Flowers for me?

I went to visit a poorly friend the other day, and she bought me flowers. Shouldn't that be the other way around. Oh well despite my awful flower arranging skills they are beautiful. 

Hastings Half

Right well I did it.

I thought since I had written my big list of things I wanted to do I should make a start, so I signed up for the Hastings Half Marathon in March 2014!! Scary stuff. I'm not going to expect a great time just to complete it, I think that's all I should aim for really. Seeing as I have never run more than 5k before this really will be a challenge.

So I need to pull up my big girl pants, and tap my personal trainer for some half marathon training tips.

Have you ever done a half marathon? Any advice?

I Want....

Recently I have been getting a bit agitated, maybe it's the changing of the seasons, but there have been a lot of things floating around in my head. Stuff I want to do, projects I want to start or finish, goals I want to achieve and things I want to learn or do more of. But because they are just floating around in my head I don't actually seem to do any of them.

So I though I would just write everything down, like a brain dump, just as quickly as I could think of them, in any order, and the above is what happened. (I attempted to put in punctuation afterwards, so it made a bit more sense, but it was still mostly nonsense.) So now I will try and break it all down, make some lists, and make a plan of action to get some stuff done. I am hoping that by doing this I can bring a little more peace to my muddled little brain, and actually start doing the things I want to do, and get to where I want to be.

Do you ever do things like this? Or is it just me....

Insanity!

Need I say more? I bought this a while ago and on my first attempt I managed about 2 weeks before calling it quits. This time I am determined to keep it going for a bit longer, hopefully the full 60 days, but I know what I'm like so I'll just have to see how I go.

I started it yesterday, and crapbags I had forgotten how tough it actually is, but I'm going for the slow and steady approach, so long as I don't try and keep up with the guy's on the DVD I can keep going a little bit longer and that's better than having more rest breaks, right?

I am also trying to fit it in around my other fitness gaols for this month, i.e.running and yoga so wish me luck. I'm thinking I might have to adapt my schedule slightly at some point or I might not get a rest day, but I will see how this week pans out first and how I feel at the end of it.

Have you tried Insanity, did you finish?

Lazy Sunday

I love a lazy Sunday don't you, especially after a hectic Saturday. I had to get my car sorted, fit new doors to my kitchen cupboards, all on an empty stomach! We were meant to be getting a new fridge so didn't really have any food in, and I had to drill new holes for all the doors which made for a lot of shouting, whoops. Luckily we were going round to a friends for dinner so at least that was fun.  

But today has involved a lot of sitting, pulled pork in the slow cooker, so minimal energy has been required all day.

Did some more of a scarf I started the other day.

Made a start on my fellas jumper, as the wool arrived yesterday and I couldn't wait.

All whilst getting our geek on with a Marvel film fest, so far we've done Thor, Captain America, The Avengers, X-Men First Class and now Wolverine Origins.

And of course hanging out with this little cutie.

What do you get up to on your Sundays?

Purple Van Man

Last night we went to our local theatre to see Sean Lock, as part of his Purple Van Man tour. Oh my he is sooo funny, well we thought so anyway. It was just him on stage no props, unless you count the bottle of water, ranting on about pet hates, with just the right amount of nonsense thrown in. Like with most comedy shows I have seen as soon as I walk out I can't remember any of the jokes, but I know I was laughing, a lot. 

OK I can remember some of it, but I wouldn't want to spoil it for you, I can say that the encore was a stroke of genius, I think I even had a happy tear I laughed so hard.

Obviously comedy is very subjective, but if you are a fan of Sean I would recommend this show.

Do you have any comedy recommendations?

October Fitness Goals

Right here we go, it's October already, time to knuckle down. I am running a Zombie Evacuation obstacle run at the end of the month, as part of a team with 3 others. It's only 5k but it involves running away from Zombies and tackling a number of obstacles. Which means I need to improve my running/fitness and fast, I don't want to let my team down do I.

I am not great at sticking to goals but hopefully if I just plan for October, it will help me stay focused.

So here they are my fitness goals for October. 

• To do at least 3 runs a week

• One session of yoga a week

• One/two body weight sessions per week

I'll let you know how I got on at the end of the month.

Have you got any fitness goals for October?