The week that was

Well, I have been slack and not blogging, as MAR so gently pointed out..... :-) thanks!!!

So what have I done in the past week. Monday 15th ran a great 6.5 monitor run which was brilliant. My heart rate dropped heaps which means I am getting fitter. So I should too. It is nearly my first anniversary of running, 11 Feb 05 was the first time I had ever run and now look at me. A brilliant 16 kg lighter and my sights set on Rotorua at the end of April. Speaking of the marathon, I did it, paid my money and I'm in. Tomorrow I book the hotel, thinking I had better get in sooner rather than later because I am sure rooms will be at a premium closer to the event. My daughter and mother are coming with me to be my support crew/cheerleaders. I had better warn them that the stress levels are likely to be through the roof....

Anyway back to the week of running, Tuesday was the gym. Great workout but thank goodness I am getting anew programme soon. It becomes dull after a while doing the same thing.

Wednesday, ran the bush track, 6.1km. Brilliant in the evening in the shade. Its been rather hot here and after running in the sun last week I just wont go there again too soon.

Thursday, my baby's birthday...... my baby being 11 yrs old that is, so the day was doing exactly what she wanted. I took the day off work and we did the shops, movies, pizza hut for dinner then hanging out at home and no running..... Also picked up a friends dog that we had to babysit for the weekend. Damned mongrel thing...grrrrr. He hates cats and tried chewing on mine all of the time.

Friday, assessment with the gym instructor......my chance to perve at him as well...ooops did I say that out loud....:-) Ive lost 7% body fat in the last three months which is brilliant and if I use the scales at the doctors where we had to go Thursday for my daughter, I am 3 kilos lighter than the scales at the gym.....but will take the gym scales..... its all good, my exercise is working. The instructor asked what I wanted to do so told him I want shoulders, Madonna arms and shoulders please!!!!!!!

All that sounds real positive, now for the kicker of the week, not enough sleep. I'm having trouble sleeping and its driving me nuts as well as catching up on me. Knackered on Saturday and didn't run and even more knackered on Sunday so no run either which kinda p's me off totally. Talking of peeves, my coach still hasn't done my programme for the marathon...but I have read Jon Acklands "Personal Best" in the past couple of days and looking 13 weeks out I'm doing pretty well so I need not worry too much at the moment.

So far this week I have done my monitor run, great run again. Cut a couple of minutes off it and heartrate is dropping really nicely, so the knackered rests don't appear to be holding me back too much. Tonight was gym night again and a new programme. Damn has he got me doing arms and shoulders or what.....arghhhhhhh. I will be bulging if I keep this up (may even loose more of my boobs.....yippeeeee), being an E cup makes for chaffing and pain sometimes....... I still have to do my lunges but they have moved to walking lunges and squats have moved to adding a bar across my shoulders...... it all sounds and feels a little hard.

OK, a question, I want to lengthen my stride. How do I go about it? At the end of each run I sprint, or try to, up my street which is about 200m. I really try to extend my stride, pump my arms and get it all going as quick as I can. Anyway, I will leave it with those that know and see what comes back to me.

That's it for now, I know a bit of a rave but what the hell.......