Day 59 - Jack Frost

Looks like a strange planet doesnt it? in fact its the fern like fronds of Jack Frost over my car windscreen this morning.

Day 58 - Turned out nice again?

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you, The British Weather. Literally 5 minutes before this we were sheltering under a tree from the stinging hailstones. And then this....

Day 57 - give peas a chance...

mid run nutrition. Its as important for dogs as it is for people. Max & Daisy get a small bag of meat scraps for anything over a couple of hours. And peas, for some reason Daisy likes peas...

Day 56 - dog noses

Trying to get a picture of the dogs while out running today, but Daisy was too nosy and this is what i got so it will have to do. Who doesnt love a dog nose?

Day 55 - A-Tissue

Ugh! I never buy tissues usually, preferring to cope with a bit of loo roll if ever my nose needs blowing, but a sore nose after all this horrible snot meant that I needed to buy these today :-(

Day 54 - Ne'er cast a clout..

....Till May be out, says the old rhyme, but how many know it refers not to the month of May but to the May Blossom, otherwise known as Hawthorn.
Today down at the river I saw some blossoms just coming through, so hopefully its a sign of warmer weather :-)

Day 53 - Threshold or not Threshold that is the question

Trying to attempt a threshold run tonight but the lurgy had other ideas and I couldnt stay at that effort level for long. The first 9 min interval was close at HR 159 but I couldnt keep it up in the second one so just ended up doing the best i could. Seems im ok for a slow run but not anything with any effort in

Day 52 - the days are getting longer

Hurrah! another sign spring is here, we are actually starting an evening run in the daylight (just).

Day 51 - blurry

I had to go to a friends house on the way home today so my route from there to home took me across the twin sails bridge, which Im sure I havent been across in the dark before. It looks quite impressive all lit up. This was my attempt at the quickest photo in the world before anyone came up behind me! Not very good is it...

Day 50 - Social out and back

View from todays 3 hour run along the SWCP from Weymouth towards Lulworth, which includes Jenny, and Beverley who we met for the first time today. There were about 15 of us in all, meeting at Bowleaze cove and because we were all different speeds, it was decided that we would run for 90 mins then turn around and come back, hopefully all getting back at roughly the same time. It worked quite well as we all finished within about 10 mins of each other, no one had to hang about in the cold waiting, and we could all go for a coffee and cake together afterwards!

Day 49 - Spring has Sprung

Beautiful pic of some snowdrops today on a walk around the black hill in Bere Regis. Spring is definitely on its way :-)

Day 48 - blast from the past

Dug out my old nutrition belt to show someone today as they were complaining the cheap karrimore ones were not comfortable. I sewed two of them together once upon a time to make one wide comfortable one that did me for several marathons. Still comfortable now but doesnt hold much liquid in the two tiny bottles.

Day 47 - opening night

We were lucky enough to have been invited to the opening night of the new Xmiles shop in Wimborne, run by ultra runner Anthony Clark (I stole his photo!). Anthony is hoping to be picked to represent GB in the Anglo Celtic Plate 100K race. Im just hoping that my lurgy doesnt affect the elite runners.

Day 46 - nothing to see here

Well, I was off work ill today. Didnt even take a photo.
But this one pretty much sums up how I was feeling :-(

Nothing to see here, move along, move along.....

Day 45 - Be my Valentine

When your husband brings you wine, chocolate......and more lemsip because you're stuffed up and sneezing again :-(

Day 44 - Waving down the river

Despite the sunshine today the river actually had waves on it due to the very strong wind that was blowing. Not seen that before, I dont think it can have been the effect of the tide as far up as Wimborne? (long way from the sea)

Day 43 - no pictures please

No Pictures please! Ian avoiding the camera lens on our social sunday run. I'll get him another time :-)

Day 42 - blizzard conditions...

We had been warned to expect snow overnight, but nothing prepared us for a snowfall of these proportions ;-)

Day 41 - Land Rover

Not often you get sent a landrover to put on a wedding cake but then my cousin and her fiance are nothing if not original :-)

Day 40 - money bags

More like money pots really. Arthritis Research have sent me some collecting pots in case I want to stick em on my desk at work.

Day 39 - Run for Home

My pack for running home on Wednesdays at present until the evenings get a lot lighter. Really pleased today as I managed to do it in just under an hour which is a 3 min improvement!

Day 38 - Light at the end of the tunnel

Yay! Today it is noticably lighter as I leave work, light at the end of the tunnel indeed!

Day 37 - These Bootees were made for walking..

Ethan has his first baby walker - he's very excited about it, but can only shuffle back and forth at the moment. I'm sure that will change when he gets the hang of it!

Day 36 - A new path

I love it when a new path spotted on google maps that i havent been on before turns out to be marked, still there and passable too. Max loves a new route and was very happy with this bit :-)

Day 35 - back to my roots...

Can't believe I've not taken notice of this fallen tree at Upton Country Park before. Where the dirt is being washed from the roots its looking quite sculptural.

Day 34 - Yet More Rain

Poor Hazel, seems like all her runs are in the rotton weather at the mo. You cant really see it from the photo but yes its raining again....

Day 33 - We're going to need a bigger boat...

Slight increase in the water levels at wimborne today...

Day 32 - Dinner Dinner Batman

So lovely to come home and find your other half has made dinner already :-) thanks Kevin, yummy shepherds pie, looks awesome xxx