Hi VRBs. Haven’t posted for ages - no reason other than life getting in the way I guess. However loads has happened since I last posted so thought I would update you all whilst saying hello! 👋
Like many others of you I decided to do RED January this year to challenge myself but because of various circumstances I didn’t actually run every day - I was skiing over new year with my other half and some friends so the first 4 days were skiing ⛷. Running around the Alps would probably not have been the best of exercise choices so I was glad to find Alpine Skiing was an option on Strava! When we got back I almost immediately bought a horse (some of you may remember I lost my mare in October) and although the plan was to wait a couple more months before even looking for a new one, the lovely Jack came along and I couldn’t resist so he is now mine and happily settled in.
Initially I began running because I couldn’t ride my mare at all so wanted something to replace the lost exercise with, so running became my replacement, but now I have to fit running in as well as riding Jack as I will not be giving either of them up 😒!!
Also, last weekend, I ran my furthest distance yet, of 10 miles, with my friend and running buddy Anna and OMG it was hard work 😓! But we did it...slowly and with a bit of walking, but we did it and I was so proud of myself afterwards. It has shown me that I am probably not ever going to be a marathon (or even half-marathon) runner but that is ok. I can live with 5 and 10k runs, adding in the occasional longer one when I feel like it. Next weekend we have a 10 mile race to do so at least I know now what to expect! I am also going to start some Cani-cross with Dobby and have bought some new hybrid shoes as some will be off-road - although my first run was postponed this morning due to snow ❄️ 😒
So it’s all exciting this year so far. I ran 100km in January despite not running every day, which I am also really proud of. 😊 😊.
Pictures of Jack, new shoe-porn, Anna and I after our 10 miler and me and the other half skiing as I’ve just found out how to do collages! 😲
Happy running everyone 🏃♀️ 🏃 xx