The other week we went away to the lake district, it was lovely. Beautiful scenery, food, plenty of walking being tourists and people were nice. We visited lots of places. We got to see birds of prey, hold an eagle, feed an owl and falcon. As well as take the falcon for a walk :)
On one of the days we went for a walk up the hills behind where we were staying. It was tough! We had eaten so much good food, I could feel the weight I had gained. We took it easy and went up the hills bit by bit. I was proud when we got to the top. We hadn't done any major exercise in a couple of weeks. I was merely ticking over I had started kettle bells again but hadn't done any exercise in over a week before we went away.
When I got back I got straight back on plan. I knew I needed to and was ready for it this time. I tracked my food everyday for the past week, used a new protein powder (PHD Diet whey protein) and started C25K again. Week one has been completed and at class I lost 3.5lb!!!!!! YAY!
On the weekend we Signed up for the Inverness Half Marathon for next March. I knew i needed something to help get me back on track and I loved training for the previous ones i did as i had to work hard. 10K I can do on a bad day but 13.1 miles needs to be taken seriously especially if your my size. Plus i really want to get under 3 hours and I'm willing to work hard for it. I have 7.5 months to get healthier, fitter and stronger.
To help keep me even more motivated along the way I have decided to run in Memory of Cookie. My best friend who passed in a motorbike accident last year in May. A part from the motivation I have finally been feeling that I can cope with everything again and not feel so overwhelmed and I want to do him proud.
I will be raising money for The Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes. They help set up blood bike groups across the UK. Its all done by volunteers and they help transport blood in the evenings and weekends when it could cost hospitals thousands in taxi or other transportation ways. Cookies Life and soul was motorbikes and this is a great way to Honor that. And the best thing of all Cookies Sister, My friend Suzanne is also going to be running with us. I'm Super excited! Now to get her husband signed up to :D
I have set up my Garmin to tell me when to walk and when to run. Week one was 1 min run 1 min 30 sec walk. I cant see the pace per step as the way the watch is set up it will only show pace overall, so gives me a weird split cos of the 5min walk warm up. Then the pace per mile doesnt help either because of the walk. So I got a nice surprise as the week went on and I got home to look at my splits.
Week One Day One - I headed up to the trails with Chris. I took it easy, made sure to listen to my body and feel my pace.
