The Moon, Venus, Mars and Saturn, all snuggled up, watching over us....

Hello!!  Remember me?!! 

Been a while between blog entries and between runs!  This week I managed 2 whole runs.  Not exactly the kind of training one would expect two weeks out from a 35km trail race.  But, what the heck?  I don't really mind - this time last year a little dose of swine flu prevented me from doing this run, this year, sheer lack of training looks like it is having it's way with me.  But to be honest, I am not really all that bothered.

M7 showed me that despite training hard, running consistently and working on speed - I am still shite at running.  That is ok.  I still enjoy it - but I just need to remember my shiteness and not get ideas in my head about PB's running faster and the like.

So, why no running?  Well for about three weeks I think I might have been in shock after I walked out of my job one Thursday morning.  Jobs are important to me, and that sudden wrench was absolutely the right thing to do, but I just couldn't believe that I had done it, and the implications of NO MONTHLY SALARY scared the living shite out of me.  Truly.

Three weeks on I look back and think - I should have done it much earlier.  I have a job that I totally LOVE now, I feel challenged again and am working with lovely people and a lovely company and realise how much I missed a commercial environment. 

The challenge now is to fit the running back in.  For some reason though, it isn't that important at the moment.  So I will run with that.  I am really enjoying my early morning runs with Simon - for a while there my fitness was ok and I felt like I could keep up with him - now when I come home from running with him I feel like puking - it puts me outside my comfort zone in terms of speed, but I quite like that (afterwards!!!).  I am too proud to ask him to slow down though.  It is definately good training for me, and the little loop that we do has one mean hill early on, which never fails to test me.  (Well, both of us, judging by his huffng and puffing).

Challenge for next week is four runs in the week.  I have negotiated a later start time to miss the traffic, so I have no excuses. 

Next weekend is Willy to Billy - do I run it, or do I just let it go?  Not sure.  I will be happy to have completed it afterwards, but I know it will not be a good time.  Does that matter?  No.  None of my times are good anyway!  It's being out there and having fun that counts.  Damn it, I will do it!!!

It is going to be a fun week, life has just been so unexpected and strange lately, but in the same breath it has been challenging and rewarding and enlightening and I have to say I am REALLY enjoying the ride.  You can't argue with that.