I didnt sleep well my back was so sore from yesterdays racing go-karts serious stuff too ! 

I spent the day trying to ease my wounds into movability...... took our son to the local bmx park for a 2 hr session yawn but it was good some pro bmxers there doing some serious stunts and falls he he (my insane side showing)

I went for my run with hubby Paul..... left dylan behind as it's my Dads birthday today and it ended up that i only had 1 hour to run and I was supposed to be doing 15 miles easy.....

So Burt I didnt do my med ong run that I carbed up with vino and muffins and cakes etc lol

So I went out thinking lets see how I feel I may do 6miles or go all out and see what I can do in an hour.... weather it was windy and med cold cold if your walking but okay if your running, I always get hot running lol    so I went out at 8 min pace as it was a hilly start through Fishermans path to the coast road... wind behind me at this point or missing it then by-pass for a nice strong cross wind and upto my gym and back through Formby.

I saw along the by-pass and old man join the cycle path just in front of me I picked the pace up thought old man he he I have you in my sights well I got down to 6 min pace and thought jeez im not gonna keep this up old man is fast cyclist.... I just though come on sam ya wanna do 8 maybe 9 miles at a push I set for the 9 mile mark and held off at marathon pace still so Ive done marathon pace through out my run except first 2 miles..... I knew running through Formby would be agains the wind but thought I can pick it up I will be fine it wont be that strong.......omg I was so wrong I did pick the effort up to hold the pace LOL I was shattered I really was a few unkind words came outta me mouth when running directly into the wind he he hubby just looked at me abit hmmmm shes struggling look... but as soon as I got out of the wind last half mile I was zooming along its like someone stop pulling on my reins feeling and let me go off an elastic band WOW I was running fast 5.50 pace the garmin said all the way to the end.......

thoughts happy bunny here today    1hr 1 min 10 secs 9 miles  fastest 9 miles I have done in training  and its against the wind :-)

During the meal I mentioned to the Paul about how fast the old man was cycling he said didnt you reckognise him I was like no.... he said oh it was Mr Clark from Formby High school I was like thank goodness wow I am pleased I got near him he was like a top cyclist when i went to school so I wasnt too bothered now but he is in his 70's and super fit too obviously :-O 

So dear FRb's my run was good better than a slow 15 miler and I am sure this must have burnt off those horrid calories I decided to eat for an excuse LOL   and I made it just in time for my dads Birthday meal at the local indian buffet eat all ya want cos they know us there so we just eat them outta food he he he   back to the diet tomorrow just 7lbs to go to the race weight I am sure I will be near by the time I get my 1st xcountry :-)

x trainer 10 mins....didnt have much time today as I had to get my run out the way and see my phsyio...bit concerned about my back and hip after the go-karting. 

 Didnt sleep much either last night nightmares.....oh dear I do suffer with nightmares and sometimes if I wake up they recur so I got up at 4am checked on Dylan and didnt really sleep after that so I am so tired.....

6 miles went out at 8 min pace. my legs slightly acheing after yesterdays tempo pace.... ended up not being able to hold the pace.. I was holding back all the time. 5th mile was marathon pace then 6th mile being 6min pace I did enjoy it though.... just not sure I can go do my planned tempo tomorrow as this wasnt the 6 easy miles I was supposed to do bit naughty of me really should keep to the plan. 

It was a usual route, out from the gym up hoggs hill through pine woods and woodland trails sand and more sand back of the h/school and through woods to the red squirrel reserve than up vicky road. gores lane l'ppol rd and back to the gym so a good route I have been enjoying for my shorter runs recently only thing is with 1 mile to go I have to partially run through our local village and usually do quite well and avoid any pedestrians but some postman was walking I went to dodge him but he also went to dodge me both doing the same way ha ha ha I just skimmed him with a small shove but I said sorry and no I wasnt doing mp as I was crossing the road too so had to slow down it was more of a jog I knew this postie so it was funny lol  

The weather was a cool crisp day with the sun out I love sunny crisp days like this lovely.

Stretched yes I am still stretching I cease to amaze myself lol

Phsyio yep im bruised up but it isnt too bad my left hip well what can I say every muscle in the hip seemed to be very highly strung and tense ouchie ouchie she did ease it all off so thats good.

later hot bath and stretch again ;-) 

Not run yet but I have just decided I am going to run tonight just 5 very easy, I feel washed out today...not slept properly in over 5 nights so it will be a run in the dark when nobody can see me jogging and then I cant run anyone over either he he

Oh what a day...... Work.....then waiting in all afternoon for a parcel to be delivered so I thought hmmmm clear out day... a whole car load of stuff went the tip...im sure Paul will go mad when he realises loads of old papers have gone and magazines and all sorts of crap/ old clothes.... shoes! the list goes on.............and on........ my car is pretty big too and it was bursting ha ha ha then I cleaned allot, actually did some ironing......... my house is like a chinese wash house today I did the weeks washing in one day me thinks :-)

I just got in to the zone for cleaning and clearing out and its Autumn not spring.

The parcel eventually arrived it was big and well worth the wait he he

He he I did 7.4 in the end... I went out from home to the beach down fishermans path way and ran through the sand dunes then down the beach what a beautiful night really still crisp and a sunset to die for really was nice...........   When I was running down the beach alls I could think about was you lot FRB's ha ha I thought that maybe my running into a postman was my unconscious mind and that really I meant to run into him as they still havnt delivered my marathon reply LOL ....... once the sun had set I thought oooh need to get over the sanddunes through some woods and to some roads as I havent got my knuckle dusters.....spray or tazzer gun on me and yes it did seem overly dark the only thing was I had to make my way to the porta loo at Formby Point car park as I certainly wasnt trying to find a large bush to hide in and the other day did get nettle stung LOL so it was porta loo for me.  Then down a dark ish road and Harington rd then home well sort of the train station had the barriers down so  I went to run over the bridge and bang theyre I go again I ran into a train ticket collector ha ha ha why I do I keep running into people and mainly thick set men thankfully cos I'd probably knock anyone slight over......... I looked up when I was running down the stairs of the bridge and a group teenagers were starring at me ha ha ha they had the jaws on the ground and as I ran off I thought omg (bra check, shorts check, other check no no and no ive not pulled my knickers over my shorts or forgot my bra what the eck was that about LOL) oh I was taking 2-3 steps at a time maybe it was my light footedness oh well home bath stretch and bed yawn 

oh and dear mr Sandman please let me sleep tonight please please please yawn night people :-)

Okay forget all that follows blah blah blah cos

" I am so excited I just cant hide it.... Im about to lose control and I think I like it"

oh yes I am in the VIRGIN LONDON MARATHON he he championship ladies race and have my no already no 205 YAY im in im in im in :-)  

I ran 6 miles today my usual route its actually 6.2 woodlands then road didnt knock any postie's over but did want to hug my postie didnt see him tho...... I was so made up with my news that I sang all the way round grinning ear to ear and saying hello to everyone even the bunny rabbits how funny is that I was tempted to high five an old woman then thought sam calm down you will knock her over  lol  

 I did 6 miles in the evening too they were 6 hard miles at 8 min pace..... I had to pick the pace up near the end as I had to meet Dylan as his soccer training was finnishing.... so 1st time in a few months for a 2 day training session........ gotta get those miles in for xcountry now.... but glad I stayed slow as I have a session for the 1st in ages a real training session tomorrow it is a tempo run so not intervals and the pace will be slower than I plan to do for my marathon tempo runs.... got to ease into my tempo runs now.

Alls I can say is Sleeeeeeeeep   Discussion in our office today why is it I am always so cold but also cant stand the heat especially when training i.e sweat mill etc but I am freezing when staying still  so 

fact apparently colleague tells me this : Fat is a better insulator, but muscle is what creates the heat. The more muscle one has, the more heat they generate, but the heat dissipates quickly without any insulation (fat). Arctic seals have a lot of fat on the outside of their body but a large central core of dense muscle, enabling them to get warm and stay that way. 

If one has a high amount of body fat and low muscle mass, one will slowly become cold and take a long time to heat back up. If one is the opposite (e.g., high muscle and low fat) one will get cold fast but heat up quickly! so the answer is I need more fat oh yes come one donuts..pies cakes etc....oh hold on I just need to wear more clothes then or have the heaters on in the office LOL 

Yay Sleeep I got some sleep last night apparently I was talking again lol not sure what I was saying but I was talking in my sleep yawn.

10 mins xtrainer level 6 

stretch and foam roller my hammy

2.8 miles warm up then hit the speed button on the sweatmill........ and it was warm today or is it me not sure but it was crop and shorts time thank god the gym was like dead quiet so I could get away with this attire ha ha ha

3.1 miles (the tm is in km so i did 5km)  I did start to feel my hammy at 4.5 km but lasted the 5km..... yes yes I had to keep it at 6.25 pace and was under strict instructions to only do 3 miles so I had to do 0.1 extra naughty girl.....

2 miles jog warm down ease off.........  

Core work... Ok I was shattered but still did some core work I wanted to go into the weights room but there were lots of men doing their own thing circuit style training... so I went off to the I call it hanging leg raises thingy thing.... did lots of  leg raises 3 sets of 15 then leg curl ups 3 sets of 15 and 2 sets of 10 for leg curls but to the side.

Ha ha the men seem to abscond from the area I wanted to do my medicine ball core work.... they left the medicine ball out that I use its quite a big one cant remember the size anyways did my v sit up and then stay in the v sit up and move the medicine ball to either side..... I have my music blasting whilst doing this core work as I find it hard work... unknown to me theyre now waiting for the blooming ball I was using oh dear!   so I tried the plank havent done this for some time and I have just blasted my abs Allie will be pleased that I aint got anywere near her 3mins 40 odd secs omg I did 1min 30 secs and dropped ha ha then its stretch stretch stretch foam roller foam roller  

the story behind the story well its great doing core work with a medicine ball that some big lug of men  use it make me feel all feminine NOT....and dont try doing the plank the same amount of time as ALLIE because she has abs of steal wehay !

 1st time since Ive been injured to top 50 miles in  a week and yes IM feeling tired :-)

10 mins xtrainer level 6  my legs are sore they felt sore last night after the small tempo run I didnt sleep well as my legs really were acheing ouchie 

He he he I did 10 miles easy but it felt harder than easy really today...but nice run out the sun was shining and a little breeze of cool wind lovely day for a run..... I think I found it harder than usual because I am a very happy bunny still and I was singing whilst running lol

I did 10 miles in total but the last mile was a slugs pace as I was being stupid trying to talk on the phone and jog in ha ha ha

so 9 miles in 1hr 12 mins 30 secs   last mile in 10 mins ha ha ha 

There is something very weird about  my time today... I didnt do a usual route at all either :-)

 and P.s I ransacked my nephews facebook today I know its really immature hes 18..... does bmxing and stuff he left my computer logged in to his facebook at work omg (hes always playing tricks on me so revenge LOL)   it's so funny I told everyone hes going to Australia with his new boyfriend (he isnt Gay he has a girlfriend but I wind him up saying he is) anyways I remarked on all the men as his friends it was so funny when I saw him log in I actually fell over laughing (he did see the funny side)