Saturday, April 05, 2008
I'm back....well sort of
Hi all, well I've not written many entries for a while but really that's down to having been away in New Zealand getting married for about 3 weeks. New Zealand was great - fab weather, really nice folk, lovely scenery, great beaches and we are planning to go back. I met my nephew (2 weeks old, and went to see him again when he was 4 weeks old - very good timing!), and saw my brother again after nearly two years. The wedding was small but perfectly formed - arriving by speedboat at the beach! It was a bare foot affair - we had shoes but after being in water up to your knees and then stepping on the warm sand, there was no chance the shoes were going back on! And guess what - I didn't run for the whole 3 weeks. The closest thing to exercise was a 10 mile hike (or tramp as the NZ'rs call it) between some volcanos (so pretty steep going). Again amazing scenery! Awesome! And I did some white water rafting. It was fab also.
And now I'm back. To say I'm suffering with post holiday blues would be an understatement. Made all the worse by the severe deterioration in my fitness levels. Doing a bit better now - only cos I went out last Saturday for nearly 5 miles, Sunday for about 6, Tuesday for nearly 5 and Thursday for about 4. This morning I made it about 7 miles so gradually, gradually I'm building back up. Although 2 hours seems like miles away still (well it is isn't it!)
So that meant I didn't run the boundary race - marshalled instead. A bit scarey considering I was standing in the middle of the road - think I managed to block the high street at one stage but so long as the runners had room to run I wasn't worried! The less said about getting roped in to do the finish times the better though.....
Anyway should have a bit more time on my hands now to do more updates, although the house is undergoing a bit of a renovation so will be kept busy with that for a while. Well until the next holiday that is!
And now I'm back. To say I'm suffering with post holiday blues would be an understatement. Made all the worse by the severe deterioration in my fitness levels. Doing a bit better now - only cos I went out last Saturday for nearly 5 miles, Sunday for about 6, Tuesday for nearly 5 and Thursday for about 4. This morning I made it about 7 miles so gradually, gradually I'm building back up. Although 2 hours seems like miles away still (well it is isn't it!)
So that meant I didn't run the boundary race - marshalled instead. A bit scarey considering I was standing in the middle of the road - think I managed to block the high street at one stage but so long as the runners had room to run I wasn't worried! The less said about getting roped in to do the finish times the better though.....
Anyway should have a bit more time on my hands now to do more updates, although the house is undergoing a bit of a renovation so will be kept busy with that for a while. Well until the next holiday that is!
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