I hope you enjoyed your bank holiday weekend (those of you in the UK) and those of you in France enjoy your day off today! :-)
It all adds up you know - taking the stairs, walking instead of getting on the tube etc. Every little bit helps as that famous supermarket rightly says. The last 2 weekends I've been on some nice long training walks too - I need to get used to being on my feet for hours and walking long distances as for 8 days in Sepetember that's pretty much going to be my daily routine!
To ease myself in gently, I went on an 8 mile walk from Seaford to Exceat up over the cliffs and back again the weekend before last.
The weekend just gone I then decided to cover the other side (Exceat to Eastbourne) which is actually more like 15 miles. I didn't ache afterwards (slight twinge in the hip doesn't count!) and I wasn't too tired so obviously the last year of being a gym bunny has paid off.
Next on the exercise agenda is the village 5k on June 18th - last year (never having run further than for a bus) I came last with a dreadful time of 44 minutes (it is a very challenging steep course) - this year I'm hoping to do it in 35 minutes now that I can run a 5k on the flat in 29 minutes (so proud of myself!).
After that is the British London 10k on July 10th - I'm not even sure if I'm capable of running 10k as the most I have ever done is about 6k, but I'm willing to give it a go. :-) I love running in these events - they are so much fun, the atomosphere is great and you meet so many people.
Anyway, I shall leave you with a hilariously bad picture of me running in the Heroes run a few weeks ago.
I'm number 170 just in case you are wondering! ;-)
TTFN
