Tag: bourne woods

Every day’s a school day…..

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They say that ‘every day’s a school day’ and today was exactly that. Forgetting that I am a teacher, and that every day IS in fact a school day, I have done TWO things I have never done before.

Scary

Earlier on tonight I ran around the woods in the dark for the first time ever. And let me just say now, despite being a machotough man, it was scary.

During the winter with the dark and cold nights, the walking of the dog becomes more and more of a chore. So a week or so ago I purchased a head torch with the idea that when I go running of an evening I would go round the woods and that way the dog can join me.

And so to tonight’s run……

It was really, really dark and really, really scary.

With the head torch on I could at least see where I was going, but the thing was it made the whole experience 100 times more scary. The shadows it casts freak you out, the trees become strange moving figures, the sounds in the woods zombies tracking you, the constant feeling of being watched and the whole ‘what is round the next corner’ makes for a rather strange experience. But having said all that, I actually quite enjoyed it! I even made a short video of the experience….

Origami Ghost

Another first for today is today’s origami attempt. To keep with the whole scary theme we’ve got going tonight, I have created a ghost….

Birthday Wishes and Muddy Running

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Yesterday was my most favourite niece's 1st Birthday and to celebrate we made the trip to Kent to spend the day with her. Firstly, let me just say that since the birth of Grace my sister has gone slightly mad. And considering she is once again pregnant things are only going to get worse. On arrival we were forced given our own hand-made party hat to wear.

Jill had gone all out to make sure we had a great day: loads of food; birthday decorations; home-made cake; AND party games. Although I was slightly disappointed not to have won pass-the-parcel, amazingly Grace won it, what are the chances of that? Grace got some lovely presents, including her first doll named 'Baby Gracie' which she was very intrigued by. We all had a great day….

This morning the plan was to get very muddy with a run on the trails of Bourne Woods.

I had the iPhone for some pictures and had the Zombies, Run! app on the go. I had already decided on a pretty gentle run this morning and once I spotted how muddy the trails were a gentle run was the only option.

Pretty much covered most of the trails including the hilly ones, did loads of slipping and sliding, which actually reminded me of this ice-skating outing….

Billy Boy was with me this morning, so after about 4 miles we headed to the ponds so he could cool down and clean himself off a bit.

Overall a good run around the woods, loads of people out enjoying the morning, and I did indeed finish very muddy….

Same again tomorrow? Yes please!

 

Juneathon Day 28

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The juggernaut that is Juneathon final begins to slow as we enter the last few days. Tonight’s run, taken during the first half of the footy, was again another gentle dog jog round the woods – 3 and a bit miles at a steady 9min mile pace. It also means the 100 mile total has finally been passed. Compared to Janathon the mileage is down quite a lot, although this is due to the slightly more relaxed approached.

With just two days to go, the plan is a longer run tomorrow after work, followed by a gentle recovery run on Saturday. Then Sunday brings the Thurlby 10k.

Total Juneathon mileage after day 28 = 102.72

Runners passed = 1

Deer spotted = 3

 

Juneathon Day 22

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When I got in from work today’s run looked very doubtful. It was chucking it down and didn’t look like stopping. But…

‘Good things come to those who wait’

It did eventually stop raining and brighten up and I managed to fit in a 5 mile run round the woods before the dark clouds gathered and I decided to head home.

Total Juneathon mileage after day 22 = 75.30

As we head into the last week or so of Juneathon the time has come to decide on the next monthly project. After running, making, listening and playing the options of what to do are getting decidedly small. But after much deliberation we have a project for July: a Bakeathon.

The plan is to bake something every couple of days, we even have a list:

  • Pork pies
  • Bakewell tarts
  • Doughnuts
  • Profiteroles
  • Chocolate brownies
  • Scotch eggs
  • Muffins
  • Choc chip cookies
  • Swiss roll
  • Chocolate Danish pastry

Lovely jubbly!