Failure to launch
Last run: 2.5 miles. Days since last run: 16. Days to London Marathon: 173Hmmmm. This is not looking like potential PB territory, is it? In fairness, I have been a little preoccupied in the past month, what with producing and maintaining The Spare (latest baby). More importantly, it's been five months since I've been able to hash, and until The Spare develops a reliable bedtime routine, I may find it difficult to capture a babysitter.
So I shall just have to substitute marathon training. My theory is to concentrate on developing a consistent 4/5 outings a week routine pre-christmas and worry about speed and distance for outings later. A few practical issues of combining motherhood and running: a) I'm reliaby informed that leaving The Spare alone at home while I go for a run consitutes neglect, and not, as I was hoping, a reasonable parenting tactic designed to foster independence, so it appears some sort of running buggy is in my future. Feel free to laugh at the high speed baglady appearance this will create. b) I now have the top half of some completely different woman so I need to buy more running bras. Preferably made from hawsers. c) In order to afford this outlay I shall probably have to sell either The Heir or The Spare. On a bad day both could be on the market on BOGOF.
Anyway, once I have overcome the cashflow crisis and the national sleep debt then I hope to be able to post some real running progress. Expect to see me reach the dizzying heights of a 3 miler soon...
posted by Hermione @ 8:53 AM
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