I'll keep it short!

Sigh!

I'm tired! Had a rather hectic week culminating in an Army dinner night last night and staying up to 3am sipping port and chewing the cud!.... Phewy... Well it has been my birthday week and I do like to spread my celebrations out ;o)...

Actually though, work has involved a lot of traveling too which has been chipping away at the old energy reserves (I drove about a thousand miles this week!).... Still, although I didn't manage to swim at all (OH DEAR!) and I missed my long bike (GULP!) I did manage to get ALL my run sessions in, even early in the morning and late at night when I didn't want to.... and best of all I managed a 2hour, 12mile easy run yesterday morning (before the dinner night!). Twas a lovely spring morning for that - superb in fact, no glorious, exquisite, simply brilliant... I think you get the idea - I loved my run! Which in itself is a bit weird admitting to ;o)

February has been an odd month, particularly weather wise... having experienced the most snow (in my home town) ever in my entire life and being marooned at home, to having pretty bad flooding... all of which has meant getting out and running or biking has been challenging.. .to this current weekend when the temperature has risen to the late 40s, the skies of become clear, the sun getting up earlier and the birds beginning to sing the morning rise... it's almost become spring out of the blizzards! Even my bulbs are all pushing up and flowers are arriving!

On a final note (I did say I'd keep this short).... Whilst driving up to the dinner night last night I was on this dual carriageway and my eyes were drawn to a sign which said

"THIS SIGN IS NOT IN USE"

I kid you not. Well. Say no more!.... If it ain't in use why tell me it's not!?!

Strange - and that was before the port quaffing!

Hope you've all had a great week gone and just enjoyed a relaxing weekend!

4 Days till my tri camp in Lanzarote - can't wait to get some proper weather, enjoy some long bike rides outside (rather then the turbo) and getting into the nice 50m outdoor pool every day...oh and the added bonus of having some time off work. BRILL!

What Karen Needs and FFFK

As I have little originality or creativity this weekend I'm doing the easy blog option.. Yes, following in the footsteps on several fellow bloggers, Wes for example.... I thought I'd just blog what Karen Needs... Idea (unless you don't know already) is to google "{your name} needs and share the first ten google returns... so here you go;

1. Karen needs a list
Yes my first on the list is someone else's list which has already been done - and somewhat different!

2. Karen needs help - Gay Marriage in California
Well yes I do need help but no one told me about that particular arrangement! GASP!

3. Karen needs a lobotomy fund
No comments please!

4. Karen Needs is on facebook
What - there is actually someone with that name!? I am actually already on facebook, thanks.

5. ... to take a rest
... well that's what the photo on flickr said.... true though

6. ...to be on youtube
... several youtube videos, one of which is about gin drinking, now there is an idea...

7. ... horney
.. no comment :O)

8. ... tech advise
..so true

9.... a man for no strings fun
... WOW! I seem to be quite demanding today given points 2, 7 and now 9!! MWAAAaaahhhhh!

10. .. a new helmet
... This is quite true - I got a new bike helmet last year and I'm still not sure if I like it!

If you want a go consider yourself tagged already!

On another note, following some other blogs I read I found out about Nancy and also this;

Virtual bloggers around the world are running for Nancy this weekend - well we don't need much of an excuse... so today was my long slow run so I pitched in 16.2 k (Not quite 5k, extras for doing it a day late) in 1:42:09 with my fastest 5k in there at 30:38.

Was going to swim but my second Sweeny Todd pie of the weekend has led to sofa collapse, well me in it rather then the weight of it hitting the ground!

High Heels

I don't wear high heels very often, well I'm 5'8" so tall enough already, and besides they are uncomfortable after a while.

And so I was proved on Saturday night when I decided to wear some new puppies (shoes), a bargain from the summer.... so in my posh frock I stood tall and proud in my 4" heels... WOW!
DID I FEEL TALL!

... and then we waited in the reception to be seated.

... and waited

... and waited

Does this count as a strength & conditioning session?

The call to dinner couldn't have come sooner enough, an hour was too long - my calfs and quads were screaming!!

So I sat and thought I was saved.

UNTIL SUNDAY... UG!

Now Sunday came and I HAD to do an 8 miler... but what bad planning doing that the day after the night when I decided to wear 4 inch heels for the first time in 3 years! OUCH!

But despite the tiredness and tightness yesterday I did do my 8 mile "easy" (ha ha ha more like nightmareishly hard) session on the dreadmill, for which I am proud. Thank the Lord today is a rest day is all I can say!

Today my legs are.... SORE!.... and sore in weird places too.

I've put those high heels away - like all endurance sports you're supposed to train up aren't you - next time I decide I'm going to wear the heels I think I need to write myself a 3 month training plan!