TEN DAYS LEFT.
That. Is. All.
Total Janathon mileage = 67.19
Posted with BlogsyA Day of ‘ings’…..
After marking, teaching, planning and meeting there was only one more 'ing' to do. Running.
4 miles in total – into town and back.
Total Janathon mileage = 64.64
#janathon day 19 – a morning of extremes…
A dawn of opposites. A sunrise of antithesis.
This morning's Janathon run was not a thing of beauty.
My legs felt heavier than 100 concrete blocks on a pallet being lifted by a 3-year-old's plastic Tonka toy pick-up truck. My breathing was like a 100-year-old man suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. My calves felt tighter than the cord connected to Vanessa Feltz during a bungee jump. But run I did. 5.71 miles around Bourne. But on return everything changed.
My breakfast was a thing of beauty.
More beautiful than the first morning's dew. More beautiful than spring lambs bouncing in a meadow. More beautiful than my homemade chocolate brownies. More beautiful than Aphrodite the Greek Godess of love riding a carriage made of flowers being pulled by puppies. More beautiful than Charlton's 1998 play-off final game at Wembley.
Well deserved.
Total Janathon mileage = 60.68
#janathon Disco Dog
Today I bought the dog a treat: a flashing LED light dog tag collar pendant. For the princely sum of £1.99.
So tonight we headed to the woods to give it a go. It is very funny, it flashes red and blue constantly. I think it may have freaked the dog out a bit, but he was soon taking no notice of it. Not that he had a choice. It's for dogs that tend to run off. My dog doesn't run off, just wanted to make him look stupid. I did attempt to take a photo, but it's not the best…..
So it was another two and half miles round the woods. I think it's about time I did a bit of a longer run. Tomorrow may be that day.
Total Janathon mileage = 54.97
#janathon day 17
With trepidation I was back at the woods. Tonight's run I really enjoyed. 3 miles at a brisk 8 min/mile pace. Lovely jubbly.
Total Janathon mileage = 52.43
The day after the night before….
After last night's slight serious life-changing injury today I struggled to do anything.
My finger had swollen to the size of a house; I could barely lift a piece of paper. My elbow felt like it was on fire and the blood I had lost from my grazed knees meant that I needed a blood transfusion. But being the brave soul that I am, I struggled on and managed to get through the day, despite looking like this…
Did this stop me Janathoning? Did it hell! Tonight's incredible feast of exercise: 2 min 10 sec plank.
Tonight's mantra: 'Tomorrow's Another Day'
