Hello, everyone! How has your weekend been?
I’ve had a fab weekend, running my section of the GB Relay 2014. It felt fantastic to be part of something that 1000’s of runners are involved in over the coming couple of weeks 🙂
Today I’m having a rest day after yesterday’s 8 mile walk & 8 mile run.
I found myself asking ‘Am I mad?’ a few times yesterday, which brought this quote to mind:
Clearly, I must be bonkers……….. are you? Have a crazy week!
Welcome to Monday, people 🙂  Has your week started with sunshine or showers?
We’ve had both, which has kinda matched my mood today 😉 I’m thinking sunshine right now!
Here’s something that I’ve seen and read a couple of times recently:
Brilliant. Just brilliant. This is one for me to remember this week.
It changes my perspective on the rain…..
Have a great week, and enjoy your running: even if it’s in the rain 🙂
It’s been a while since I posted about the Playlist swap. It has been a lot of fun!
Frequent visitors will remember that Girl Runs Wild and I swapped MP3 players earlier in the year, and it was a fantastic experience! I also shared with you that I’d received an MP3 player from Kyla at http://earlybirdfitness.com and I’ve been thoroughly enjoying her music.
Lots of tracks are upbeat and really good for running to. There were a few oldies I had forgotten about, including a track that reminds me of a holiday to Ibiza with my sister (The Ketchup Song, if you’re wondering 😉 ) and I’ve been loving the Justin Timberlake tracks!
As with Julia’s MP3, it’s been really good to hear music I didn’t know, and songs from both MP3s that were previously unknown to me have become firm favourites.
I’m looking forward to getting another MP3 in the future from The Running Princess, who has been busy running the Paris and Edinburgh marathons recently. Go, Allison!
There’s another running track that I just love running to at the moment. It’s a little slow, but very powerful. It’s from a BRILLIANT album, too. I’d highly recommend it.
‘What is it? What is it?’
I’m sure you’re shouting that out loud, while reading this post and rolling your eyes at my dramatic build-up…. 😉
It’s….
Yip, Iron Sky from Paolo Nutini’s album Caustic Love.
And I love, love, love it.
Do you have a favourite new running track at the moment? What is it?
I struggled to select a quote for today. Many, many of my favourites are from the wisdom of Maya Angelou.
Rest peacefully, Phenomenal Woman.
Welcome to Monday. Â Is it a holiday where you are? It isn’t here in Argyll, so I’ve been busy working all day.
Today is day one of my Hal Higdon Marathon training programme. And it’s a rest day 😉  I’ve been really inspired by everyone’s running this weekend, be it at the Edinburgh Marathon Festival, Mull of Kintyre runs, Rock ‘n’ Roll Liverpool, Bupa 10K or many other runs. Well done!
Here’s something to set up your week:
Absolutely. How are you going to be of value this week?
Happy Monday! Did you have fun this weekend?
I’m happy to report that we’re really pleased with our route for the GB Relay. Most of it is along a cycle path, and is reasonably flat/undulating with no stonking great big hills!
But here we are, back to the working week. Do you sit at a desk while working? I used to. For the past year or so I’ve been standing most of the time. I moved my laptop stand from my desk, and rearranged my office so that I could stand when using my laptop. My phone is right beside it, and all of my important files are in the drawers below, as I’m using a three drawer filing cabinet as a ‘standing desk’. It’s the perfect height for me to work at comfortably.
When I need to focus on a piece of work, I can sit at my desk and concentrate, without being distracted by incoming emails.  I have plenty of room for laying out work, so it’s much harder for papers to go AWOL, or be abandoned due to other distractions. For me, it’s a win-win 🙂
At first, I thought I’d perhaps do it for a few weeks. I’ve now been doing it for so long it’s second nature. Also, as my ‘standing desk’ area is looking out of the window, I get to enjoy the views too!
Here’s an interesting infographic I found on Pinterest, which I thought I’d share:
Do you sit, stand or walk all day?
Welcome to another wonderful week!
I hope you enjoyed @TheWelshWookie’s first ever blog post yesterday: I think it’s good to have a different perspective on a race sometimes. That’s probably one of the reasons why I love reading blogs 🙂
This made me smile today:
Absolutely. Are you planning on making the tough choices this week?
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