Sponsor Me!!

With my running vest came some sponsor forms, so expect them to be waved at anyone who walks past me at every opportunity.

 I've also added a Just Giving button to the blog.They let you pay with Pay Pal & include Gift Aid too.

So that's all major credit cards, cash & Pay Pal taken, please ask about cheques!

Thanks in advance.

Millie

DAY 8 - 5.14KM (40:11 min)

Today's run contained 2 sets of 700m straight runs! One at the start and then one to end.

there's this yellow gate where I start my run & I've been trying to get as far as possible from it as I can, it's almost 700m to the rose garden from the yellow gate.

On the way out I did it with a pace of 5:46, on the way back I did it at about 6:40.

Not record breaking either way, and the average pace for the whole 5K was about 8:02.

but given that I'm only on Day 8 here, I think that's not too bad!


My Heart Research UK vest arrived today!! will get a snazzy picture asap!
Rest day tomorrow. I feel like I need it!

DAY 7 4.28K (35:55 min)

There's something cool about running a route and getting further than you normally get, in a quicker time!

Alright, so I'm still a little of a snot monster. But at least I actually ran today, the total distance was also the furthest I ran in a very long time. Not far off 5km, hopefully tomorrow I'll crack it.

I'm getting an average pace of about 8:30 per Km. So I guess I'm looking at a 10Km race of about 1 hour 20min!

DAY 6 - 3.43KM (31:36 min)

Running with snot dripping out my face seems to be my weakness, tonight was more of a walk than a run.

I've downloaded the podrunner interval workouts, with the varied BPM, and it was working until i just couldn't function and had to slow to more of a walk / power walk type speed.

I'm afraid the music is a bit mindless for me, I do like dirty metal, but the BPM works quite well & helped keep a steady pace. Unfortunately I'm not musically inclined enough to mix my own, & may just have to stick with this. But that's not too bad, anything that drowns out the sound of my panting & puffing as a jog on is a winner in my book.

urgh... lurgies & a Running Vest!

So the snow went, and then I got the WORST cold ever.

No, Seriously. Like some new form of plague. I think I was almost on death's door.

But now I'm nearly over it, and I think tomorrow I'll be good to run. No honestly. Round the park, before my dearest goes to work. He can play with the nipper while I dash round.

I also have been having an email chat with the lovely ladies at Heart Research UK, they're sending me a running vest, and stuff. I haven't been this excited about getting post in years! (perhaps that's why I haven't got the lurgies anymore!)

I've said at least 12, how many have you?

This is a Nike Ad, from about 2 years ago...
Too cold is in there, so I got my bottom off the couch, stepped away from the hummous, and went for a quickie

DAY FIVE - 1KM (probably) (10min)
This run sucked...
I went to the Gym, and nearly killed myself slipping on the ice, lost my Nike+ gizmo on the way, and hated every second of running on the treadmill, and then sulked all the way back home.

Thankfully tomorrow is a rest day.

oh, and;
I've got shin splints
I'm exerting myself too much
I've got a case of the Mondays, the Tuesdays, the Wednesdays.
I wanna do something else
After New Years
I might make a mistake
I fell bloated
I have gas
My blister hurts
My tummy hurts
Its not in my genes
Im not the athletic type
I dont wanna slow you down
I think ill sit this one out
I´m too weak / too slow / too big
I ate too much for breakfast
I´ve got a headache
It´s raining
My dog is sick
I can´t right now
Not inspired
It makes me smell bad
I´m allergic to this stuff
I´m fat 
I´m thin
It´s too hot
It's too cold

what's the excuse for my next run?

Look what I've gone & done now...

At 8:30 am this morning The BUPA Great Manchester Run on line registration opened...
At 8:36 am I was 2248 in the queue!

So, longish story shortened, after about 20 min in the virtual queue I was paid up & registered! omg omg OH MY GOD!!

Please please donate a few pennies & sponsor me!


 Well as I've not ran since before the snow, I better get my trainers on & get moving!