It's almost the end of November - the days are getting shorter, colder, wetter, and I am getting much, much lazier.
Renovations have finally kicked in….a correction to my wardrobe malfunction, and a chance, to take these down from my curtain rail, so that they don't get dustier..
Only a few weeks more than 17 weeks to go before Virgin (Money!) London Marathon - I nudged the one who got the 'You're in' magazine to start thinking about it…and time to get fit for the 17 week training plan (which starts before christmas).
and where, where are my goals this year? distracted. the hope of achieving something bigger in life than to skim minutes off a 26.2mile this year has left me a failure to hit the 2 small goals I have set myself for 2013…but hey…theres still 5 saturdays, before the end of the year. so literally, I can, I still can. :)
I need to really learn how to prioritise, and carve out the minutes, the half hours, to put on those shoes and get out there.
"It's too cold, It's too dark, I'm tired"…. I must say, one of the happier moments I have had in the last week was to don those shoes and long sleeves, those shoes…in the mild rain, after a long day cooped up in a function room, only minutes away from "the Happiest Place on Earth" in Europe….and round, and round, and round, and round and round…
Meeting people, seeing smiles, makes the hydration and fun afterwards, worth it.
Jumping on the Velib, when the RER and Metro would take too long, on a Saturday morning, in a dress and boots, around, across the Seine, Jardin Luxembourg….magic moments….
My legs are sore, not from the running, but from the walking, cycling….and lack of quality sleep.
to learn to switch off, to relax, to pick up, and go, and run again. It seems to have only happened, in the recent month or so, when I am out of the comfort zone of my home….a gym in Taipei, a gym in Hong Kong, a gym in Hammersmith, a gym in Staines….rarely on the street where I live, or in the park…
These mags say it all - Don't feel Blue, Sorry! You're In!
The winter will be here for a while…and its time to have the clock ticking again….to energise, to try for a record time :)
