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Monday Motivation 

Monday Motivation 

by TartanJogger ♥ 4 Comments

Hi everyone!

Congratulations to all of those who conquered marathons this weekend: I hope the aches aren’t too bad today.

While you’ve been running, @TheWelshWookie and I have been celebrating our first wedding anniversary: first, at a Partick Thistle football match 😳, then on a trip to Edinburgh which involved gin tasting, a ghost tour through the the city vaults and a graveyard, a tour around Mary King’s Close then Edinburgh Castle. Phew! No running, but plenty of walking for us. We even visited the coffee shop where JK Rowling wrote much of the early Harry Potter books 🙂

I’ll share some pics when I’m back home. For now, we’re on the train heading back to Glasgow, for a spot of impromptu babysitting. 

In the mean time, I hope this makes you smile 😀  

 Wouldn’t it? 

Monday Motivation 

Monday Motivation 

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Evening, friends. 

I’m on a roll so far with my 5×50 challenge, I rowed and walked for day one; and I’m counting my Clubbercise class for today. I’m sorry to just pop in for a brief post today: gotta go!

Meanwhile:  

I’ll try to pop by later in the week if I can- I have a roller coaster week ahead.

Monday Motivation 

Monday Motivation 

by TartanJogger ♥ 2 Comments

Hello. Sorry for my lack of posts this week, but it’s been a tough week. Unfortunately, it hasn’t left me much time for blogging, nor for much else.

Having said that, here’s another new week which I’ve started with a stressful day at work followed by a great endorphin-releasing Clubbercise class.

Boy, did I need that!

I seem to be really out of step (pardon the pun) with my running. I think it’s a mental barrier, but it’s holding me back more than I’d like. Do you ever get weeks where you just can’t get past the Toxic 20? And it’s really draining? Well, yeah, that’s been me.

And now it’s crunch time: get back on track this week or jeopardise my next half marathon- the Mull of Kintyre. 

I’m going for it- and getting back on that horse! 

I hope you’ve got your training on track 🙂 

Wednesday Wisdom 

Wednesday Wisdom 

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Monday Motivation 

Monday Motivation 

by TartanJogger ♥ 2 Comments

Hello there! How’s your Monday? Did you have a good weekend? Mine was fabulous!

My bestie, her hubby and two kids were through for the weekend and it was great! Plenty of fresh air, good food and fantastic company. We had a good laugh and plenty of gossip 😉

The record player was going, and we had a lot of fun. 

Now it’s back to routine,with Clubbercise tonight. I’m sure I have a few extra pounds to lose that I didn’t have on Friday…. 😮



I’ve been struggling on my runs recently. Rather than beating myself up about it, I’m looking at it like this. I’m going to pause, and look at what I am doing.

Have a great week!

Wednesday Wisdom 

Wednesday Wisdom 

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Monday Motivation 

Monday Motivation 

by TartanJogger ♥ 2 Comments

Hello, my lovelies! Have you had a good weekend? I have.

After my comments yesterday about every day being an event for someone, today is Commonwealth Day. And thinking about it has brought back floods of happy memories from last year’s Commonwealth Games.

Happy, happy days! You can read more about the fun I had here, in the post Gallus Glasgow. Actually, I wrote a few posts about it, but this is the main one 😉

It’s now week two of HM training, and so far, so good- my running is on track! I’m off to Clubbercise tonight, and it’s a much-needed rest day in the daily plank challenge. How on earth am I going to manage 45 seconds tomorrow? 😮

Well, I’ll be giving it a good go!

I have a pretty busy week ahead so I’ll try to check in when I can- I’ve enjoyed returning to more frequent posts last week 😀

Is everyone as excited as I am about the eclipse on Friday? What can I say- I’m easily pleased!  We also have visitors this weekend so I guess I’d better fit in some cleaning this week too!

Here’s a little glimpse into my fluffy brain this morning:



Catch y’all soon! :D

Monday Motivation 

Monday Motivation 

by TartanJogger ♥ 4 Comments

Evening, all.

It’s that time of year again: half marathon training is GO! And it kicks off with a rest day, hurrah!

Our next half is the Mull of Kintyre half marathon, which sold out in a couple of hours. It’s consistently voted best half in Britain, and includes a beach run 😮

I’ve done the 10k before, but never the half- I’m quite excited about it!

We’ve also secured places in the Great North Run and will be signing up for the Great Scottish Run too. It should be a great year- if I can fit into my running gear, that is!

@TheWelshWookie secured a GNR charity place and so we are going to run and raise funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care. I’ll keep you posted on our progress. 

Here’s a little something to celebrate a special birthday today:



I love that ;)