Tag Archives: Bupa10K
Its official I’m an athlete!
Yep sometime between Friday morning and Friday evening I became an athlete and this all happened on a non running day. Now I know you are all dying to hear how this happened and I have to say it was … Continue reading
Don’t panic, don’t panic!
The Bupa pack arrived this week, I have read and absorbed the booklet and now am terrified. Here’s why:- Paula Radcliffe is running too-OMG Apparently this is the ‘top 10k race in the running calendar’ ‘The course is admirably flat … Continue reading
13 more sleeps!
Before leaving the house this morning I asked madam the usual :- “Have you done your teeth?” to which she replied “Yes”, then I asked “and your hair?” again she assured me she had, so I took this picture to … Continue reading
Busy week
Apologies for being quiet on the blog front this week but I have been busy creating this:- This was a 50th birthday cake for my friend and work colleague, the lady who keeps me in a job and keeps me … Continue reading
Confession time
I have not run since Friday! Yep that’s right and that means no 13 mile run over the weekend as planned, that is the 2nd week in a row I have not managed it, so much for a weekly half marathon! … Continue reading
Lesson learned-stupid
Following the ethos of Marathon Talk (they are in favour of not being a slave to a plan and adjusting it where needed) I had a choice to make about which training run to do today, either 1m jog 1 … Continue reading
Back on the plan
After 3 days off the training it was time to get back on track today. The run on the plan was another dreaded ‘steady‘ one, this time 5 miles in 48 minutes, as the one last week was 5 miles … Continue reading
Lovely weekend-hubby may never recover!!!
When you want a relaxing weekend away dont invite me!! Sunday we wandered around Poole had a picnic on the harbour watching the boats with hubby dreaming of owning a Sunseeker Yacht! Emphasis on the word dreaming. Monday I was … Continue reading
Flags are flying
Yes the flags are out at the Shazruns household, not however due to patriotism for the royal wedding., they have been sent up the flagpole as madam has departed for Grandma’s for 3 sleep overs!!!!!!!!!!! We will really miss her … Continue reading
Steady
I realised tonight that I could postpone the ‘steady‘ run called for in my Bupa 10k training no longer, I had hoped to delay it till tomorrow morning, but hubby foiled that plan as he has to go to work … Continue reading
shazruns 