Bunny Run
Kids are due back home today, was just thinking I’d go for a run when they phoned to say already home. So Adele and I started on the task of painting over her art work on her bedroom walls. Shame really, was quite good. Only some of them are done with ink, which the paint just won’t cover. Have to change which wall is going to be wall papered.
No training today, still feeling tired but also somewhat lazy and lack motivation.
Day 92 Tuesday 6th April 2010 – Sick child number one
More painting, start hanging lining paper, go to run club. It’s interval session tonight, don’t run as strong as I would like, legs still feel heavy and I develop a pain around my Achilles so daren’t push it any harder. Join the guys for a curry after haven’t been for a few months, enjoy this, chat to Michael about his marathon training, have a fun evening.
Get home to find my daughter asleep on the sofa with a bucket at the side of her! My brother says she was very sick about 10 minutes after I left the house and several times since. Adele sleeps in bed with me and is sick again through the night, normally when my children are ill I would do anything to take the bug off them and be ill instead, but tonight I pray I don’t catch it!
Day 93 Wednesday 7th April 2010 - One year older
It’s my birthday, thank you all for your kind birthday messages. I tried to keep my birthday quiet as in the last 5 years or so I have come to loath my birthday. This year proves to be no exception. I’ll say no more!
Sarah - thank you for knowing when to call, and for listening to me. And thank you for knowing what to say.
Day 94 Thursday 8th April 2010 – Sick child number two
Up at 2oclock in the morning when Daniel started to be sick. Will it be my turn tomorrow?
Can’t believe its Thursday already, back to work on Monday and haven’t achieved half of the things I wanted to do, like running it seems to take me a while to warm up and get going with chores. Still I’m sure the Lazy mornings must be doing my rest/recovery good.
Adele is an angel today she decided she wants to know how to use the washing machine and spends the day putting the washing on and pegging it out bringing it back in and sorting it! She then sweeps and mops all the downstairs floors, makes coffee for my friend and I.
Had arranged to meet Nicky for a run this afternoon and bumped into Claire in the changing room who then came with us. Claire is doing London as her first marathon and so we chatted a lot about marathon training and running. At one point Claire asked us if we had ever considered running with weights. Nicky and I simultaneously, positively almost shouted NO!
Was a good run taking in one of my favourite routes canal, round the abbey along the miniature railway line over the rickety bridge and back on the canal. 5.5 miles lovely sunshine.
Day 95 Friday 9th April 2010 -
Rest day today but get up early to do wall papering in Adele room – looks pretty good.
Adele continues with her mission to have a clean and tidy house and almost stands over me to make sure I clear the dining room table which has been full of clutter from a de cluttering exercise I did some 6 months ago (have to say not all yet sorted but moved ready for sorting) and for the first time in 6 months we sit at the table to eat tea! Adele is still in great form chattering none stop coming out with her one liners, I sometimes think she could be either a stand up comic or a politician! Dan keeps rolling his eyes and asks if we can get a sound proof box to sit her in!
Am so tired I am falling asleep at 9 and go to bed, but then I wake at 1 and struggle to get back to sleep, put lap top on do some run club stuff, get a drink, try to sleep, need loo, still can’t sleep, lap top back on check runners world forum, check various blogs, light off, settle down, Adele (still sleeping in my bed while decorating her room) suddenly sits up, starts to try and grab something and point shouting that it that one it’s there, then sighs and lies back down, decide I need loo again, still can’t settle, laptop back on, look at my training spreadsheet, decide to plan out my post marathon training and look at possible races, put in loads some def club races other possible that I might do 20 altogether (though two are on the same day) and when I get to boxing day and the Chevin Chase, I decided that instead of trying to plan my training for Dec I should be concentrating on getting some sleep before the Bunny Run which is in just 4 hours time!
Day 96 Saturday 10th April 2010 – Run rabbit run
Found it hard to get up, I had wanted to get up in time to have a proper warm up and then try for a PB, but no way was this happening. Meet up with Julie and David who were doing their first park run today and Julie and I got our bunny ears and tails on.
Was a good run, quite a way of my PB but I am consistently running this without stopping now which 4 months ago would not always be the case, I don’t hurt less I’m just more able to keep going through the pain!
Join the gang in the cafe after for a fresh orange juice, then home. I call at Woodrups on the way home to get some gels totally forgetting I was still wearing my bunny tail and ears and then when I get home I chat with my neighbour for a while till I saw my reflection in the window!
Went to see my Mum at tea time to have a cuppa and a natter, she lifts my spirits and has me laughing, just the tonic I needed. There is no one quite like your Mum when you’re feeling a little Blue!
Day 97 Sunday 11th April 2010 – A “short 12 miles”
Today is a taper short-long run aiming for between 12 – 14 miles, not sure how I’m feeling about this after my horrible 22 miles. Meet Clair, we do a couple of miles along the canal and Sue then joins us. Once again my legs are sore for the first 3 miles, we run along the canal to Rodley before leaving the canal and then up the hill to Horsforth, Somehow I make it up this hill but have a two minute break at the top before we are off again. A couple of times my breathing feels tight and I feel I struggle for breath not sure if this is a virus or if it’s because the weather is getting warmer. But all round a good strong run.
Legs ache during the afternoon.
But I crack on and tick a few more things off of my holiday to do list. What isn't done now will just have to wait. I have a hectic schedule home wise in the next few weeks, somehow I have to ensure I get adequate rest and recover whilst fitting in my training, coaching session, sports massage, preparing for my trip, registring the run club members, preparing for my course, parents evening at school and general must do everyday chores. I reminde myself that i need to be selfish for a couple of weeks and everything /one else will just have to wait.
Then I start to think about going back to work tomorrow and check my emails only 122 new ones! Check my diary - Dam it Monday & Tuesday I have back to back meetings.
Work wise I have what feels like an inpossible couple of weeks ahead of me.
But as every Marathon Runner Knows
"IMMPOSIBLE IS NOTHING"
This will be my mantra for the next two weeks!
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