Pic of the week 4/2/18
So January has been and gone.
To me, it went quite quickly, which is no bad thing as it is always a cold, dark month with little to commend it. The mornings seemed dark long into the day and the evenings not much better. February can be a cruel month – and we are set for a cold snap – but at least it is now light at 5pm, and that makes a big difference. The couple of pics above show that the garden is beginning to wake up and showing signs of hope, signs that one day, warmth and sunshine will return.
I began the month feeling slow, sluggish and fat – I end the month fitter and thinner. Today (OK Feb, not Jan) I ran 9K, clocking up a PB at each of the major markers:
5K 22m 45s, 6K 27m 18s, 7K 31m 50s, 8K 36m 27s, 9K 41m 05s
Those times don’t come from being idle: in January I ran 57.14Km in 4h 33 mins, I’ve kept to my goal of swimming each week and in Jan I swam 264 lengths – that’s 8.8Km – and I’ve spun for three and three quarters of an hour.
My weight is beginning to come back under control. I’ve taken Friday as my weigh day, it had been down to 12 stone 9 and .75, but was up to 12 10.75 this Friday, but that was a blip as I did an extra duty on Thursday evening (and therefor tucked into a snickers bar at 10.45 pm)
So only a week ’til half term – always a major milestone when one can sense that the back of winter has been broken as the days lengthen and warm.