Hence not posting our last run, work has been awful and I’ve realised I’m just eating more and more
So on Friday we started a Garmin plan, they all start with a benchmark run and we puffed and panted our way round for 9 minutes and came home
And that’s it! Have a great weekend everyone, I am off work now for 8 days so let’s see what happens
I know the feeling! The rain has just washed all our snow away so I must scrape my motivation together to get out there for the first time since before Christmas - I too am feeling a bit bleh and definitely eating for comfort. Things do not bode well 🤭😳
Aww it’s the time of year isn’t it? and i’m 65 on Monday, oh no!! I’ve just remembered, I am about to get 3 months of toy boy jokes until Willow catches me up in years again (sighs) happens every year lol We are going for a gentle run tomorrow that will perk us up, enjoy your run when you do it
Mr C is a few days older than me. I always enjoy those days!
Ha ha
Garmin plan sounds good, whatever it takes! Lots of us seem to be a bit bleh. I’m still getting out there 3 times a week. I have to, it’s all I have now that we’re locked down again. Roll on the spring!
You can have my job if you like 😄 it’s intense with loads of stress and every day i get to work and swab my mouth and nose which is pretty gross then i get to swab others which is even worse 😂 😂
Sounds like a blast 😬. You’ll be enjoying your 8 days off then!
I sure will, birthday, running, cooking and looking longingly at jeans i used to wear, it’s leggings for running and leggings under scrubs and now leggings for my exciting click and collect shopping 😂
Long live leggings!Have worn those and joggers ever since I have been working from home - last March.
Well I only need to be smart from the waist up for on-line meetings 😂
Conjures up a lovely picture
Have been known to spend all afternoon in running tights 😁
I’ve turned up for work in running gear, put scrubs over the top, taken them off at end of shift and gone for a run, home from run put the lot in washing machine really for next day, if ever we return to some sort of normality it’ll be getting to work and not changing and testing that will please me, I’m sick of changing clothes, if i leave work to go to the bank or somewhere have to change again, this week off i may even just put clothes on and leave them on until i go back to work
Nooo, don't mention the jeans! I have four identical pairs of jeans. None of which I can do up. Well I can, but only if I don't breathe. They accuse me every time I open the wardrobe door. So leggings it is! Enjoy your pamper session, what a lovely idea. 😘
I have 30 year old jeans in fact some of them may be nearer 40 now lol and up until I gave up smoking I could squeeze into most of them, now I can’t even do up the pair i never wore because they were too big 😂 ah well, that’s part of what this week is all about
Our plan for this week is to go out when we get up in the morning, either to run or walk, so far we haven’t got up 😂 but the sun is shining so we might
I put on weight after giving up smoking 35 years ago- used to struggle to stay over 9 stone 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Then I had a bad back for 20 + years and crept up to 10 1/2..... then I got a car...
Now I’ve just gone over 12 stone!! Flipping christmas leftovers and lockdown!!🤬
But that is all going to change this year!!
Oh dear it’s what seems to happen and i know the science behind it but it’s easier said than don lol 😂
Oh no, poor you. Take care of yourselves and make the most of your holiday. Happy running 🤗
Thank you, I need this break, just so much to do first, it’s nearly all done and an hour on the laptop tomorrow will complete it then i can relax
It’s pretty grim right now but well done for getting out the door anyway 👍
Thanks, we try and miss the worst of the rain, I had my vaccine last week and been fighting a headache ever since, maybe that will fade now and tomorrow’s run will be great 😊
You need some time off. Just chill for a while and take a couple of nice slow runs to get you back in the groove.
Thanks Dexy, we are going on a pamper retreat (at home of course) I told my daughter and she said what a great idea she would do that for her birthday and tell the kids to bring her chocolate then faff off 😂 she has a graft great sense of humour
Everything is a bit bleh! right now isn't it.Have a nice relaxing 8 days off. Run when you fancy it and just chillax 😌
Thank you, we plan to do a lot of pampering and nothing
Enjoy the time off. De-bleh yourself slowly. Enjoy your birthday and start counting down the days (till you’re 66 if you’re like me) when we can look forward to Bermudan holidays on our state pensions! Running on the sand at daybreak...
Sounds perfect and yes, I’m sure there will be planes that we can afford to travel on by then lol
Enjoy your break from work. I’m with you on the bleh! Can’t seem to find my running mojo
It’s winter that does it every year
Your time off will be brilliant - trust me - it was just what I needed to break a period of sloth (running-wise that is). Hope you have a well deserved rest, pampering and gentle runs.
Thank you and yes I’m not planning on running anywhere fast
Well it sounds like you need some time for yourself. Hope the weather is kind and that you get a few good runs in.😊
The sun has come out thank you
That's a good start😊
Sending you both a big hug WillowandSola! 🤗 I know the feeling well. Have a fantastic 8 days off, enjoying doing only what you want to do and everything that pleases you! ❤️
We will thanks
Enjoy your well earned leave. This week has been tough for lots of people I think, so just keep being kind to yourself. 🤗
It’s now been tough for almost a year and it’s getting to us
Ditto!🤗
🤗 back
Life has been pretty bleh recently...never mind. ❤️
I’m lucky that I got my NHS pension at 65...I really feel for everyone working through this second wave.
So well done for getting some focus and having a plan...is it just running? (I don’t have a Garmin)
Enjoy your 8 days off...I think that pampering sounds like a fab idea to do for yourself. Be kind to yourself. Happy anniversary on your not smoking too!
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Thanks Lottie, yea the Garmin plan is just running, I doubt we will stick with it it’s a bit short the runs for me we shall see, I want to do Zombies run but I’d have to carry my phone and I bought a Garmin so i didn’t have to carry my phone last year when ai dropped and smashed the phone, so many decisions, I might try Zombies run this weeek and see how it goes
Zombies sound interesting!
I wear my 3/4 capri shorts...they have pockets. On a wet day, when I’m wearing proper leggings, I use a money pouch for my phone...picked up cheap in Lidl a while ago.
I carried my phone in my hand and dropped it last year when wearing gloves which was the decision maker in buying the garmin but it means i don’t take so many photos
Defo sounds like you need a a waist pouch or an arm band type thingy!
Happy birthday 🥳
Or just stick with music on my Garmin thanks
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Happy birthday 🥳🎊🎉 sounds like your 8 days leave, has come at the right time, and well done on your 1 year, no smoking, i'm now 16 months, so far, so good! Enjoy your runs/walks, this week. 😊
Thank you, oh it did come at the right time, we’ve had so few breaks this year, we keep putting leave off in case we have to isolate and we have all been exhausted so it’s great just not getting out early for work
Oh bless you, well done for getting out there. Sorry work has been awful, glad you have some time of now. Enjoy and take care x
Thank you, Saturday was particularly difficult but I will be well rested by the time i go back
I am sorry. That is good Sola. Enjoy your well deserved time off
Ah well work happens and we are all tired x
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