Getting Back to Basics by peta

at the start of every session with the "beginners" group, I say the same things, for the benefit of those who have not run with us before.

1. Has anyone any injuries since the last time
2. The group runs at different paces, but we will regroup regularly.
3. We will stop at specific points, especially if the leader gets lost
at this point everyone laughs politely. NOT for the first time the leader missed the turning, resulting in a 2.5 mile detour. What should have been a 3.8mile run turned out to be a 5.3 mile run, over more hills than there should have been. The run took 1hour 13 mins instead of 50 mins. Several of the group are doing the Manchester 10k on Sunday, they have advised that running the rest of week may not be a good idea. When we returned to the track, I was so please and proud as punch, on top of good run and everyone enjoying themselves despite getting lost, my Granddaughter had remain within the track fencing and was waiting, very loudly for us to return 

Well I've been and caste the all important votes.

The local vote was easy.....stick with the status quo. No idea who the person is but the party have never caused too much grief in the area. All is good.

Nationally, I have been forced to go for the man who does nothing, because I wasn't able to decide on how much pain I wanted to deal with.

Other choices, locally was the BNP, their stance on reducing unemployment is to return to middle class England before 1913, when women did not work outside the home. They forget that working class women have always worked both outside and inside home,3 times harder than the men for much less pay (not much changed there then). 

Nationally the other choice is UKIP and as they don't seem to be able to agree on what their policies are, how am I supposed to know.

OOPs sorry if I have offended any one, I forget just how politically outraged I can get. So before the rant really starts I had better get my coat and leave

Went for a little run today, 25 mins 2.5 miles, nice and slow and felt really good.  Ankle had no pain, though does have large green bruise .  How did that get there, I don't recall banging it, just the shock wave through my leg.  Hips fine by the way.

So today 25mins, 2.5 miles very happy

Blackpool Half Marathon - Not a good event for me today - set out to complete the marathon but things were just not going to happen that way. 1st of all I couldn't get through to the marathon car park, so finished up parking in one of the centre car parks - I didn't have the money to cover the 5 hours it would take me to do the marathon. Garmin stopped working at 4.66 miles  -just went off, I need to look at that. I tripped over a stone just after 8 miles and this sent a shock up my leg leaving my ankle and hip aching.  Came off the route at the half marathon finish feeling really terrible.  As predicted got a ticket in the car park, would probably have been clamped if I had completed the marathon - not happy

Should have gone to High Legh