Today I was super energetic and swam in the morning and ran in the evening! This is a very rare occasion and I can't see this happenig very often. Paul was around this morning and I had a day off as I am working the weekend. He suggested we go for a swim after dropping the kids at school. At first I thought, what a bad idea. I had showered and put my make up on already and the thought of having to do that again put me right off! Anyway, that thought got the better of me and I got my swim stuff together.
The pool was full of retired people having a leisurely swim. No real lanes in place and it was very frustrating! I managed to squeeze in between to 'side strokers' and kept to that bit of lane trawling up and down. I swam 40 lengths before giving up. Paul gave up slightly before me as he too finds it frustrating trying to constantly over take the slowbies!
My day off was taken up by housework! Again, another rareity for me as I tend to do it when I can grab 10 mins here and there. It was very satisfying being able to do a thorough clean! Sad I know.
Tonight, I joined Jelly legs as Paul was home in time for me to go. It was getting dark already by the time we met at 6.30pm and it was very grey and cloudy. We met at Tankerton Slopes and 4 of us 'improvers' went off for our 3.5 mile run. As per usual the first 10 minutes was a bit of a struggle whilst I got my pace and breathing right. After that, it was great. I really enjoyed it even though I had a stitch for most of the way round! I kept thinking when is this going to go and then I would burp a little and it would ease for a few minutes. However, the stitch did not spoil the run and it wasn't that bad. Right at the end I did a little sprint which felt really good. My last bit of energy!
So now, I need to set some goals. I have done a 5K and will proabably do a few more before the year end. I think I will aim for a 10K next. What do you think? Do you think that is achievable? I do! x
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