness gracious me! nice sharp autumn weather today.

20 mins xtrainer 

stretch foam roller, legs feeling ropey today after my effort yesterday....

8.8 miles easy run hammy bit achey so stopped twice to stretch out 1hr 10mins

5 mins xtrainer and stretched and foam rollered again 

Pink for chris he he 

 And why hasnt our postie dropped off my yay or nay for the London Marathon Im so annoyed everyone else has had theres but me!  urghhhh phhhht red for anger and actually red is my all time ever fav colour :-)

gonna do another hours stretch out tonight after a nice hot bath..... ;-)

omg 9lbs I need to go now I feel like blubber women when running too many pies and cakes and bacon egg sandwiches... indian food......crisps....Nero's.....Neros paninis....neros flapjacks......just too much crappy food lol it was nice whilst it lasted but now its training food only.... :-(

Its raining its pouring the old man is snoring 

Idiom of the day ;   I can be a bird brain......but im not a bad egg....and now I have opened a whole can of worms which Burt may have a bone to pick with me

Training-   wowsers the weather is bad torrential rain, and I really knew I couldnt run on the treadmill today as I had to do an easy run and running easy on the TM is a no go for me...just cant do it its too easy to press the faster button staring at you he he... So

10 mins xtrainer level 6 then stretched out (yes Im still stretching out)

6.6 miles mostly through the woods trails sand, sand, sand trails for approx 5 miles I ran from the gym up hoggs hill then the usual route straight through to the Squirrel reserve. HIt the roads.... back Vic Rd and straight through Gores/Liverpool Gym hey I was soaked...... the woods were very muddy so great training for my up coming xcountry races and the  roads were flooded.... it was funny cos cars were slowing down not to splash me I was already soaked so I didnt care if they splashed me he he he then the road 

was so flooded down Gores Lane that the paths were flooded too and I was running through at least a foot deep of water at some points this was fun different beats the usual boring easy run....... omg a car couldnt slow any more and splashed me the man was hanging out the window shouting sorry I just gave the thumbs up shouted its ok !

Got back the gym they think im nuts in there and said I should wear goggles next time as it was that bad I said I have some and did think about it lol

well off to the xtrainer soaked ha ha ha only did a short warm down and then stretched and foam rollered my hammy felt good I could feel muscles popping back in to place it was a nice feeling.  so there ya go.  

Oh I did run for fun club a running club I help run with my friend Kath at my sons local Primary school... I had a laugh with all the kids it was fun! played lots of run games as it was raining in the gym did dodge ball that was good kept them all on their feet :-)

LOL 

Okay I still havent had my virgin London Marathon yay or nay...and I am feeling frustrated about this so I rang their Info Line being on hold for 15 mins to a London Number is quite Costly I should imagine but Hey Im in work.....I am still on the system thankfully and they havent sent out the replies yet gonna be next 2-3weeks urghhhh I must be the most impatient person when it comes to stuff like this

6 Miles went to go out easy...but when I looked at the Garmin it was saying 6.50 pace this isnt easy, so I thought well I felt good the other day and if I feel good again well lets go with it..... so I did some miles were fast some medium

6.50....6.45....6.32.....6.40....6.20....6.38  

Good run... stretched... hot bath then stretched again  happy days :-) 

I was really looking forward to a big session today....... long run... gym work and a swim not done a decent swim for over 3 weeks now 

Okay... I had to go messages on my motorbike which was nice as it was a nice day allthough cold on the bike I was frozen by the end.... it was a straight run out to Liverpool down the motorway for quickness. and  came back through the city  etc to Formby it took me an hour so I was a bit washed out from this and being cold.  

Got to the gym it was really busy 10 mins xtrainer level 6

my tummy felt really off but I went out on my run  as sometimes its just me getting wound up before I run Does anyone else get this I mostly get it before sessions/races/long runs or just a hard run.......???????   

Okay it went away by the first mile which was pretty slow but I was really having to keep it slow as I went out at 6.45 pace but I kept it slow at 8.01 for the first mile. as I was going  to do at least 9 miles.... i got 2 miles and felt bad oh dear glad I stayed away from the roads..I was doing trail running through the woods for xcountry training.  by 2.5 miles I stopped walked sat down walked sat down walked tried ringing Paul to pick me up but no answer oh well. started to walk back then jogged in really slow with the odd walk so not a good run or day or start to a big session.  

tried to go on the xtrainer bad luck I was out of breathe straight away ???? eh what is going on so after 1.30 mins I just quit and went to do core work well it ended up just stretching LOL and a bit of a foam roller but not enough of either IM sorry ! off home for a bath comfy clothes and sitting around as Paul is working really late tonight looking at jobs and quotes with a colleague but hey I actually weighed my self and its good news only 7 to go to race weight... although I have lost more from 2 days ago I have changed my goal posts for race weight  (well my race weight which is now 4 lbs lighter if I get there ha ha ha I like my naughty food too much at the minute )    ;-)  

p.s sorry its so long  

Wow weather is not nice, cold and very windy urgghhh.... so I went out thought I will do a nice 9 mile route but it was weird I always start this one from home but today it was from the gym so 

10 mins xtrainer level 6........ hmmmmm feeling okay... so off out to be a real runner in the elements of the great british weather thoughts not looking forward to it !

I averaged at 7.45 pace honestly 1st mile was 8 min s 2nd was like 8.50 due to the wind and sand dunes. then 2-3 miles down the beach  sandy and it wasnt hard sand today huh ! wasnt impressed with that at all...... some guys walking dogs tried talking I just nodded and smiled havnt a clue what they said I had my music blearing Mika fat girls LOL very funny to run to ha ha ha anyways maybe they heard my song blasting out and said summit silly well thats what i like to think...

back to the run eh so I did 6.5 miles off road sand sand more sand and some trails woodlands then good old road......by-pass omg the wind was strong here so I ended up cutting back into town and running through town which added half a mile to my usual 9 this is good yes very good bit extra mileage....... wow I was tired after this the wind really takes it out of you..... so my miles were some fast some mega slow some mediocre but overall good

1hr 13 mins 9.5 miles three quarters sand and off road :-)

 Stretched and foam rollered well that was shocking more strange looks I was saying under my breathe ouchi ouchie ouchie cos I found  a nice knot on my ITB and tried to foam roller it out ha ha ha 

Physio ..... all good a couple of rogue muscles in my left hammy nothing unusual there and an ouchie moment with the achilles both of them the left being worse but all good, Jane my Physio said my legs are looking lean so thats good but what about the rest of me huh so unfair lol 

Oh dear gossip My gym had some idiot gangsters in it apparently yesterday from Liverpool..... and some gang warfare how bad is that in Formby (im such a snob) apparently some big guys had a scuffle with some younger guys threats etc going on of breaking legs and things oh dear, gym guy said theyre guns and knives men  glad I wasnt there Id have banged their heads together like school boy playground (only kidding id have run a mile lol ) well anyways the two younger ones ran out climbing over the reception counter and the gym darent ban the other guys cos of who they are ....... dear me my thoughts Grow up ! but hey this happens but not in Formby So Allie Im carrying mace now in to the gym never mind on the dark alleys LOL    ( I am kidding, just the brass knuckles will do ha ha) 

so gossipy me eh !  

Dear Burt I had a rest day today it was deffo the vino me thinks I got up late didnt have enough time to run went to footy to watch Dylan play Soccer then we went off to the Go-karting.

Well what a day had so much fun go-karting I did okay tooo I had the fastest lap time till the last heat and this was out of 33 men whom all were petrol heads I might add.... some of them wouldnt speak to me LOL and some well they just thought I was a dark horse ha ha ha...... my time was beat by 0.19th of a second not bad eh I was impressed with myself.... but I have a very sore back and knee my knee kept hitting the damn steering wheel column and my back well I kept trying to sit forward cos I could feel it in the first heat then I had them fit a cushion in the seat for my soft arse /boney back lol (no not cos Im skinny I am just a boney person lol)   well I still got a bruised back but it wasnt as bad as last time so thats good :-)

I came 11th out of 33 and I didnt make the final because on the last heat I was trying too hard and spun off the track did a 360 about 4 times in to grass and it took me the rest of the heat to work my way back to 6th from 11 and just missed out by one place for the final... although I was glad it was a heated final hubby paul got rammed off when he was in 2nd and came in 2nd to last 3 men got black flagged which was taken off by officials and I dont know how many warnings were given to the rest so I dont think I would have lasted long out there lol  :-)