What A Beautiful Day!

Hello bloggers,

Oh, how about today? eh? Not a cloud in the sky all day long, He was certainly giving us a glorious day.

Me and Smarty Pants out jogging again today. Nagging sister has work, Vic.2 has her kids home on school hols, and Happy neighbour is at work too.

This morning was sunny and bright, and warming up nicely. I have my determined head on again today. After running for a mile yesterday I feel the need to go even further today........And I did!

Smarty Pants kept with me again, she is pacing herself, ready to extend her run, and she was congratulating me when we reached our third road. How she had the breath to do that I do not know! I could just barely raise half a smile and make eye contact with her, just so that she knows I still have my faculties about me!

The third road that we run on is where the mile mark is, half way down before we turn off. I was determined to pass this as far as I could. I knew I if thought about it, if I thought 'this is the mile mark' then I would slow to a walking pace soon after.

The mile mark came. Crossing the road now, jogging still, jogging, keeping up with Smarty Pants. Oh yes, way passed the point where I stopped yesterday.............and that's where I slowed to walking pace. But still, I was happy with that. Smarty Pants, however, was on a mission, she has her pace sorted out and she was going for it.

From this point on I was jogging, walking, jogging, walking, nagging myself stupid all the way home.

I was so pleased to reach my road and urged myself to 'Move my ass!!!' and just go for it. As I passed the bushes I looked over to my house and no Smarty Pants! Shes only gone and done it! She was in the zone, she went for the next stage. The four miler!!!

I run to my house, grabbed my phone to check my time, but darn it! Again, it has switched off!. But I do remember when we left the house this time, ish! it was about 08:50 and I noticed the time on my IPOD as soon as I saw my phone had sweitched off, it was 09:24, so this must be my average time at this distance. However, Smarty pants came back at 09:28! bloomin marvelous time! (mutter, mutter, mumble mumble)

But, just for added bonus (and pat on the back for this old girl) I rode my bike to the local hospital, gave pints and pints of blood, just an mot on this old girl, and then rode back again, 6.2 miles, I was riding for about 25 minutes each way, stopping off, obviously to have test and then to chemist on the way home.

So, still loads of stamina! But when another neighbour asked if i wanted to go for a run this evening, I had to chicken out! But I am going to do two runs tomorrow!