Mar1320105:20 p.m.
good start to the day - but over-emotion hits again!!!
yes this morning got me up at 6 ready for my lsr. after getting out of bed to make my porridge at 2.30 and ten realising what time it was i ended up sleeping past 5.30 and then didnt have time for my porridge.
and so fuel for todays run was last nights tea and a banana - yes i know i should be more prepared but with my IBS being a bitch again at the moment, i didnt feel like porridge 5 minutes before i went out.
so i drove to matlock and did my 20 miiles from there - therefore avoiding the hill at the end :D trotted off to bakewell and a bit further and then trotted back. quite a few runners out there today - most of them overtaking me too :(
managed to run witout my hat and gloves which is a first for a long while and i thoroughly enjoyed it, the wind in my hair and energy gel covered hands - nice!
managed the 20 miles in 3hrs 45, which is a full 17 minutes faster than last time, even though it didnt feel that much faster. tthink i just did less walking and more running.
so when i got back to the car, i grabbed my swimming stuff and despite my mum not being here i went for our saturday morning swim anyways. first length hurt like hell - especially when my necklace injury touched the water and stung like hell!!!
but i soon got into it and completed my 60 lengths in 57 minutes - thats the fastest iv managed it ever and i didnt swim with spakky leg so am well chuffed with this.
dont feel half as achey as i normally do after a 20 miler so think the swimming was a winner - even if most people iv spoken to think im nuts for swimming for an hour after 20 miles.
so was in a great mood and ready to take on the world, however...
when i got home Eric start attacking me and after playing with him for a while i tried to get on with the cleaning - im sure you've noticed i have a bit of a thing about cleaning.
but with that stupid bloody dog around i couldnt get anyting done, he attacked my slippers everytime i moved and tried to attack my laptop wire and pissed on my clean floor. not happy with him and after taking hours and hours to do the cleaning and reapeating 'No Eric' over and over and over again im a bit wound up and stressed again.
Alex was faffin with something at work when he should have been at home sorting his bloody dog out. so now im upstairs feelin a bit stressed. i have sooo much to do and really dont have the time for te dog to be attacking me whenever i move!! Alex is goiing to have to help me more or i swear im going to spontaneously combust.
the overemotialism of the afternoon has got to me and iv been crying YET AGAIN!! how can my great run and swim be ruined so monumentally.
Was supposed to be going out tonight but just cant manage it, feel wrung out and sick of all these emotional ups and downs.
Roll on April 25th or the day that Eric learns not to mess with my cleaning regime.
Sorry to moan but i need to vent. bet your sick of it arent you all, suprised any of you still read my moany blog!!
k xx
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gloshawk 'Blimey - that's one hell of an effort this morning - well done indeed. Envious of you doing 20 miles; I've not got anywhere near that yet. And then a swim afterwards; wow. Dogs - gotta love 'em - crazy, but so loyal. Bet Eric's curled up by you at the moment. Emotional ups should be far more than downs after that day!' added 13th Mar 2010
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edwards_pk 'Wow, 20 miles & a swim, sounds like a hard days training including having to deal with Eric... ' added 13th Mar 2010
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nikmas 'A few tears and a good rant always make me feel better! I was stressed and crying yesterday and feel much better today..... I am sooooo jealous of your 20 miles though!! If you can drag yourself out tonight go for it..... a break from the crazy pooch might make you feel better..... if not chocolate and sofa all the way! Chin up :-) ' added 13th Mar 2010
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Firefly123 'First of all, well done on an excellent 20 mile run - and then a swim afterwards. Superwoman aint got nothing on you! Now, on to your emotionalism - I think LSR's take it out of you in more than just a physical way - there is a lot of mental stuff to deal with when you run that distance and I'm not surprised you're a bit wrung out. If you really don't feel like going out tonight, then try to relax at home - oh and please moan and vent away - thats what we're here for!x' added 13th Mar 2010
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PixieRunner 'if you don't find the energy to go out, I sincerely hope you are lounging on the sofa, eating delicious things and watching crap TV after such an achievement this morning! Fantastic result on the 20 miler and the swim afterwards. I know what you mean about the emotional rollercoaster, and a cry every now again is sometimes just what you need ;-)' added 13th Mar 2010
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IMMOVABLE_OBJECT 'I am not a doggy person so stuff the dog. Don't let it ruin your great mood after the run and the swim. He can't take away the great time you did...and you swam for an hour afterwards - pretty amazing. Deep breaths, count ot 10 and if he does it again leave for Alex to clean up.' added 13th Mar 2010
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gunes 'Ditto! I agree with everything that Firefly123 has said!!! You hang in there you have done amazing to run 20 miles and then swim for an hour afterwards.That is an awful lot of stress to put your body through in one day,and its a case of the straw that broke the camels back. Eric sounds just like my parrot percy,they certainly know what buttons to press to wind you up,and when you are tired the slightest thing can blown out of proportion. Maybe a night out could just be the tonic you need, but whatever you decide you take care,and rant as much as you want,it will do you good to get it off your chest! I often have a good moan, and my husband say's to me, I would moan if I had nothing to moan about Grrrr. And I haven't even reached 16 miles yet :) ' added 13th Mar 2010
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squa25 'haha not a moany blog,ok a little but quite entertaining. I have a cleaning thing too...but mine seems to have susbsided and replaced with marathon preparations...lol Great LSR!!! That's what I did my first 20 miler in, who knows how long the second one will take... You're going to do a fab job in London. :o) ' added 13th Mar 2010
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simonedumergue 'Moan away - that's what we're all here for. We just take turns with the moaning! I'm sure the physical exertion of a 20 miler followed by an hour of hard swimming (you mad woman - that might just be overdoing it a tad) has taken its toll emotionally. You sound like you are going through with the dog, what all new mothers go through with their first baby in the first few weeks. Horrendous, lots of tears, emotional rollercoaster and feeling like you can't cope. Then it all comes right and you feel much better and the baby (substitute dog in this case!) gets more sorted and life takes on some normality. So - have I put you off having kids yet :-)?? Have a good sleep, feel good about what you achieved today, and tomorrow is a new day.' added 13th Mar 2010
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Suziewee 'Well done for the 20 miles, but are you crazy swimming 60 lengths straight after, and then going home and cleaning? No wonder you were in tears!! I'm afraid I don't have the cleaning thing, with two kids and a dog my efforts seldom last long! I just muddle through doing what i can and try not to get hung up on it too much. Don't get me wrong the house isn't a tip, but its not spotless either! Please be careful you are not overdoing it, try and chill out a bit and give Eric a nice cuddle! Your training is fantastic :-)' added 13th Mar 2010
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glen_b 'Just to say, with 10 or so comments above, people are still reading! We all have rants, moans, successes, and to be honest, without this forum to blurt it out on, I doubt I would be sane. You have done and achieved so much. This is my first marathon, and even 6 weeks ago, 20 miles would have seemed so unachievable, so very well done.' added 13th Mar 2010
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Account_closed 'Unfortunatley dogs, especially puppies, will make your life difficult for the first 6 months. We have a collie cross who gave us hell when we first got her. She ate the plants, carpets, her bed. Messed in the house constantly, and would go on the walk. I was ready to take her back to the kennels (or kill her). And then she was hit by a car. Fortunately she wasn't hurt, but the realisation that she could have been killed, and by a lucky break wasn't made me determined to keep her. And 10 years later I still love her to bits. Give him time and he'll learn, but your cleaning regieme may never be the same again.' added 14th Mar 2010
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moose10 'bloody hell what an icredible effort a great 20 miler and then an hours swim and then you start cleaning anyone of the above would have finished me off for the day please please try and build in some you time enjoy the rest of the weekend and you are doing just brilliantly' added 14th Mar 2010
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