I know I can, I know I can! by batesey23

Greetings Bloggers,

I was rushing around this morning trying to usher the clock to 9am and the children to school, all in the name of running!

Finally arrived back home and haphazardly parked my cycle in the garden, well, dropped it, and scurried indoors to get my kit on.

I invested in a new pairs of running tights to mark this resurgence in running enthusiasm, and as they are not in the least bit flattering or supportive, opted for the old 'top tied round the waist' approach! Little bit deflated as I was hoping for some sort of gravity defying powers for my £17! Nevermind, off we go.

For a change, I decided to go round and round my local park. I usually like to plan a loop and not a there and back run so this seemed like a good idea. Todays training was 2 x 12min runs with 60second recoveries finishing off with a 4 min run with a wee bit more energy. This was pretty easy today and I covered 3.58miles at a 9.23 average pace.

My motivation was sparked on my first loop of the park as I saw my neighbour who always sees me cycling or playing footie with the kids and thinks I am some sort of fitness fanatic! Me running past yelling 'MORNING' obviously added to this misconception. THe second time I passed her I did it at a distance incase she tried to stop me for a chat and I was on a roll by now, the third time, she just got a wave as I couldn't have chatted if I had wanted to, but I did pick up my pace and stand up straight incase she thought I was flagging!

All in all, good session. I am away this weekend at Silverstone for the Superbikes, this will involve LOTS of cycling with the boys on and off the track. I am going to try to get out early in the morning and do a loop of the track before the bikes get out. I will have some sympathy for all of you who did the half marathon there earlier in the year! Of course, I may just stay in bed!

Hope you all have a good weekend!