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!

I have lurgies...

...thousands of them.

I've been on deaths door since Sunday, and going to work this morning just killed me.

It's a bit gutting, I really wanted to run Sunday & just could not move out of bed.
Now I'm drugged up on Lemsip & hot water bottles.

whaaaaaaa whaaaaa!!

DAY FOUR - 3.37 km (27:31min)

This was possibly the run I least wanted to do.
It's very cold out, pouring with rain, & shortly before I left the house Curry was ordered & beers were opened.
That & I'm working overnight tonight, and I got up at 7am this morning & won't get to go back to bed till 7am tomorrow
But I did it, and ran quite well. Almost 2 minutes faster than the last 3.3km I ran on 1st Dec, thanks to Song 2!
I'm eating curry and yawning my head off.
I'm running again tomorrow, but only a short one.

Night Night!

DAY THREE 1.74km (13:11 min)

I ran much better today... I actually enjoyed my run!
Just a short one today however, but there must have been some magic on my iPod, as all the right tunes (well 3) came up;

Don't Stop the Rock - Freestyle
Rockafeller Skank - Fat Boy Slim
Song Two - Blur

163 training days left,

estimated 10KM time 1 hour 16 minutes...

DAY TWO - 3.39km (29:21)

That was hard work.

I ran further than Sunday, both overall distance and the time between slowing to a walk and returning to a run.
Not much mind, the Nike+ Gizmo had me 4 second quicker per KM than Sunday, but than again that's 13 seconds over the whole run!

Current estimated 10K finish time = 1hr 22 min!

I run again tomorrow, I'm off for a bath.