Wednesday, 24 August 2011

40 Today!!

Blimey, just writing the title makes me feel old! I can't beleieve I have turned 40 even though I don't feel it. I'm sure everybody says that. My Dad phoned me today to wish me a Happy Birthday and said ' I'm not old enough to have a 40 year old daughter'. I think it must be harder for the my paernts to believe that they finally have a child 'over the hill' ! Folks it's OK you're as young as you feel!!

It's been a while since I last blogged and it has been on my mind but I have been busy holidaying and just enjoying the summer! I have continued to run although it has not been as frequent as I would have liked. Story of my life. We went to France for 2 weeks and I took my running gear, determined to run and not let all my hard work lapse. I managed to go out twice. Both times I ran for 30 mins and was so pleased that I had made the effort. I am not a morning person as those of you know me will agree. I set my alarm clock and Paul kindly drove me down to the beach the first time so I could run along Agay beach. It was beautiful at 8am. The picture below was of the hills surrounding the bay of Agay. The second time I ran was from the campsite to the beach which was 2.5 miles down hill. I did consider doing it the other way round but thought better of it!


I have beem out a few times since returning from holiday and more importantly on my 40th Birthday!! I did a short run of 2 miles along the sea front but enough to keep me going until the next time. My goal is now to run a 5K and then 10K by my 41st!! Enough time to give myself I think. Running has become addictive but at the same time a feeling of 'do I have to?' sets in too. Love the feeling afterwards though. Bring it on............x