Girl on the run by AmyW

.. oops, its been a couple of weeks again.  Bad blogger, naughty.  No excuses, just been really busy.

There's been quite a lot going on at work - am currently doing more work for less money.  Boo.  This is manageable for now but am a bit concerned about what will happen if the chap I'm buying a flat from decides to get his finger out and find a place to move to - my mortgage payments will go up... erm well by quite a bit actually.  Will probably live on value baked beans on toast for a while, but it'll be worth it, as this move is something that I've been planning for YEARS.  Thank God Berlin is already paid for, so that's one less thing to worry about 

Enough of that nonsense, no-one wants to hear me moan on about how hard it is to be me  because really, life ain't that bad.

I might not have been blogging, but I have been finding time to pull my trainers on here and there.

Last week I made it to the gym three times in my lunch breaks - twice on the cross trainer and once on the treadie.  Good times.  Also made it to running club twice - once at the track and then again for a nice little 6.3k run around a local wood that I didn't even know existed.  Very nice.

I was planning to get out and do a long run at the weekend, as I had a bit of a shock when I realised that with 7 weeks to go till Berlin, I've not run further than 10k this year.  Ohhhhhhhh shhhhh*********t.

Unfortunately I had to work.  Now I don't work weekends, but a client wanted reporting done on Saturday and Sunday, so instead of running free with the wind running through my hair, I was stuck in my cupboard sweating over my laptop .  I was not a happy bunny, but client was happy with reporting, so it was worth it in the end.

The upside of the pay cut is that we have been given 10 days unpaid leave in order to achieve it.  I decided that between now and Berlin, I would take every Wednesday afternoon off, as my training plan wants me to do a longish run every Wednesday as well as at the weekend.  Clearly this will be easier to do if I have the afternoon off.

This unfortunately meant that after days of fresh rain, I ended up leaving the office at 12.30 yesterday to do a long run in unpleasant humid conditions .  Headed up the River Wey to Guildford - it really is a lovely run along the tow path there.  Got to Guildford - about 8k done.  Stopped for a little walkie break (and to Tweet!), had a drink and tackled The Mount.  I have mentioned this evil before.  Never seen a hill like it.  There aren't many places in Guildford where you can look down on Guildford Cathedral - it crouches atop a hill looming over the town - it's actually quite spooky, which is why it was used in The Omen.  However from the top of The Mount.....

... you are actually above the cathedral.  Had to walk up most of it, my poor little legs did not like me at this point.

Then, thankfully it was downhill all the way, through Binscombe (with a minor detour into the local doctors surgery to get a refill of water bottle - nb must remember to put money in pocket next time to buy in shop - receptionist looked a little disturbed by sweaty red faced person puffing over counter.  Prob though I had end stages of swine flu or similar), through Farncombe, a loop round the back of Godalming (running past the flat that I'm buying) and back to the office.  20.4k done in 2hrs38mins.  Not fast, not clever, but done.  Phew!

Haven't made it to running club this week - was at the vet with the hound instead.  Aside from running and working, I have mostly spent the rest of my free time cleaning up poo from my flat.  Poor little hound has been having stomach problems - as those of you on facebook already know all about!.  Visit to the vet cost £75 (three different types of meds!) but I figure I'd have spent double that on cleaning products if we'd gone on.  Pleased to report this morning that normal pooping procedure has been resumed, although a disturbing orange colour - possibly due to the meds.

This has also meant that for the first time in my life ever, I have made boiled eggs.  I think boiled eggs are DISGUSTING but the vet recommended them to help hound's tum - dog is now officially eating better than me - with lovingly made chicken egg & rice dishes.  He'd better not get used to it

That's it from me - will be making an appearance at running club this evening for a nice little trot around Waggoners Wells, and then that's it till the weekend, when I have a 5k race, and also a 19k long run planned.

PS - haven't I made good use of smilies in this post