And so, the 5x50 challenge ended... On Sunday... With more of a squeak than a roar, as it turns out...
I went for a walk to the library and back on Saturday (taking me to the grand total of 252km logged since 9th September - 2km over the 250km minimum required!). Fully intending to go to the gym on Sunday and put in some more miles, it being the last day and all...
Wandered to the gym (eventually) at around 9pm on Sunday only to find my way barred, my entry denied, my gym-time cut short before it could begin! After much pushing and pulling of the door (I do like to check that it's not just me), I accepted defeat: no exercise for me on Sunday. Darn...
My 5x50 was over somewhat earlier than planned... The argumentative amongst you might point out that I could still have done a 5km run (party poopers!) but I took this as a sign from God. My way was barred - this is the Good Lord telling me to go home, sit down... And eat ice cream. He was actually quite firm on the eating of ice cream part - go figure?!
Of course, later (much, much later) it occurred to me that maybe the time lock on the gym door had not been re-set to take account of the clocks going forward... And that my way was barred due to the gym thinking that it was 10pm and thus shut, rather than 9pm and still open... But I like the "sign from God" scenario better and so that's what I'm sticking to!
Soooo, Challenge 3 finished. Challenge 4 undecided. The nights have drawn in, the days are suddenly ridiculously short, and it's cold, cold, cold.... From whence will come the motivation to continue with the endless exercise regime?
Oh, yes - beach soon. *sigh* Must stop eating ice cream...
:o)
Saturday's stats:
Walking - 23 mins, 1.4 miles
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Saturday, 27 October 2012
57. The big chill
Well, now that the nights have drawn in, and the days are short and dark... It's time for the temperature drops. And, Lordy, how they've dropped! I'm cooooooold!
I meant to go for a run tonight, but it was all just too cold. I have cold-weather gear, but convinced myself I couldn't find it, and so again retired to the gym. Ho, hum, more miles slogged through, tick, tick, tick.
The 5x50 challenge finishes this Sunday (ruining, ruining I say, the gift that is the clocks going back). 5x50 = 250 (no, really?!) and my little log of progress tells me that I've already done 249km... So, the question is, after I walk around the place tomorrow (quickly, of course), will I actually both to slog my way through 5km on Sunday? Hmmmm? Place your bets now, please, ladies and gentlemen...
Other than that, I am trying to keep at the forefront of my mind that this weekend I start preparing for Christmas. Yes, Christmas. November and December are strangely short and manic, and so I must prepare now or make my life an unnecessarily complicated nightmare for the next 2 months...
Of course, statistically, it is far more probable that I will spend the next few days curled up in bed (where it's warm!) reading...
What will happen next?! The excitement is very nearly tangible...
;oD
Today's stats:
Cross-trainer - 31 mins, 4 miles [Level 6]
I meant to go for a run tonight, but it was all just too cold. I have cold-weather gear, but convinced myself I couldn't find it, and so again retired to the gym. Ho, hum, more miles slogged through, tick, tick, tick.
The 5x50 challenge finishes this Sunday (ruining, ruining I say, the gift that is the clocks going back). 5x50 = 250 (no, really?!) and my little log of progress tells me that I've already done 249km... So, the question is, after I walk around the place tomorrow (quickly, of course), will I actually both to slog my way through 5km on Sunday? Hmmmm? Place your bets now, please, ladies and gentlemen...
Other than that, I am trying to keep at the forefront of my mind that this weekend I start preparing for Christmas. Yes, Christmas. November and December are strangely short and manic, and so I must prepare now or make my life an unnecessarily complicated nightmare for the next 2 months...
Of course, statistically, it is far more probable that I will spend the next few days curled up in bed (where it's warm!) reading...
What will happen next?! The excitement is very nearly tangible...
;oD
Today's stats:
Cross-trainer - 31 mins, 4 miles [Level 6]
Thursday, 25 October 2012
56. Well, if I must...
The cake-avoidance is going terribly well - I remain firm and strong in the face of all cakes....
If, by "firm and strong" one means "quivers like a jelly" and "collapses like a blancmange"... *sigh*
When I'm trying to be good, people turn up with free cakes which I have to taste-test because they want feedback... And, let's face it, who would provide better feedback than such a practised cake aficionado? Admittedly, that only explains why I ate cake number 1 - justification for eating cake number 2 is pending (can't really think of anything except that cake number 1 tasted really good...).
Luckily, I can work all this cake off by yet another visit to the gym... Lucky, lucky me... Although, all this "5x50" nonsense is getting old - I keep booking fitness classes and then cancelling them because I don't have time to work, do a fitness class, sleep AND do my daily 5km... Next week I shall attempt a triumphant return. Or, at the very least, a return!
:o)
Today's stats:
Cross-trainer - 29 mins, 4 miles [Level 5]
If, by "firm and strong" one means "quivers like a jelly" and "collapses like a blancmange"... *sigh*
When I'm trying to be good, people turn up with free cakes which I have to taste-test because they want feedback... And, let's face it, who would provide better feedback than such a practised cake aficionado? Admittedly, that only explains why I ate cake number 1 - justification for eating cake number 2 is pending (can't really think of anything except that cake number 1 tasted really good...).
Luckily, I can work all this cake off by yet another visit to the gym... Lucky, lucky me... Although, all this "5x50" nonsense is getting old - I keep booking fitness classes and then cancelling them because I don't have time to work, do a fitness class, sleep AND do my daily 5km... Next week I shall attempt a triumphant return. Or, at the very least, a return!
:o)
Today's stats:
Cross-trainer - 29 mins, 4 miles [Level 5]
55. Lucky, lucky me
This year has - comparatively speaking - gone quite well, really. Much, much better than 2010 and 2011.
Flushed with this success, I decided to chance my arm, test my (notoriously non-existent) luck, and buy some lottery tickets. On a regular basis.
And it's not gone terribly. I have, indeed, had a "winning" ticket a time or 2. But before we start getting all excited (me most of all!) I should point out that one can have a "winning ticket" and only win £2.50...
Which I have done a couple of times. And I've won £10 once too (woooo!). Today's excitement was of a different type... £6.60!! Yes, indeedy! Another victory! And yet, still not actually won back more than I put in... If one wants to be pernickety.... At this rate, I'll be able to officially state that I won a million on the lottery in, well, uh, about 200 years (assuming that I win £10 a week... Which isn't happening...)
But I am now officially a lottery winner (several times over) - crack open the champagne and get out the camera, people: let's celebrate!
:o)
Today's stats:
Cycling (in the gym) - 36 mins, 7 miles [Level 5]
Flushed with this success, I decided to chance my arm, test my (notoriously non-existent) luck, and buy some lottery tickets. On a regular basis.
And it's not gone terribly. I have, indeed, had a "winning" ticket a time or 2. But before we start getting all excited (me most of all!) I should point out that one can have a "winning ticket" and only win £2.50...
Which I have done a couple of times. And I've won £10 once too (woooo!). Today's excitement was of a different type... £6.60!! Yes, indeedy! Another victory! And yet, still not actually won back more than I put in... If one wants to be pernickety.... At this rate, I'll be able to officially state that I won a million on the lottery in, well, uh, about 200 years (assuming that I win £10 a week... Which isn't happening...)
But I am now officially a lottery winner (several times over) - crack open the champagne and get out the camera, people: let's celebrate!
:o)
Today's stats:
Cycling (in the gym) - 36 mins, 7 miles [Level 5]
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
54. Fizz-fueled
*Hic*
Pulled myself from my normal life of sloth to zip over to see ZG after work. It's about 5km if you walk, so... Walked! Bought fizz en route, drank half of it when I got there...
Whee!
Need to do that more often. Walk back was shorter - there was a bus, OK, right there... What was I to do?! Tee-hee!
Other than that, I am slightly worried by my sudden addiction to peanut butter sandwiches. 2 last night 1 tonight... Not excessive, but still... Might take a break tomorrow night - there are only so many carbs that a body needs... Particularly when it's 4 weeks to beach...
;oD
Today's stats:
Walking - 57 mins, 3.37 miles
Walking - 15 mins, 0.96 miles
Walking - 23 mins, 1.4 miles [Monday]
Pulled myself from my normal life of sloth to zip over to see ZG after work. It's about 5km if you walk, so... Walked! Bought fizz en route, drank half of it when I got there...
Whee!
Need to do that more often. Walk back was shorter - there was a bus, OK, right there... What was I to do?! Tee-hee!
Other than that, I am slightly worried by my sudden addiction to peanut butter sandwiches. 2 last night 1 tonight... Not excessive, but still... Might take a break tomorrow night - there are only so many carbs that a body needs... Particularly when it's 4 weeks to beach...
;oD
Today's stats:
Walking - 57 mins, 3.37 miles
Walking - 15 mins, 0.96 miles
Walking - 23 mins, 1.4 miles [Monday]
Saturday, 20 October 2012
53. Splosh
Water seems to be the theme of the week...
My training would have been sadly rain-interrupted this week, but I have also had a gym available to me for most of the week. Which is good (in a way). Still, as can be seen from the below, my input to the "5x50" challenge seems to be a weekly slow start followed by some panicked catch-up later in the week. Which is bad. The old saying is true - you can take a person's running kit away on business, but you can't make them wear it....
Looked in my famously food-free fridge the other day and was rather alarmed by the number of bottles of water in it: there is actually little room for food in the fridge currently. It is a little-discussed thing - every running event you go to you end up with at least one water bottle at the end. I'm sure other people throw them away (or at least put them in the recycling). But I look at them, think "that could be useful", take the bottle home and fill it with tap water. Sadly too much "useful" becomes a rather worrying collection. New challenge - reduce water storage capacity and free the fridge!
The Terminator had been redeeming himself of late - in gym before me, leaving after me - until tonight. Wandering in 20 mins before the gym shuts to do a bit of cross-training is not scary! I expect better from the scary people in the gym!
:o)
Today's stats:
Cross-trainer - 36 mins, 5 miles
Cycling (in gym) - 20 mins, 4.399 miles [Monday]
Walking - 16 mins, 1 mile [Tuesday]
Walking - 17 mins, 1 mile [Tuesday]
Cycling (in gym) - 37 mins, 7 miles [Thursday]
My training would have been sadly rain-interrupted this week, but I have also had a gym available to me for most of the week. Which is good (in a way). Still, as can be seen from the below, my input to the "5x50" challenge seems to be a weekly slow start followed by some panicked catch-up later in the week. Which is bad. The old saying is true - you can take a person's running kit away on business, but you can't make them wear it....
Looked in my famously food-free fridge the other day and was rather alarmed by the number of bottles of water in it: there is actually little room for food in the fridge currently. It is a little-discussed thing - every running event you go to you end up with at least one water bottle at the end. I'm sure other people throw them away (or at least put them in the recycling). But I look at them, think "that could be useful", take the bottle home and fill it with tap water. Sadly too much "useful" becomes a rather worrying collection. New challenge - reduce water storage capacity and free the fridge!
The Terminator had been redeeming himself of late - in gym before me, leaving after me - until tonight. Wandering in 20 mins before the gym shuts to do a bit of cross-training is not scary! I expect better from the scary people in the gym!
:o)
Today's stats:
Cross-trainer - 36 mins, 5 miles
Cycling (in gym) - 20 mins, 4.399 miles [Monday]
Walking - 16 mins, 1 mile [Tuesday]
Walking - 17 mins, 1 mile [Tuesday]
Cycling (in gym) - 37 mins, 7 miles [Thursday]
Saturday, 13 October 2012
52. Lessons identified
Some years ago, I found myself standing in Stansted trying to get on an Easyjet flight to Glasgow which was actually flying from Luton. Which confused myself and the check-in girl no end....
Lesson I learned from that - always double-check the airports on the Easyjet flight booking.
Really, that should just have been "double-check the booking that you've actually made with Easyjet". Rather than the one that you were trying to make, and indeed thought that you had made...
If I'd learned that lesson then I would not have found myself again standing before a confused Easyjet check-in girl trying to board a flight which actually left the night before... Ooops... I was mentally flogging myself over being so stupid when she told me that I was the second person that evening who had turned up on Friday having booked a flight for Thursday.... Well at least I had company... As I was standing at the check-in desk trying to decide the best way forward, a man turned up to check-in for the same flight... Only to discover that he too had apparently booked the Thursday night flight instead!
At this point, I started to suspect an Easyjet conspiracy, with their online booking system being deeply complicit in booking you on to wrong flights so that they could at least get another £35 out of you to change it later.... Not helped by the fact that you have to confirm your flight details multiple times between adverts for things you don't want (the flight confirmation is 90% adverts for other stuff and 10% actual flight details)....
Lesson identified? Watch the Easyjet flight booking process very, very carefully...
Or, alternatively, actually read your booking confirmation rather than printing it out and quickly moving on to other stuff!
:o)
Today's stats:
Walking - 36 mins, 2.11 miles
Walking - 19 mins, 1.2 miles
Walking - 17 mins, 1 mile
Lesson I learned from that - always double-check the airports on the Easyjet flight booking.
Really, that should just have been "double-check the booking that you've actually made with Easyjet". Rather than the one that you were trying to make, and indeed thought that you had made...
If I'd learned that lesson then I would not have found myself again standing before a confused Easyjet check-in girl trying to board a flight which actually left the night before... Ooops... I was mentally flogging myself over being so stupid when she told me that I was the second person that evening who had turned up on Friday having booked a flight for Thursday.... Well at least I had company... As I was standing at the check-in desk trying to decide the best way forward, a man turned up to check-in for the same flight... Only to discover that he too had apparently booked the Thursday night flight instead!
At this point, I started to suspect an Easyjet conspiracy, with their online booking system being deeply complicit in booking you on to wrong flights so that they could at least get another £35 out of you to change it later.... Not helped by the fact that you have to confirm your flight details multiple times between adverts for things you don't want (the flight confirmation is 90% adverts for other stuff and 10% actual flight details)....
Lesson identified? Watch the Easyjet flight booking process very, very carefully...
Or, alternatively, actually read your booking confirmation rather than printing it out and quickly moving on to other stuff!
:o)
Today's stats:
Walking - 36 mins, 2.11 miles
Walking - 19 mins, 1.2 miles
Walking - 17 mins, 1 mile
Thursday, 11 October 2012
51. Noye's Fludde
The heavens opened mid-afternoon, and the rain has not stopped since... It's quite depressing, really (although, I'm sure that it makes up for our unseasonably dry, erm, May)... But, on the positive side, it's far too wet and miserable for me to go out running. Yay!
The Terminator has redeemed himself the past 2 nights - a return to form! There before I entered the gym, still going as I left. It's reassuring to have some constants in life...
One of the freebies from the Kilomathon was some sweets - "Kopiko", they're called - "Mini coffee treats" is how they're described. I'm not sure about the "sweet" description, but they are most definitely "coffee". In fact, each one is like drinking a cup of coffee. Now, I like coffee as much as the next caffeine addict: or, rather, I like caffeine. But I do prefer my caffeine liquid, and preferably hot. Being able to "drink" a cop of coffee super-quick by eating a single sweet may be very efficient, but it just doesn't have the romance of sitting down and pondering over a cup of coffee.
So, there you are, Kopiko - all the caffeine, none of the romance.
I feel very public-spirited now - I've shared some knowledge and benefited my society... Or something...
:o)
Today's stats:
Cross-trainer - 30 mins, 4 miles (Level 5)
The Terminator has redeemed himself the past 2 nights - a return to form! There before I entered the gym, still going as I left. It's reassuring to have some constants in life...
One of the freebies from the Kilomathon was some sweets - "Kopiko", they're called - "Mini coffee treats" is how they're described. I'm not sure about the "sweet" description, but they are most definitely "coffee". In fact, each one is like drinking a cup of coffee. Now, I like coffee as much as the next caffeine addict: or, rather, I like caffeine. But I do prefer my caffeine liquid, and preferably hot. Being able to "drink" a cop of coffee super-quick by eating a single sweet may be very efficient, but it just doesn't have the romance of sitting down and pondering over a cup of coffee.
So, there you are, Kopiko - all the caffeine, none of the romance.
I feel very public-spirited now - I've shared some knowledge and benefited my society... Or something...
:o)
Today's stats:
Cross-trainer - 30 mins, 4 miles (Level 5)
50. Keeping going
Running out of time at an alarming rate this week, and coming up to another round of heavy-duty traveling... Which always makes doing my 5km per day soooo much easier...
Have noticed that, weirdly, cycling makes me use my stomach muscles a lot. Finished my 7 miles, and have a very sore stomach... Normally I'd reach for some cake to help with that (the curative powers of a nice piece of cake should not be underestimated), but...
I have a beach to prepare for... So No more cake for me. Nuh-huh. Not a single piece...
We'll see how long that self-promise lasts...
*sigh*
:o)
Today's stats:
Cycling (in the gym) - 37 mins, 7 miles
Have noticed that, weirdly, cycling makes me use my stomach muscles a lot. Finished my 7 miles, and have a very sore stomach... Normally I'd reach for some cake to help with that (the curative powers of a nice piece of cake should not be underestimated), but...
I have a beach to prepare for... So No more cake for me. Nuh-huh. Not a single piece...
We'll see how long that self-promise lasts...
*sigh*
:o)
Today's stats:
Cycling (in the gym) - 37 mins, 7 miles
Sunday, 7 October 2012
49. Carried away
Up early this morning (but at a reasonable hour, not like last week's trauma) for the Bupa Great Edinburgh 10k run. Toddle off in the sunshine (yes - sunshine!) for a tour of the Edinburgh hills. Ugh...
Then a bit of a walk. Then decide to wash the car. Then decide to do some housework, and sort out some stuff online. Busy, busy , busy...
Am now puggled to the point of collapse, and have not actually done everything that I meant to do this weekend... Note to self - pay better attention to the amount of caffeine being ingested in the "running aids" consumed...
(@_@)
Nonetheless, successfully collected more loot today, bringing the medal total to $1
On balance, the Kilomathon medal is still the coolest... I want the marathon medal to be the coolest, but let's face it, it has issues....
Am now entering the winter hibernating season - oooh, too cold to run outside - although I now have 5 weeks of desperate toning to complete. There's a beach in my future, and I'd like to be fairly happy on it... And, of course, the 5x50 challenge (Challenge 3!) runs to the end of October... *sigh*
:o)
Today's stats:
Bodybalance - 1 hour (yesterday)
10k Run - see http://reluctantrunnerdiary.blogspot.co.uk/
Walking - 30 mins, 1.56 miles
Then a bit of a walk. Then decide to wash the car. Then decide to do some housework, and sort out some stuff online. Busy, busy , busy...
Am now puggled to the point of collapse, and have not actually done everything that I meant to do this weekend... Note to self - pay better attention to the amount of caffeine being ingested in the "running aids" consumed...
(@_@)
Nonetheless, successfully collected more loot today, bringing the medal total to $1
Am now entering the winter hibernating season - oooh, too cold to run outside - although I now have 5 weeks of desperate toning to complete. There's a beach in my future, and I'd like to be fairly happy on it... And, of course, the 5x50 challenge (Challenge 3!) runs to the end of October... *sigh*
:o)
Today's stats:
Bodybalance - 1 hour (yesterday)
10k Run - see http://reluctantrunnerdiary.blogspot.co.uk/
Walking - 30 mins, 1.56 miles
Saturday, 6 October 2012
48. The things I do for charity
Today I had to force myself to eat cake and drink tea. Not only that, but I had to encourage many others to do so, whilst exhorting them to pay for the privilege.
And why was this obscene cake-athon taking place? For charity, you know...
The terrible, terrible things that I have to do to raise money for good causes... It's a bit sad, really... *sigh*
Sadly, the downside to all this hard charity work is that it forces me to spend even more time in the gym... Which is good - because, for another charity, I have to be fit enough to run 10k on Sunday - but at the same time a little socially limiting.
For example, my Friday evening this week consisted of:
- leave work, drive to supermarket, shop, drive to garage;
- blow up car's tyres (really should get that slow puncture fixed...), put petrol in car, drive home;
- get changed, go to the gym, go home, stretch;
- collapse on sofa with some pasta.... And then (aaargh!) some ice cream...
There's a vicious cycle going on there - I no sooner burn off some calories than I am embracing some new ones... Hmmm... Must contemplate this over the nice glass of wine that I'm off to pour for myself...
;oD
Today's stats:
Cross-trainer - 30 mins, 4 miles
And why was this obscene cake-athon taking place? For charity, you know...
The terrible, terrible things that I have to do to raise money for good causes... It's a bit sad, really... *sigh*
Sadly, the downside to all this hard charity work is that it forces me to spend even more time in the gym... Which is good - because, for another charity, I have to be fit enough to run 10k on Sunday - but at the same time a little socially limiting.
For example, my Friday evening this week consisted of:
- leave work, drive to supermarket, shop, drive to garage;
- blow up car's tyres (really should get that slow puncture fixed...), put petrol in car, drive home;
- get changed, go to the gym, go home, stretch;
- collapse on sofa with some pasta.... And then (aaargh!) some ice cream...
There's a vicious cycle going on there - I no sooner burn off some calories than I am embracing some new ones... Hmmm... Must contemplate this over the nice glass of wine that I'm off to pour for myself...
;oD
Today's stats:
Cross-trainer - 30 mins, 4 miles
Thursday, 4 October 2012
47. Best laid plans
The idea of the 5x50 Challenge is that you do 5km per day. Which really shouldn't be that hard - relatively speaking, 3.1 miles (= 5km) is not that far....
Here we are, just over half way through (day 26 of 50!) and I seem unable to actually do the daily thing. Which leads to ridiculous catch-up efforts (9 miles today!) which makes everything harder... Plus it also undermines the potential benefits - apparently if you do something for 19 days straight then you form a habit. In this case, supposedly a good habit (regular exercise! Yay! Hmmm...). We'll see if I can at least achieve 19 days straight doing 5km in the coming weeks (since I've resolutely failed so far.
Other than that, it was as well that I was in the gym tonight as the first thing that I did when I got home was kick off my shoes, and then stand on one and fall over it. Not something that you could so if you tried, but managed to really hurt the arch of my foot as I did so (I'm hearing disbelief - no, really, it hurts!). Hopefully it will be all better by this Sunday's 10km jaunt (again, hearing disbelief - I fell over/onto a shoe, alright? It hurts!!).
Have to try to fit in some more miles tomorrow to try to give myself a bit of a rest on Saturday before the silliness that is "running" 10km...
:o)
Today's stats:
Cycling (in gym) - 47 mins, 9 miles
Here we are, just over half way through (day 26 of 50!) and I seem unable to actually do the daily thing. Which leads to ridiculous catch-up efforts (9 miles today!) which makes everything harder... Plus it also undermines the potential benefits - apparently if you do something for 19 days straight then you form a habit. In this case, supposedly a good habit (regular exercise! Yay! Hmmm...). We'll see if I can at least achieve 19 days straight doing 5km in the coming weeks (since I've resolutely failed so far.
Other than that, it was as well that I was in the gym tonight as the first thing that I did when I got home was kick off my shoes, and then stand on one and fall over it. Not something that you could so if you tried, but managed to really hurt the arch of my foot as I did so (I'm hearing disbelief - no, really, it hurts!). Hopefully it will be all better by this Sunday's 10km jaunt (again, hearing disbelief - I fell over/onto a shoe, alright? It hurts!!).
Have to try to fit in some more miles tomorrow to try to give myself a bit of a rest on Saturday before the silliness that is "running" 10km...
:o)
Today's stats:
Cycling (in gym) - 47 mins, 9 miles
Monday, 1 October 2012
46. Mis-selling, part 2
The second part to the last post was a rant about Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) that I forgot to write... But I put so much time into it, you might as well get to "enjoy" it now...
I received (yet) another text today about PPI. This one informed me that there was £2,467.67 available for me to claim on PPI on my loans and credit cards. Which is exciting, but... If we ignore for a second that I'm very careful who I give my mobile number to (and therefore am not sure how these people are getting hold of it!), there are significant problems with this text.
I never, ever signed up to PPI. I always said no. They asked, and asked, and I always said no. Now, this leaves me somewhat randomly jealous of those who are getting lump sums for insurance they were mis-sold (although I know that that's probably only part of what was paid out). But, let's face it, there's some smugness there in that I didn't buy insurance that I didn't need... But the texts are spoiling that! And the e-mails. And the radio adverts. And, just everything. On, and on, and on, they go. I DIDN'T BUY ANY! LEAVE ME ALONE!!
Obviously, if this were not a rest day, I would be working off this frustration by doing some 5x50 training. But since I'm not, just annoyed. Although I have to be careful this week. I discovered on the Kilomathon that I might get away without properly tapering, but I really need the couple of rest days before the "run" that I gave myself on the longer runs. Was very tired from the start of the "run" which is never good when distance stretches before one...
So, this week, must not slack off and then try to catch up at the end of the week... Despite doing nothing today... And probably doing nothing tomorrow... Hmmm... Wednesday's going to be fun...
*sigh*
:o)
Today's stats:
Absolutely nothing - recovering from the 13.1km trauma of the Kilomathon (see: http://reluctantrunnerdiary.blogspot.co.uk/)
I received (yet) another text today about PPI. This one informed me that there was £2,467.67 available for me to claim on PPI on my loans and credit cards. Which is exciting, but... If we ignore for a second that I'm very careful who I give my mobile number to (and therefore am not sure how these people are getting hold of it!), there are significant problems with this text.
I never, ever signed up to PPI. I always said no. They asked, and asked, and I always said no. Now, this leaves me somewhat randomly jealous of those who are getting lump sums for insurance they were mis-sold (although I know that that's probably only part of what was paid out). But, let's face it, there's some smugness there in that I didn't buy insurance that I didn't need... But the texts are spoiling that! And the e-mails. And the radio adverts. And, just everything. On, and on, and on, they go. I DIDN'T BUY ANY! LEAVE ME ALONE!!
Obviously, if this were not a rest day, I would be working off this frustration by doing some 5x50 training. But since I'm not, just annoyed. Although I have to be careful this week. I discovered on the Kilomathon that I might get away without properly tapering, but I really need the couple of rest days before the "run" that I gave myself on the longer runs. Was very tired from the start of the "run" which is never good when distance stretches before one...
So, this week, must not slack off and then try to catch up at the end of the week... Despite doing nothing today... And probably doing nothing tomorrow... Hmmm... Wednesday's going to be fun...
*sigh*
:o)
Today's stats:
Absolutely nothing - recovering from the 13.1km trauma of the Kilomathon (see: http://reluctantrunnerdiary.blogspot.co.uk/)
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