1st is I only have 6lbs to go yay ! 

2nd I weighed yesterday on my rest day pleased to have lost another 1lb.

3rd Sore tummy most of the night didnt sleep well......stomach bug me thinks

4th I still tried to do my run obviously running on empty hey ho mind strengthener

5th I only did 10.5 miles and struggled all the way round with 3 toilet stops Paul wasnt impressed at all

6th last 2.5 miles I really pushed it to get home and get it over with cutting the run short and not doing the planned upto 15 miles     last 2.5 miles in 6.30/6.45 pace so faster than marathon pace really.

7th Nap time yawn :-) 

New techno drinks belt lol   

9.7 miles 1hr10 mins 30 secs  easy pace went out 8 min pace and didnt really bother too much with the garmin ran how I felt ! 

 My usual route I go across some fields but mostly road and some trail.  Well I could have dodged bullets today lol......long story !

Weather bit of a breeze overcast but dry

warmed up on the xtrainer 10 mins level 6 and warmed down on the xtrainer 10mins level 4.....

Core work medicine ball......side plank with a twist. plank with one leg raised x each leg x 2.

Plank straight forward 2mins 3 secs errrm better than the other day.....mind strength that one ha ha.

stretched foam rollered..  I do get some funny looks foam rollering in the gym well it hurts lol

Went to my local spa for an invigorating back massage...lovely..

Funny Running

Quotes 

"Are you ok, 
are you coming down with something, 
you look so pale? " 
someone always says this to me before the start of a race and i'm thinking oh my god whats wrong with me,am i going to make it through this race ! 
Alien Lizard 

"RELAX !" someone always shouts this to me in the last mile of a race, i think to myself RELAX if i relax i will be horizontal ! 
by Alien Lizard 

"Only 200 m to go!" some old guy always shouts this to me near the end of a new race ! i start sprinting only to find that round the next corner there is a sign saying 800m to go ! blooming eck, i am now in chronic oxygen debt with 10 runners on my shoulder! 
by Alien Lizard 

Are you ok, do you need medical attention ? someone always says that to me at the end of the race and i'm thinking oh my god do i really look that bad ! 

by Alien Lizard 

What a day its really gone cold over here and damp cold too not nice.....  work was busy not so good for the people coming in and I arranged a friends mums funeral hes a runner too and owns a running shop in Southport..... hes alright but very upset and this drains you sometimes I hate my job!  

13.5 miles today

I didnt do the treadmill as I thought maybe doing the faster work on the treadmill when my hammy is still a bit crampy isnt great so I thought Ill go do a route I used to do for tempo runs.  (I like straight roads with no junctions but I hate the by-pass so I head out to a coast road which is pretty straight one or two roundabouts to cross but its a good route)

ok so 2.5 miles jog through fishermans path to the coast road this is like an undulating gravel track through a woods nice run kept my pace to 8.30 pace as I knew it would be hard to do a tempo run outside for the 1st time.

got to the coastroad and the wind was in my favour but I knew the roads is a long bend that by the end of my run it will be a cross wind at best !

off I went a little too excited to blow cobwebs away after work

mile 1 6.24 mins   

mile 2 6.31 mins

mile 3 6.39 mins ( cross head wind I struggled on this mile allot had to stop to cross a roundabout but I did hit the stop button not sure if thats the right thing to do or not it was only 5 secs before I crossed but of course their is the decrease and increase of speed to show !

so I ran 3miles out and then I went into the sanddunes path which runs along side the coastroad. which is sandy.grassy undulating to say the least and back home to make 12.5 miles well the run back was slow and it was my legs that felt it this time as on the tempo run it was my breathing and arms felt so heavy..

So an ok run I thought Id easily do 3 miles and maybe lengthen it to 3.5 or even 4 miles but there was no way I was going to do more than 3 miles.  

home shower stretched out... My hip is sore and hammy and tonight I had stretch out and massage it tennis ball at the ready ouchie !

Help I need cheering up then Chris M cheered me up and my neros coffee cheered me up 

QUESTION ;   what should the average room temp be for an office ?????? 

 Okay I did a 6 miler tonight whilst my son was at football/soccer training.... Paul has to come with me on the bike as hes put weight on and wishes to lose it !

although he does help me when he cycles with me.

I am supposed to have an easy run today but as my tempo didnt go so great yesterday I thought go out see how I feel and see if I can hold a pace for 3 miles.

3 miles 7.30 pace..... good warm up

4th mile 6.21  too fast

5th mile 6.40 dieing

6th mile 6.41 died sat down and was pretty annoyed as I really should have had a recovery run and ran hard tomorrow.... but hey it must all help for me to get back to fitness.

I rang my coach today and he was pretty cool about it all and thinks its just the trials and tribulations of recovering from injury..... my hammy was actually okay as I spent about 45 mins this afternoon at the gym foam rollering it and stretching it out after a small jog warm up.  I am not going to do a race this weekend as I had planned to do coach Reg said "no way, you gotta get fitter and youve only just started sessions 1 week ago so give it 2 more weeks maybe 3 then maybe race if all is well"  and I knew he was right I have to be patient urgghhh :-(

So the day started out bad got better then went bad again but thats life isnt it ! 

I was in Queen Creek Yesterday or was it the day before anyhow I caught Burt on camera

Okay I had to facebook the pictures as I cant get them to load on this silly blog now I am a computer learner for the 1st time in my life I cant get the stupid thing to work lol at myself!

try try try again

Okay I was tired this morning I did sleep sort of okay but not great.

10 mins xtrainer level 6.

I wanted to do an 11 mile route so I went out..... windy all the way out, path down the side of a barracks then round to hightown sanddunes crosby sanddunes then crosby front along the seaside but tarmac from here on.  all the way upto th leisure centre full on wind for over 5miles.  

Okay I started to head back but from the start I wasnt feeling great again and now was feeling worse, I dont usually take fluids with me for this sort of length run but felt very thirsty...and hungry I didnt eat much for breakfast and hadnt eaten since and last night was a light snack so I start realising im boinging (bonking/hitting the wall) it was pretty hard going average time 8/8.15 pace some faster some slower!  I hit the 10.5 mile mark and realised its no way a 11 mile route more of a 12/12.5 and I was running late due to the fact I was running slower than 1st thought  so I knew I was gonna run late literally for my phsyio appointment.  and I hit the by-pass and felt dizzy I wanted to be sick but as I hadnt eaten there was nothing there urgghhhh I had hit the wall I ran for 3 miles through it and seemed to hit it again I felt like I wanted to just sit down and go to the sleep ha ha ha so I rang Paul he was local thankfully and wasnt too bothered about picking me up actually seemed very happy to pick me up and drop me off at the gym....  so 10.5 miles Im happy with and I must have burnt some fat there LOL 

When Paul dropped me at the gym as this was my starting point it was funny all 3 male gym trainers were at the door how embarassing... they were like omg you ok you had an accident I must have looked awful, I replied "no just not eaten enough and ran outta puff"

they replied oh dear so you just flagged a van down then

Me " ha ha ha no thats my husband as if ! "   and I went to see Jane My physio and she was like oh god sam whats wrong I was like nothing im ok just need something to boost my sugar I think... and off she went I only wanted a lucozade as I think I would have thrown anything else up like food stuff. ha ha.

Ok my hammy was bubbly and needed sorting it was also a bit bunched up but thats the tempo run I think and my hip was bad  to say the least ouchie ouchie it really hurt but she sorted it out with me making silly noises ahhhh ahhhh ahhh LOL

 Mileage Board WHOS the DADDY Chris M...now dont go running 2 miles or anything ha ha ha 

Not much sleep my son Dylan was up most of the night moaning he had a headache etc so not feeling too good!

plan was run the route yesterday again.... Paul (hubby) told me at about 10am he was finishing work early and could cycle with me... well this alters the route as he cant do sand dunes etc, I missed some of the route out but it was just abit more direct and more tarmac.

Its a nice day though as we went towards crosby leisure centre there were allot of people along the front due to the centenery of the Royal Navy.

As they were docked in Liverpool port, and the helicoptors... planes and jets etc were doing an airshow.  It was nice to see that, the weather was a clear day sunshine but some head wind again all the way for the 5miles urgghh.

I had fuelled this morning to just a bit more porridge and a light snack at 10am as I run at 1pm.... I did ok  hammy ok and my best mileage week so far and I feel okay :-)

• mile 1 8.10
• 2 7.57
• 3 7.56 
• 4 7.57
• 5 7.57
• 6 7.48
• 7 7.18
• 8 7.24
• 9 7.12
• 10 7.05
• 11 7.07
• 12 4.20 0.7 miles   6.20 pace
• 1 hour 28 mins total.

tired now and need more food again got to be sensible as Im going to try do 15 miles on Sunday fingers crossed.

Rest day for me.... off to watch soccer in the rain lovely...... 

I am very happy I am off work for 1 week although I am sure I will have lots to go back to after a week off unlike some people at work !

Ha ha my cat as just returned after a night out what a dirty stop out, hes all wet and hungry disgusting I say ha ha ha lol.

I have a headache this morning I decided as Im now off work (dylans also off school for half term too) im going to have 2 glasses of wine. Big mistake urghhh :-)