Fat bottomed girls

I wanted to run-walk 10K again this morning, in preparation for Standalone 10K at the beginning of October. But when I woke up my ankle was doing a weird clicky thing and was quite painful. Sense prevailed and I opted for a bike ride instead, which would tick the "calorie burn" box but not cause further ankle injury.

I quite enjoyed the bike ride, once I'd pumped the tyres up and found gloves (it was 6 degrees this morning!). I had to push the bike up 2 hills, which tells me I need to work on fitness and gear changing. But overall it was good, and I managed over 13 miles in 1 hour 25 mins, which is roughly how fast my husband can run that distance. Maybe next time he can run alongside me and push me up the hills.

After a magnificant roast pork dinner (if I do say so myself) it was time to head to the pub for a Cub planning meeting. Every new term I have a dread feeling about Cubs, but meeting back up with the other leaders is just what I need to get my passion for Scouting going again. We came up with some fun ideas so hopefully the children will enjoy the term.

This evening we've booked flights for our cruise next year, which is one more job ticked off that list. I want to sort out car parking next, and possibly a hotel room for the night before because our outbound flight is very early!

Catching up

It's been a long time since I wrote a blog post but I thought I would dust off this blog and use it for my day-to-day musings.

It's a day since we got back from our summer holiday, a cruise around the Mediterranean on Sapphire Princess. (I'll write about that holiday on my cruise blog at some point.) I gained quite a few lbs during the 2 weeks so I now need to work on losing that, and more. I'm fairly sure not drinking 15 cocktails a day will help. I've been given an incentive by R: if I lose 2 stone we can have a cat. I am aiming for a New Year cat but we will see what I can achieve before then.

Today is Sunday so I've got a slow-roast lamb shoulder in the oven on low. Looking forward to that with some fresh vegetables and roast potatoes. Before then I have a load of ironing from holiday to do and another load to wash.

OMG, Roast lamb was so good!

Coming back from holiday always makes me reassess and reorganise myself, so yesterday I had a clear out of some old clothes and a tidy up of my wardrobe, and the kitchen too. Feels good to know where everything is again. I need to persuade C and N to do the same now.

Later this afternoon I want to run-walk a 10K because I have a race at the beginning of October so I need a starting point. I'll edit this post later once I've done that.

EDIT: Sunday lunch was delicious and I ran-walked 6.75 miles!