Bad Blogger

OK I think we can agree I am crap at blogging and keeping things up to date! I must get better at this. Anyway here I am!

Marathon Training Week 1

So this week has brought challenges in the sense of illness for all of us, which then impacted my training plan and runs needed to be moved. Janathon has appeared to died a death in my life. I have been moving every day yes! With either running, walking to work or yoga I am keeping to the bargain. but blogging about it seems to be difficult. I have signed up for Jantastic too which I am completing very well. Committed to 3 runs a week throughout January and so far I have achieved that. So Jantastic and Janathon are working along side each other. Hoping to find more time this week to blog as I get my head around everything that is happening in my life!

So lets start off with marathon training. It was a good start to the week. Monday = REST DAY! :) So apart from my tiny walk to work I did naff all! Stretched, rested and it felt great. I wasn't feeling too sore after my long run on Sunday so had a smug feeling about me Monday. It was a good day.
Tuesday I arranged to go for a run with a friend which I really enjoyed. The only downside was running in the evening. My stomach really doesn't like the evenings so stitch was a common feature throughout but having a friend to chat and laugh with really helped get me through :)
Wednesday I was meant to cross train, but not having access to a car is difficult and I didn't get to the gym. So it was more stretching, a short walk to work and some yoga.
Thursday was meant to be a morning run. Alarm went off but I was shattered. I decided sleep was important and I could run in the evening when I got home. However, F was poorly in the evening so the run didn't happen.
Friday was meant to be a rest day but I got up and ran, as I had missed my run on Thursday. Having been up loads in the night with F I debated going but thought it was best as I really didn't want to miss a run this week.
Saturday ended up being another rest day. I started feeling ill myself on Saturday so decided to rest before my long run on Sunday...actually thinking about it I failed Janathon Saturday! Uh oh! Well I was ill and I needed to rest. Saturday night resulted in a quick midnight trip to the docs with F was his temp rocketed and wouldn't go down. So another bad nights sleep and constant worrying (like all us mothers do when our little ones are poorly) I wasn't sure if Sunday's run was even going to happen.
Well today is Sunday and F is feeling fine, as he has been during the day all week, just night times he is bad...its typical ;) We were all up much later due to our early hours outing. I set off out for a 6 mile run walk. 10 mins running 2 mins walking and felt pretty good. Well apart from the cold and sore throat which did play havoc with me mentally, but physically I felt good.

So in a nut shell this have been my week:

Monday - Rest
Tuesday - Slow 3 miles
Wednesday -Yoga
Thursday -Rest
Friday - Easy 3 miles
Saturday - Rest (Unwell)
Sunday - Run/Walk 6 miles

It's not perfect. I would have liked to have done some cross training and disappointed with myself I didn't do any strength training but this has been the first week I have properly been training. It was the first week of my marathon training plan and I completed all the runs. OK the other bits were hit and miss but I completed the runs. So I am focusing on the positive. I feel like I have a lot of excuses for why things didn't get done but they aren't excuses, its just life. These are the challenges I face. Its no ones fault at F has been ill, I've been ill and M has been ill as well. F comes first so sometimes training may suffer. That is something I have already accepted.

Week 1 down, 15 to go until Milton Keynes Marathon!

There are lots of other exciting things happening in life which I am going to leave to another blog post. This one can be dedicated to running and Marathon Training. Also M has just made some lovely homemade rolls and I'm starving! Off for some soup and roll :)

#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.

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!