The Road to Chippen. Ham & One B*tch of a Hill
Jul1220119 p.m.
Only niiiiine weeks to go to the Chippenham Half & I haven't run a race since I was Marathon-Fit: completing the Bristol 10K in mid-May in record time & with a record hang-over.
Since then I've been ticking along.... tum-te-tum.
Oops: time to get back to my pal, Hal (Higden) I'm a planner. A spreadsheet geek. I neeeeeed him.
And since then (the Bristol 10km) I've also lost my dear car (R.I.P dear friend). She was written off & tossed aside since being driven into from the beee-hind. I've since batted off the Ambulance Chasers (it was only whiplash you vulchers!) & made a full recovery. Good. (Due, I'm sure, to a jolly good dose of exercise.)
The loss of m'car also means that I am finding various methods of getting in & out of work - I only work 2 miles from home: but there's a MAHOOOSIVE hill in between me & it: one mile of sweaty, huffy-puffy unadulterated hill.
And she's a real be-atch.
She also gets in the way when I pop out at lunchtimes for a jog & the last few times she's totally defeated me. (It's always the last mile back from a run.)
Annie 0 - B*tch of a Hill 4
So m'aim in the next few weeks of Chip'nam training is to get up The Cow in one go. No lazy walk breaks.
Today's method of getting home from work was to run. And, thankfully, after a longish day at work and a double spinning session at lunchtime: the way home = downhill. Phew! I'm not sure about lugging a bag on my back while I commute-run tho - it's pretty annoying stuff.
Another 3 miles tomorrow.
Noice 'n easy does it!
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onthefloor04 'Ah but at least you're training and that beeyatch is a friend in disguise really.' added 13th Jul 2011
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simonedumergue 'Oooh I'm partial to a bit of Hal. Our on-off affair has been most satisfying. Good luck with evening up the Annie:Hill score :-)' added 13th Jul 2011
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peterb 'keep it up ypu'll soon defeat it' added 13th Jul 2011
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Nick 'Well there you go - every cloud/ silver lining and all that! the loss of your car gives you loads more opportunities for exercise!' added 13th Jul 2011
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Tonypminter 'Ha ha ha......made me laugh-Thanks! I hate hills with a passion since I did a 10k in Plymouth. No-one said anything about the hills and most of it was uphill and not much downhill the other side.....urgh! So it is with a smile and much sympathy I cheer you on to beat the B**tch!!! :)' added 14th Jul 2011
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