#Janathon Day 7...

Oh dear, I am sh1t at blogging, and maybe a bit at Janathon!

January 3rd marked the day I went back to work. It was surprising hard! All of a sudden my mind was filled with different priorities...well they were priorities at the time. I had to get used to juggling work again. Sounds stupid as I was 'ok' at it before the xmas holidays. It amazing how 2 weeks of eating and sitting on your backside can completely change you mentally! Anyway work is now back in my mind and I can deal with it. Feeling less stressed about work now.

So back to Janathon. I have been saved by the fact I walk to work. So for day Janathon day 3 4 5 and 6 I have walked for at least 20mins a day. Plus I never sit still in my job and probably cover another 2-3 miles just by working ;) Clutching at straws here! Sadly I don't have a garden to gallop around :( So I have done my best...Kind of feels like cheating, but the whole point of Janathon for me was to be moving everyday as I was a complete coach potato during the xmas break!

Today involved another walk. I volunteered at parkrun this morning (I was timekeeper...agrrrhhh!) so I went for short walk afterwards to help warm me up! It was very cold standing still for nearly 1hr :) But worth it.

That's about it for now!

#Janathon Day 2

 Janathon

Day 2:

Weights and leg strengthening - 20mins
Core workout - 15mins
Running around after toddler and cleaning!


Ok, I feel today was an awful attempt at exercise but weights, strength training and working on my core are an important part of my training program. I was planning on going out for a walk but F has been so difficult today and decided nap time was play time. Rest of the day was destroying the house as much as possible! Lame excuses I know but then M went out this evening so I've really had no chance to seek out and get a quick 30min walk in *sigh* that's parenting for you! The only cute thing F did all day was copy me doing squats, stretching and sit ups! Children really copy everything they see :)

Tomorrow brings me a nice gentle 30min run so I will feel like I have done something more no doubt.

2 down, 29 to go.

#Janathon Day 1

Janathon

So it has began. It crept up on me and suddenly I thought "F**k I need to run tomorrow!"

Xmas has offically left and January begins. I feel this month will be hard for me based on what happened last January. Its already planning on my mind and I can feel my mood is a lot more flat than usual. Janathon is a good positive destraction. (If you are unaware of what happened last January and you're feeling nosey please read my Reflecting on a tough year post.)

So anyway back to the matter in hand:

Day 1:
3 mile/30min run. Legs felt stiff and tired. It was dark and rainy too. Pace: 10min mile.

Now, it was a crap run. I didn't feel great at all. My legs hurt, I ache now and it was meant to be a 6 miler really! Bur there are positives. I can run. I didn't feel out of breathe, it felt natural to be running and I felt like a runner. Forget the sore legs! 9 months ago I could barely run for 2 mins and now a 30min run is something I think about doing with ease! To be honest I hate shorter runs. I found they hurt more! Takes me a good 2miles to warm up.

This was the good quick up the arse I needed to get back into it. Janathon you may be the death of me!

So 1 down, 30 to go!

Silent Sunday

2012 Goals

"New Years Resolutions" - Utterly Useless! There is something so negative about the term that almost sets you up to fail right from the beginning. How many of us can say we have kept to our "New Years Resolutions"? Please let me know if you have, I certainly haven't. So this year I am going with goals. I stick to goals better, and I think there is a better sense of achievement when you get there. So here goes:

1. Run a marathon - This is my main goal. It will no doubt consume me and be all I talk about in the coming months. I am sorry to everyone who knows me. But please support me!
2. Read 12 books - This is my excuse for relaxing time in between all this running I am going to be doing! (I never really read, but a new kindle for Xmas might change that. Can only be a good thing!)
3. Complete Janathon - Run or complete any form of exercise everyday through January and blog about it.
4. Complete Junathon - Same principal as Janathon except during June.
5. A new 10K PB - I have a few 10K's lined up for this year.. A PB is definitely on the cards...well I hope so!
6. Family history - Something I am really looking forward to it exploring my family history. Now I have F I want to be able to tell him about his family and know myself where I came from!
7. Go to a least one gig - Since having F, anything I used to do before having him disappeared! So this is a little something to try and claim some of myself back. ( I know only one gig?! Its an expensive year with the wedding! I need to be realistic too!)
8. Run 1/2 marathon (Can't believe this slipped me by! I keep forgetting I've never done this!)
9. Take F to swimming lessons - I am awful at swimming. I can swim, but not very well. I had a drowning experience as a child and then have always been very nervous of water since. So I am refusing to pass that few onto my son. Sorry F, you're going to be a swimmer!
10. Attend a toddler group with F at least twice a month - I say toddler group, could include baby gym, activity centres, toddler group at my work, toddler groups with F's childminder. I never really take him and its more because I'm nervous. This has to stop!
11. Watch 25 films I have never seen this year - This is going to be a hard one, but I never watch films! I really should, so I have more to talk about ;) So I need a movie night once every 2 weeks. I'm going to have a very timetabled life!
12. Completed a total of 25 parkruns - I'm already at 10 so I think this will an easy goal to achieve, but it will keep me on my toes. It's quite difficult to fit in the parkruns when you have training plans as well. They take so much out of you!
13. Bake something I have never baked before one a month - ohhh it could almost be like pudding parties! I'm not that good at baking and as a mother I need to me! So I will bake something else new and express my creative side..which will be interesting as I really don't have much of one!


I'm going to stop at 13. I like the number 13 :) Let it begin!