Run Jan - Done!

I still cannot believe that I have done it. I ran every day. No cheating. I ran every blooming day. Come rain or shine!

Whooooppppppppppeeeeeeeeeee.

Thank you to everyone who has supported me and especially those who ran with me now and again. It has been amazing. Dare I say life changing?!?

75.1 miles run.

Just a little matter of the Winter Run 10K tomorrow. I am most definately having Monday off from running but this is it now. I am a runner.

MASSIVE THANK YOU TO YOU ALL. It has been emotional.

EJMx

Day 24 and 25 - Day Dreaming

Saturday I ran 3 miles

Sunday I ran 3.5 miles.

I felt pretty good on both runs,  a little springy even! I have lost a bit of weight with all this running and blimey it makes a difference so I am encouraged to keep eating well. 

Mr EJM got me a running snood fleecy thing at Christmas trying to tempt me into running more. This was before my weird idea to run every day in January surfaced. In the bag was this card and he put it with the present. It really hit home to me. Finally after 25 days of running I really do believe it - I am a runner.

I do not mean in a Paula Radcliffe kind of way but that is the point. The minute I step foot outside that door I am a runner. Get me! A runner! 

So on Sunday when I was running in daylight I did not worry that people might see me running. 
Might see my wobbly bits jiggle. 
Might see my bright red face shining in the distance. 
I always used to feel embarrassed, especially when I saw a 'Proper Runner' but like the quote says - there is no membership card, no licence! Who cares?! I am a runner!

I ran along the river and always see this property and think how amazing it would be...  My Dad would have a fit if I ever tried to move here having worked for The Environment Agency. Living by a river - "Asking for trouble!". Just look at it though!!

So whilst running I started to design the beautiful bay window in the Master Bedroom with a fitted window seat and that top bit with all that light flooding in is just crying out to be a studio...... Might double up on the lottery this week!

EJMx

Total Miles in Jan: 63.1

Day 23 - Less Bounce!

Just about to go for run 23. 

Anyway, wanted to just let you know about my fabulous new boulder holder sent to me by the brilliantly named LessBounce.com.

They heard all about my Barbara Windsor booby moment the other week and sent me their top selling running bra - The Shock Absorber Ultimate RUN bra - to see if that contained the beasts, I mean breasts. 

Well they may be called Less Bounce but believe me there is no bounce at all. They are soooooo secure!! Not in a 'cannot breathe and have created forty other sets of breasts' kind of way. It is not too high up at the sides like I have found with some sports bras. It is simply great for running in. This bra is the Tina Turner of all bras - Simply the Breast! Sorry, too tacky?  

The straps are padded and so when I take it off I no longer have a bra imprint for the next two hours and honestly when I am running it is fabulous. No rubbing, no digging in. Just perfect.

The most amazing thing about this though is - IT IS BRIGHT PINK. Usually the sports bras I have had to get are dull and boring and even though there is NO WAY this bra will ever be on show - I love the fact it is pink! How blooming lovely! The peeps at Lessbounce.com were so helpful as well, really making sure the fit was just right with lots of really helpful advice on their site and in emails.

Anyway, boobs are secure so I am just off for run 23. Bit chilly out so expect there could be some peanut smuggling going on but with the layers I have on I will not be poking any eyes out. 

EJMx

PS.
There is currently £5 off the super dooper Shock Absober Ultimate RUN Bra at Lessbounce.com

Run 21 and 22 - The Long and Winding Road

Thank goodness for the girlies tonight because I am so over running around these same old roads!! It is so dark in the evenings I am restricted to where I can run and if I want to avoid a hill there is only so many roads to go down!

So lucky for me I had some chatty running pals tonight who brightened up my route! We did do hills tonight which seemed steeper than ever! Running with people really does keep you going though and despite my tired legs we plodded around 3 miles today. Had a cheeky run yesterday of 2 miles in between various pick ups and drop offs of kids. Fitting in a run seems to be part of my routine now. I wonder what is going to happen in Feb!?

Total Miles in Jan: 55.6

EJMx

Day 20 - That's what friends are for

Today was a tough one. In the cold my knee was telling me not to bother but I was lucky to have a little tippy-toe motivator with me today. Somehow she managed to get me round 3 miles. Without her I would have struggled with one. 

On our runs we sometimes have a catch up, sometimes have a moan, sometimes a gossip, sometimes a giggle. Often all of the above.

I really do get by with a little help from my friends.

So 3 miles takes me over the 50 mark!!!!

50.6 miles in January so far and still 11 runs to go!! So I am now aiming to get to 75 before the month ends.

With my running pals behind me (or usually in front) I will smash it!!

EJMx

Day 19 - Speedy

Some days I feel like I am flying. Today was one of those days. Only 2 miles but I felt like a runner, not a plodder!

Happy Days!!

EJM x

Total Miles: 47.6

Day 18 - On the Uppers

Blimey - this running lark is an emotional rollercoaster! Today it was like torture. I really could not face a run. Yesterday had really knocked the stuffing out of me so I was not expecting great things when I was reaching for the Lycra.

Now "great things" may be pushing it somewhat but it felt a million times better than yesterday and so my run tonight was complete Westlife. 

#flyingwithoutwings

#youraisemeup

#phew

EJMx