Kendle's Marathon Challenge by Kendlef

hello everyone,

been a while since iv blogged again, but busy busy in the run up to the big day. so goin back to monday. the plan was a gym session to test everything out after a week off.

however this didnt happen due to the fact that alex had left the house in a complete pigsty/tramps nest whilst i was away on the hen do. and so being me cleaning was far more important - to me a tidy house is a tidy mind and i dont need it cluttering up at this point in the prooceedings.

So onto yesterday, in the knowledge that my house was spick and span i set off on my 5 mile run, nice hilly route as per usual and it was sooooo windy, thinking a headband may needed to be added to race kit as i ran half way round looking like cousin it!! not a good look.

Once i got to the very top of tansley it was running into the wind so at least it was longer flapping in my face and making me look a bit like i had a moustache :) and it was AMAZIN!!! the wind blowing through my hair (and getting it all tangled up into one massive lug!) and trotting along feeling like i was being blown backwards.

So after all the hair in face removal and using my body as a kite i was expecting a longer time - how wrong was i?? normally i check my time when i get to the village - i seem to remember this is just before 5 miles. the last best time i managed was 55mins. well yesterday it was 51.46 and 56 if you count running through the village and up to my front door. so well pleased with that and felt on a high.

and you know i didnt even feel all that tired, a quick change and me and alex took Eric on a 2 mile (or something like that) walk :)

Right so onto today and i must say im struggling with the carbo loading - i feel like i have to eat constantly and normally i want to eat all te time but rigt now i just dont feel like it!! it's sods law isnt it?

but iv been stuffing down jaffa cakes and rice cakes and bananas and all kinds of weird and wonderful things in an attempt to get my carb levels up. made macaroni cheese for tonight, trying not to eat too much pasta due to my IBS but its such a good way to get those carbs in, so having it for tea  afew nights this week and thats it.

bless, my friend danni has had a tshirt made up for when she comes to london to support me - apparantly it says GO KENDLE! on the front of it :) she's a little star!! :D

so todays training i decided on a 3 mile run round the village as it was just too nice to go to the gym. went out without long sleeves today - this is almost unheard of as i am completely nesh and such a wimp! but it was nice to get the arms out and meant i could try the vest over just a tshirt as Sunday looks like its gonna be a hot one.

Didn't feel llike i was going spectacularly fast tonight, just normal really and thought i would be happy if i got around the same as my best time, but oh no I smashed it!!! knocked 2 minutes off and finally got my hilly 3 miler under 30 mins. got it down to 28.55 :D YAY!!

Feel like im on fire - just hope the feeling lasts until sundays race. Gym work planned for tomorrow - nothing too strenusous just something to keep me ticking over and to get rid of some of this excess energy, and then last run on friday - probably just a 4 miler down to the pub :D

Then its off to the expo on saturday to do battle with the crowds - soooooooo excited!

oh and so excited cos tomorrow is my last day at work before the big day. i booked friday off so i could pack everyting and double and triple check it, get petrol and sweets for the journey and all stuff like that or i would be running round like a headless chicken and getting all stressy on friday evening!

WWWOOOOOOOOPPPPPP WWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOPPPPPP - WE'RE NEARLY THERE!! :D

k xx