The rocky road ahead... just gets rockier

Getting there was never in doubt, is not in doubt, however my timetable has had to be modified somewhat, some might say stretched. Yes you've guessed, I've had a serious relaplse, I haven't ventured out to run for, oh, 3 weeks and it's coming up to Christmas! That is significant, Christmas that is, for this is a time of induldgence and excess. Now, I don't make the rules, they say rules are made to be broken but until I find out who "they" are I can't possibly that it seriously, can I?

... a touch of deja vous

I'm beginning to sound like a broken record... yes, you've guessed it, something came up and... you know the rest. BUT, tonight is the night! the night! the night! scratch!!!

...it was worth it at the time!

Tragedy last night! After my 5th creamy pint of Guinness I realised I had no chance of running anywhere other than back to the bar. Yet again, tonight is the night!

I'm not one for excuses but...

Well, it's almost 11pm and I've just finished working out how little money I have, is it too late to go out for a run? My heart says yes, and every other organ agrees, and as a supporter of democracy I feel compelled to bow to the wishes of the majority. OK, a pretty pathetic excuse, but it is very late don't you think?

That was a particularly cold winters night...

Well, I didn't manage to go for a run last night, it was Monday after all and I felt that I had achieved so much that day (i.e. getting up and going to work) that I deserved a little rest. However, tonight will be a different story let me assure you, 10K here I come!!

It all began on a cold winters night...

This is the first day of my Marathon training!! Now, we are looking at a seriously long term plan here, let's not deny it! I've broken it down into achievable goals, starting with tying my own shoe laces (done) and moving onto getting out into the cold winter evening... (almost done).

Seriously though, I have just committed to running a 10K mini-mini marathon in Dublin next year (April 10th I think), and looking forward I plan to participate in the Great North Run in Newcastle next October, that's 20K, significantly more that I can walk right now, luckily I have almost a year to prepare, unluckily I tend to procrastinate and will probably start training the night before. I may need help!Here's my plan: I've got a 10K circuit around my town that I both walk and jog, initially jogging was literally painful, but it's getting better, slowly but surely...

I'm up to jogging 5K and walking 5K, that's about 1hr 15 to complete, my target is 50mins, that may be a little optimistic but I do have until April next year.'Till next time!