Day 570

1.  A couple of months ago I signed up for a stall at a 'Shop Til You Drop' event at a casino in Leeds. I had heard nothing since and had been in complete denial. Neither finding out if it was still on nor deciding to cancel.

2.  Tramping around the woods at lunchtime after a particularly fraught morning I get an email saying how much they are looking forward to seeing me this evening... Oh for the blissful ignorance of my days before a smart phone! 

3.  I had at that point, 3 bags, 4 purses, a dozen greetings cards, and some half finished crocheted snowflakes! A very frantic afternoon, 2 bags and 15 finished Christmas decorations later I made it! 

4.  Among the first to arrive I selected my pitch and set up my stall, opting for a large table instead of setting up my clothes rail (in case of the need for a quick exit... must have seen it coming!). Thought I'd chosen well until Anne Summers set up next to me! Not sure how I was supposed to compete snowflake versus sex toy...

5.  In the end it didn't matter that their glittery handled whip out sparkled me there was no one to see it! Two hours I sat there and the only 'customer' was a mad old woman who came up and kissed me (for fear that her lovely kisses should go to waste), at which point I beat a hasty retreat, packed up and came home!

I'm a charity fundraiser GET ME OUT IF HERE!!!!!!

London -165   
Total Distance covered     958.7 miles
Gym Attendance = 7 (target 12 by 20 November)

Day 569

1.  Boys dropped off at school, by quarter to nine I was outside waiting for the fabric shop to open! 

2. Question is did I: a) just buy enough fabric to make the one bag I have an order for; or b) somehow come away with enough material for a further five?!

3.  Let's just say that I spent all afternoon cutting fabric! 

4.  Didn't exactly get all the housework done before I started - but I did go for a run first!

5.  Finally a break in the clouds!  Warm and very windy Dougal and I made slow progress on our five miles - but we did  it! First run of week 3 complete! 

London -166
Distance covered                 5.2 miles    
Total Distance covered     958.7 miles
Gym Attendance = 6 (target 12 by 20 November)

Day 568

1.  I can have as many good intentions as I like but if I can't actually put them into practice they won't do me any good at all!

2.  To be fair I didn't do nothing today I was just busy doing other things.  No jobs ticked on my to-do list, no gym, and guess what?! I missed them both!

3.  100 Day Goal Challenge is entering it's last 30 days... Two days to get straight and then I'm going in all guns blazing for the last four weeks! 

4.  Going to have to reassess my Goal though... 

5.  An order in from FMG this evening and I'm back off to the fabric shop in the morning!!!

London -167
Total Distance covered     953.5 miles
Gym Attendance = 6 (target 12 by 20 November)

Day 567

1.  All good things must come to an end - sister and nephewofMG750 have returned home :(

2.  But not before our Sunday morning catch up! 

3.  Having put the Etsy question to bed I think I should have spent a little longer on the answer to "What now?!" I might then have avoided saying for the umpteenth time that I was going to tidy my house and bypassed the inevitable response of  "You've been saying that for how long?!"

4.  Except this time I think I mean it!

5.  What is the point of running the marathon to end up at the same point as where I started? How good would it be to finish with all the old clutter and excuses that go with it gone?!

London -168
Total Distance covered     953.5 miles
Gym Attendance = 6 (target 12 by 20 November)

Day 566 - Parkrun 94

1.  I want a different hobby! One that does not entail getting up early on a Saturday morning to go and run in the rain! And when I say rain I mean rain!!

2.  Two weeks of going to the gym and I'm getting slower... this was not the plan! May have had more to do with my glasses being misted up on the inside and wet on the outside, with too many fallen leaves making the path a little treacherous to run 'blind' - but I'm blaming the gym. 

3.  Slower than I'd like to have been or otherwise parkrun 94 is in the bag! And for the hours and hours over the past two and a half years spent running round Crow Nest Park here is 

parkrun 94 - 1994

4.  Half of our extended parkrun family on tour, FMG poorly and the rubbish coffee at the recently taken over cafe meant that we left my sis to have a long lie and opted for the option of coming straight home afterwards. Just didn't feel right - but sitting around in very wet kit might well have felt worse! 

5.  Lovely afternoon with Al and my sis enjoying long overdue post half marathon mojitos - better late than never!

London -169
Distance covered                 3.1 miles
Total Distance covered     953.5 miles
Gym Attendance = 6 (target 12 by 20 November)

Day 565

1.  Thank you Biomecanics Man for having the good grace not to keel over at the shock of seeing me in the gym at half six this morning!

2.  It would appear that my self imposed gym attendance target is working.

3.  Wish the pre-Christmas blitz was going as well...

4.  So far I've only managed some recipe books and the aforementioned nail varnish! 

5.  But for today (and the rest of the weekend) I don't care... sisterofMG750 and the rather tall and handsome nephew thereof too are here! Smiley smiley smiley face!!

London -170
Total Distance covered     950.4 miles
Gym Attendance = 6 (target 12 by 20 November)

Day 564

1.  What a difference a couple of days and the company of FMG can make to a run!

2.  Tuesday's run was hard work and the last mile especially felt like a really long one, by comparison today's run flew by and felt like we'd just got going by the time we reached home - lets hope we feel the same way when the mileage starts to increase!

3.  Forgot to set my running app and haven't remembered to charge my Garmin in weeks so I had to map our run on the computer when we got home. Quite a strange experience, clicking my way around the map not remembering large chunks of it. This may in part be down to the fog and the fact that we couldn't see much of where we were, but I think it was far more likely to be down to the chat. Thank you for your company FMG - been far too long since we ran together. 

4.  For someone who wasn't in the mood to cook, I'm not sure why I decided to bake brownies, lentil croquettes (nicer than they sound) and Christmas pudding.  Actually I do know why, we had nothing for tea, the pudding is for my sister to take home with her, and the brownies are milk free and my alternative to chocolate digestives for our pre breakfast tea and catch up on Sunday....

5.  If it's been too long since FMG and I ran together, it is nothing compared to how long it's been since I've been able to say "SisterofMG750 arrives tomorrow!!!!" More than just a little bit excited at the thought of seeing you sis xx

London -171
Distance covered                 4.8 miles  
Total Distance covered     950.4 miles
Gym Attendance = 5 (target 12 by 20 November)