Tonight, I headed out for my second dry run in a row for ages! I was running four miles, and so I was able to listen to some of Girl Runs Wild‘s running playlist. I was very excited!
The first forty five minutes worth of music is a really great mix, all of which I really enjoyed. It included:
And, as I finished my four miles, I was running to Roar by Katy Perry! Yay!
I’m looking forward to hearing more! As I think of some of the sad tracks on my own playlist, I think I’ve benefited from this swap! It was great to be able to run, and have no idea what music was coming next. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this aspect of my run tonight.
So, I’ve added to my Around the World Running Blog Relay mileage: another 4 miles, or 6.44 kilometres, for a total of 11.27 kilometres so far 🙂
What’s your favourite running track?
Happy Monday, everyone! Did you have a good weekend?
I did, and I’m now ready to tackle March head on! 🙂
Today was my first Around the World Running Blog Relay run, and I got in a steady 3 miles, so that’s 4.83 kilometres in the bag for starters!
Has your week/month gotten off to a good start?
Happy Friday everyone!
I’m just dropping by with a brief post, in case anyone misses me thinks I’ve disappeared over the weekend! I have a ton of stuff to do wedding-wise. Yeah, including a second Hen Do 😉 Lucky me! 😀
I’m planning to squeeze in my seven miler at some point, and I might be back to surprise you check in. But, if I don’t, I’ll see you on the other side of the weekend.
Don’t Forget: TOMORROW is day one of the Around the World Running Blog Relay 2014. Make sure you’ve signed up. If you haven’t, now’s your chance. Do it now, here. 🙂
Have a great one all! 🙂
A couple of weeks ago, I was chatting to Girl Runs Wild about running music and playlists. During the online conversation, she mentioned that we should buy a basic MP3 player each, download our playlists, and mail them to each other.
And so, the great playlist swap has begun!
While Girl Runs Wild is still waiting for me to receive the MP3 player from Amazon to load and send to her, I received an email on Tuesday, telling me to look out for a little package through the mail 😉
And yesterday, there was a parcel waiting for me at the front door! Eeeek!
It was quite a large package, and my first thoughts were: was there something I’ve ordered for the wedding that I’ve forgotten about? Has @TheWelshWookie been doing some sneaky online shopping?
I carried the package into the kitchen, and opened it. Hmmm. It was a lovely pink box, wrapped in a silver satin ribbon. I was intrigued!
I carefully removed the ribbon, puzzling over this lovely package. My thoughts included have I entered and won a competition? I rechecked the name and address, in case I’d accidentally opened a package for my neighbour: nope! It’s definitely for me!
I opened the box, unsure of what to expect. And what did I find? A box of fabulous goodies, perfect for a runner!
The lovely notecard inside explained all: this wonderful blogger was treating me to the whole ‘Girl Runs Wild’ running experience, including the music, fuel, recovery food and post-run pampering kit! 😀
In the box was: a 9 Bar (I love these), a bag of Lindt eggs (delish!), The Body Shop Total Energy Enlivening Body Gel, a big box of lovely scented tea lights and another small gift box containing the MP3 player!
I’m a very, very lucky blogger!
I’m already a huge fan of 9 bars, and I’m not sure you’ll believe this, but @TheWelshWookie and I polished off the last of our Lindt chocolate balls from Christmas only on Monday, so to receive the Lindt eggs now is just perfect!
The body gel smells really lovely, and I can’t wait to try it post-run. I use a lot of candles, and the ones Girl Runs Wild included smell divine!
I am tempted to have a sneak listen to the MP3 player but I’m going to hold off, and use it on my long run, so that I can really enjoy it. I’ll let you know all about it after I’ve listened!
I’ve been blown away by both the generosity and the lovely, thoughtful surprise: it has really made my week!
Thank you, Girl Runs Wild! You’ve really highlighted for me how fantastic all of you bloggers are!
In case you missed it, we’re also both signed up for the Around the World Running Blog Relay 2014: Are you in yet? No? Well, you’d best get a wriggle on, it starts on Saturday! 😉 Sign up here
Have you ever received a wonderful surprise?
Well, my outdoor running lasted from Saturday until Monday.
The weather has driven me back inside, and onto the dreadmill!
It’s not the driving rain that’s the problem, really. It’s the really high winds that have cancelled ferry sailings across the West coast. There was a time today when I could barely walk upright!
And so, after the elation of running in the fresh air, and at a decent pace, I was back to grinding out a slow run tonight. But I got it done, and feel smug better for it now.
I’m taking a rest day tomorrow, so hopefully I can get back outside on Thursday 🙂
Have you managed to get outdoors today? Have you run?
It’s Monday evening here in Tartan Land, and it’s been one of those days today.
So, I was really ready for my three miler tonight!
@TheWelshWookie and I headed out to the harbour just as dusk settled around us. It was beautiful. Around the end of the first mile, it started to rain, and the rain continued until the end of our run, considerately stopping to allow us to walk home without being miserable. Just at the end of my run, I accidentally soaked myself by running through a big mahoosive puddle! I felt good- the run was just what I needed!
We pushed a little, and ran our fastest three miler in a while, at around 10.08 per mile. I’m pretty happy with that!
As usual, I came home, showered, and wrapped up in my comfies.
I have a question I’ve been meaning to ask you all: do you often find yourself really cold after a run? What do you do about it?
I know that at this time of year, the walk home from a run can obviously cause my body temp to drop, but my home is toasty warm, I take a warm shower right away, swap into warm comfy clothes, often wrap up in a fleecy blanket and sometimes even switch on the fire. I rehydrate, and have something to eat, then have a hot drink. But – sometimes – I can be cold for a few hours after an outside run.
Does anyone else find this? What do you do to warm up again? Am I making any mistakes, or do you have any tips?
#ATWRBR2014
I’m thinking about adding a daily distance log to each blog post during March and April, to keep track of my kilometres for the Around the World Running Blog Relay. What do you think?
Have you signed up yet?
Welcome to the weekend! What are your plans?
At the moment, @TheWelshWookie and I are chilling out, watching rugby (OK, I’m watching and blogging- gotta love multi tasking!) and drinking coffee. It’s bliss!
This morning, I ran outside for the first time in a couple of weeks. And it felt G-R-E-A-T! The dreadmill has been hammered lately. Well, I say hammered. I really mean that it has been used for some pretty slow runs while watching Winter Olympic action from Sochi. Having the various sports to watch has made my treadmill running much more tolerable than it would have been otherwise: what am I going to do when the Games finish? 😦
Today’s Hal Higdon training plan called for a 6 mile run. It’s Week 3, Day 6 already. How did that happen?
@TheWookie and I had decided last night that we’d run the Big Glen: a loop that takes us out from the north of the village along the main road for about two miles, and then follows a single track road for a mile before reaching West Loch Tarbert. It then leads back into the south of the village, and is about 5 miles long. To increase the mileage, we decided to run along the Kilberry Road, past the village golf course, before heading back into the village.
And it was dry outside: no rain! It’s a miracle! 😉
We decided to stick to a long, slow run pace, and so I used my Audio Fuel track to keep me on target for this. Although I start off really slowly, sometimes I can pick up the pace at around mile 3 or so, and I didn’t want to lose steam at the end! Turns out, this was a great plan. I had a fantastic run, I really enjoyed it! At the end, I could have easily tagged on an extra couple of miles. I didn’t, though: best stick to the training plan 😉
As I ran, I was excited, thinking about the forthcoming Around the World Running Blog Relay: it’s going to be a great couple of months for us runners and bloggers out there! 🙂
We’ve refuelled on some soup and home made bread; and I have the new edition of Women’s Running to enjoy!
Have a great weekend, all. How long is your long run this weekend? How’s the weather looking?
For those of you who haven’t heard, the wonderful Kyla over at Motivation came up with a brilliant idea last year, for all of us running bloggers who have connected over the internet, from the four corners of the globe.
She came up with the idea of having a running bloggers relay race, and the inaugural event takes place during March and April this year 😀
The idea is pretty simple: we run a virtual relay race! It’ll allow us to see how far we get, in terms of:
It’s great!
And Kyla’s decision to run it in March and April will really help with Spring training!
So, who’s in? All you need to do is fill out this simple form to register where you are and how far you’ll be running. Remember it’s from 1st March – 30th April, so hopefully it’ll be lots of kilometres!
For those interested in an extra dimension, fellow blogger The Improbable Runner suggested that we could use the Charity Miles App to raise funds for charity. I think it’s a great idea, as an added extra!
Visit Kyla’s blog post about the challenge here.
So, what do you think? Interested? Have you registered yet? Go on, you know the challenge will be great!
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