ssssshhhhh.....

another long run done and filed away. 16miles of totally new white peak trails. a figure of eight through chatsworth, rolling hills and just a slight drizzle.

i'm starting to notice small changes. breathing is getting easier, legs becoming lumpier and my belly less wobbly. i've started wearing my 'thin' jeans and am really beginning to enjoy the hills again. i don't want to mention the 't' word, every time i do something happens. either i break myself, get lost in haze of booze for a few weeks or lose all motivation. lets just say that jane has been following a self penned programme for the past seven weeks. i've just happened to join her on her runs.

typed too soon

soggy....

is it raining? i hadn't noticed

ok, ok, i know! i've made my bike ugly. BUT since fitting (the ill-fitting) mudguards i've cycled over 100 miles. 100 dry as a bone miles....

we did it again

did our 'long' run today. it was meant to be 15miles and 3 and a half big ups. it was nearer 18 and a short scramble. hotter than we thought and over an hour longer than we planned. we only had a small bottle of lucozade each and a few jelly babies. yet again we have managed to break ourselves whilst still being very near our house.

home to left over paella, which didn't even touch the sides.

....to make up for the lack of recent cake shots, here's a snap of jane's birthday cake, fresh from the oven. had a bit of a disaster with the sponge and had to cut the burned edges off....hoping that the hundreds 'n' thousands will disguise this...

omm training

early morning runs are getting darker, switching from footpaths to pavements. but the bursting sunrises more than make up for the gloom and the dreaded 5.30 alarm. slipping easily into to the routine of the weekend big run. slowly getting a little bit longer, a little bit hillier, whilst our post run feasts become even more elaborate.

gonna keep on runnin

another good run, to top off another good weekend of pottering about the house doing a spot of diy....apart from the incident yesterday afternoon where i removed our neighbours car bumper with the hire van...

unpacked

house moved. tin'ternet now connected (skool productivity now down). in between packing/unpacking there's been some baking, running and biking...well at least cake eating, jogging and commuting. hope ya'll in blog-land have been enjoying the sun, looking forward to catching up on tales 'n trials.

in other non hill news i've also recently purchased two life changing pieces of kit:
1. telescopic duster. i do not know how i have lived so long without this
2. a cylinder mower. grass cutting has never been so fun, the faster you mow the better the noise
i've even been making some cushion covers. domestic bliss...