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Monday Motivation 

Monday Motivation 

by TartanJogger ♥ 4 Comments

Hi everyone, welcome to a fresh week and to sick bay 😉

Yes, the lurgy has struck, which is unusual- it’s not very often that @TheWelshWookie and I are sick, but we’re currently nursing brilliantly bad colds. But at least that’s something we’ll get over quickly. Could be much worse!

But it has made a dent in our training plans :/ Last run for me was Thursday’s four miles. Ok, so it was more of a walk/run, but I was happy to get the miles under my belt before the cold fully kicked in. I’m having another rest day today, but I’m planning on getting back on track with a run or a walk/run tomorrow. Wish me luck! 🙂 With a month to go until the GNR, I’m keen to keep on track as much as I can, and to manage a couple more long runs this weekend coming and the next one too. 

Here’s exactly how I’m thinking at the moment: 

 Have a great week!

Wednesday Wisdom 

Wednesday Wisdom 

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Monday Motivation

Monday Motivation

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Hello, how was your weekend?

Mine was fab, thanks. We had visitors: my BFF Pauline, her hubby Gavin, Olivia and Christopher. We had a blast! And, I think we were really good – we ate well (80/20 of course, mostly healthy with a few G and Ts) and we were active too. On Saturday, Olivia and Christopher joined in at our SUPercise session, which was brilliant fun. Both did so well!

  
In the afternoon, we then had a good walk into Lochgilphead. It was pouring with rain, we were soaked, but it was good to get a solid 10K or so in the bag.

Tonight, @TheWelshWookie and I ran a solid four miles around the harbour. I really enjoyed it, and feel in control, with six weeks to go until the Great North Run.

  
Tomorrow calls for a seven miler, so keep your fingers crossed for a dry day 🙂

Here’s a little something to help get your week started:

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Have a wonderful week!

Wednesday Wisdom

Wednesday Wisdom

by TartanJogger ♥ 2 Comments

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Monday Motivation

Monday Motivation

by TartanJogger ♥ 8 Comments

Did anyone miss me last week? I’m was on holiday, and took a little blogging break too. But now I’m back!

We were visiting family, in England and in Scotland, and we also visited Wales for a couple of days – not a bad wee road trip 😀

I’d never visited Wales before, and while there we made the most of it, with a tour around the Millennium Stadium, a good look around Cardiff Castle, a wander around the docks and topped it all off with an afternoon at the Doctor Who Experience. that was awesome!

I’ll definitely do a photo dump later in the week 🙂

But it does mean that my running (and my eating) has been a little very wayward. We did our very first ever ParkRun on the Saturday when we stopped off in Preston. I loved it. But I haven’t run since then. My training will be heading back on track tomorrow, with a seven miler on the training schedule. Eek! Wish me luck!

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Wednesday Wisdom

Wednesday Wisdom

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Monday Motivation

Monday Motivation

by TartanJogger ♥ 5 Comments

Well, I did it, I got out of my injury/low motivation/other-stuff-getting-in-the-way cycle that has dogged me, and I completed my 150 mile 10K training plan which culminated in running the Carradale Canter 10K.

Hurrah!

I’ve enjoyed being back in a proper routine, and I love that I’ve shifted the first 10 pounds of the extra weight that sneaked on while I was busy being idle. Running, I have missed you! 😀

Today, I began day one, week one of my half marathon training for the Great North Run in nine week’s time. Now, my training plan should really be 12 weeks, but given that I’m straight from my Carradale training plan, starting on week three is fine. Today’s run was a three miler, with a slight progression: two miles steady, and a final mile at a faster pace. I’d be lying if I said it was easy and my legs weren’t a little weary after yesterday’s run over multi terrain. But I got it done. Go me!

Next on the plan is a 3.8 mile threshold session tomorrow, a 3 mile easy run on Wednesday and cross training on Thursday with Pound. Yep – I think I can say that I’m firmly back on track.

So, here’s a little positive something to get you started this week:

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Have a brilliant week, everyone!

Wednesday Wisdom

Wednesday Wisdom

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Monday Motivation 

Monday Motivation 

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Hi everyone, just a quick stop past from me, I’ve been busy, busy this weekend with our annual Seafood Festival!

I’ll hopefully fill you in later in the week, bug for now, here’s a lil’ something to start your week off well.

Get out there!  

Wednesday Wisdom 

Wednesday Wisdom 

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