Personal best today :-)

So I've officially completed the NHS podcasts but have been carrying on doing 30 mins of running 3 times a week whenever possible! Its definitely harder with a gap of more than 2 days between runs and on Sunday, Chrissie and I went out whilst visiting the family in yorkshire and it was so hard! It didn't help that it was warm and I'd got my layering totally wrong! We managed 4k in half an hour. So today, back on home turf I went out after putting Peyton to bed. I knew where I had previously got to, so knew that I had to at least get to the same point but preferably further. I managed to get the layering just right today with a couple of new purchases and with chase and status playing in my ear...off I went. I was feeling confident and was tracking it on 'strava' on my phone so I could see how far off 5k I was. 4.7km in half an hour so not too much more to go before we reach our target of 5k in half an hour! Hopefully I'll get out again on Friday and let you know how I get on :-)  bye for now x

Run for half an hour...DONE!

Well we have reached the final week of the podcasts and I went out last night to complete the first half an hour run :-) I went out by myself due to the time we ended up getting Peyton to bed and then I needed some fuel in my body too. I knew my target of where we'd got to with 28 minutes so I knew what I had to beat, and I did it :-). I surprised myself with a slightly faster than normal pace, which I managed to keep up all the way. Recovery time is getting less and all in all I am proud of myself so far! I've still got a long way to go to reach the half marathon mark, not quite covered 5k yet, but almost. After I've completed this week, I'll work on covering more ground in the half hour. Well I won't manage to get out until Sunday now I don't think so until then....ciao x

Last 28 minute run...done!

We have just completed week 8 of our 'couch to 5k' podcasts and now only have one week left!

Running with a pram = owww!

On Thursday, Chrissie and I had been into town together in the morning and on the way home we were talking about the logistics of going running again, and it wasn't looking promising with time and childcare. So we came up the genius plan that we would take the babies with us and do as much as we could. Thursday was a boiling hot day, (or at least it felt like it whilst running with a pram!) and we were due to run for 28 minutes. Set an alarm for 14 minutes and we set off. It was so much harder and I reckon it had a lot to do with not being able to use your arms to help pump. Kept having to remind myself to loosen my shoulders so I was pushing with my body not just my arms. We had to stop and walk a few times, but I am still proud of us, as we ran further than we ever did to start with and when we did stop it wasn't for very long...and Chrissie also challenged me to a race at the end which definitely finished me off! We had lots of comments while were out, I guess seeing two mums running with pushchairs and not trying to catch a bus, must be an unusual sight! Well done Chrissie...but definitely making sure I have a baby sitter for the next one!

Last 25 minute run done...now for 28!

I completed my last 25 minute run on Monday night, with my sister-in-law, Chrissie after the kids had gone to bed. Normally we have had a bit of interval walking throughout the workout and that has been our time for a natter, but now we've started doing nonstop running we've had to learn how to run and talk! (It would just be antisocial to run in silence after all!) I've never really been able to hold a conversation whilst running before, it takes up too much breath and energy, but we managed to talk for the full 25 minutes without collapsing...not bad hey?! It actually felt easier because we weren't concentrating on how far we'd run or how long we had left. Recovery time is also getting shorter and its after runs like that, that I'm encouraged to keep going, and that this challenge might actually be possible...?! Time will tell!