Couch to 5k

[Lynnie]

Umm, yes, well... I have been mostly concentrating on rest days..? Tina did say that they're important...

Please don't be cross with me now, but I've jacked it in for the time being.

I started into it at kind of a bad time to be honest - because I'm finishing up in work shortly for the career break but haven't actually got a concrete leaving date yet, I'm desperately trying to get all my work stuff in order so that everything is bang up to date whenever I have to do the handover. Also am having to get up at 6.20am at the minute but can't get to bed early enough to give me my Holy Grail 8 hours, which means that I am permanently tired, so am sleeping on the train rather than doing any writing which means I'm doing my writing when I get home in the evenings and that's not until 7pm. So I'm just finding there aren't enough hours in the day, really! And there's no point in me pretending I'll do it at the weekends, because chances are I won't.

Have pencilled in the week after the Oct. BH weekend as when I'm going to get back on the wagon - will have no pesky 4 hour commute from then so sure I may as well do some running to put in the time!!!

[kelly]

awh lynnie I was only joking luv, you poor thing it sounds like you're stressed eric these days. shir get yourself sorted work wise the running can wait a few weeks for sure, then if you're running 4 hrs a day you'll surely make up for it!

take care xxx

[dewy_blueeyes]

awww lynnie dont feel bad!!! we're hardly going to be cross with you -esp when you're clearly stressed out!!

i dont get how ANYONE can do commutes such as yours anyway (as in god help you thats just a form of torture!) so fair play you even started running in the first place!
come bk to us when you do start and good luck with finishing up work ( bet you cant WAIT!!)
congrats on getting the career break too- any grand plans for the next 2 years yet?!

[Lynnie]

Ah thanks girlies, it's not as if I thought ye were going to be properly cross or anything but I'm a bit morto about not sticking to it!

Yeh Kelly sure this is it, I'll be mega fit once the 4 hours running a day starts

Blue am kind of blowing hot and cold about the career break, like one day I'll be mega excited and then the next I'll nearly be having a cold sweat wondering what the hell I'm going to do with myself for the two years. But it's an incentivised break and even if I get taxed to the max on the payout, it'll cover my mortgage/gas/electricity/bins for the duration of it (I wish this was because they were giving me such a stonking huge sum to leave but actually it's because we have a weeny house in De Midlands, lol.)

Ideally I'd like to do more writing for sure, and then depending on how that pans out *maybe* go back to college for a Masters in the second year. My biggest problem is that I've never really known what I'd like to do when I grow up since I gave up on my dream of being a lady farmer when I was about 6

Oh and I have this mad notion about how lovely and satisfying it would be to make stuff and sell it on Etsy so sure I might have a crack at that too!

[sweetie1]

O Lynnie, sounds like you've a mental time at the moment. Jes, 4 hours a day commuting is mental!
Best of luck with the career break - sounds like you're gonna let you're creative streak loose! And sur if u take up the running when you are on your break be sure & tell us!

I did my W4D3 yesterday and was happy out with myself, although I did find it kinda difficult. Not looking forward to week 5 starting tomorrow!

[dewy_blueeyes]

well best of luck Lynnie- make the most of the time and who knows where you'll be or what you'll be doing in 2 years time when it comes to going back to horrible current job!

not sure what etsy is but will check it out

i have to fess up and say i didnt do my w2d3 on sat (as i knew I wouldnt lazy me!) but also kinda because my running partner wasn't able to do it sat either so we said we'd do it today if we both didnt (ie we gave ourselves an excuse not to!!)
anyway meant to run today (and i would have) but she's got a cold so we're going to go tomorrow instead and thurs and i HAVE to do sat too this time! she's off all next week on hols so im going to have to go it alone for a while! *must stop making excuses to myself for being lazy!*

[dewy_blueeyes]

finally got w2d3 done today (in the lashing rain!!!)
was nice running actually- maybe coz it was good to get air at lunchtime or it was just easing the guilt of not having been in so long!

w3d1 on thurs now hopefully (although have to do it before work coz have stoooopid "training" till lunchtime )

[sweetie1]

Go dewy, go dewy, go dewy....
You're flying it! I'm going out tonight and am looking forward to it, but petrified at the same time...it'll be tough!!

[sweetie1]

Didn't run last night- I'm so bold mainly cos of working late n stuff...then the mojito's took over my senses!! Tonight though - soooo gonna happen! How's everyone else doin?

[dewy_blueeyes]

ah can't blame you when the mojito's are taking over how could you resist lol

sweetie which week are you on now?

think we've scared off everyone else lol