Teeny Tiny Steps!

Jingle bells

Trainers smell

Hills get in the way

Oh what fun

It is to run

On a grey and rainy day hey!

 

Jingle bells

Achilles swells

Toenails fall away

Oh what fun

To train to run

A marathon in May!

(April actually but it didn't rhyme)

So from where does all this festive cheer originate ? Well the leaves have all but fallen and here we are in currently a very mild winter only 7 sleeps from Santa's imminent arrival.

Days switch from overcast and drizzly to full on rain or cooler and bright but as always the time of year brings some fabulous skies to behold.

Well after 6 weeks of no running and bah humbugging, as if carried by elves themselves from the far distant North Pole my Christmas sort of arrived early, last weekend I ran !

Not once but twice !

And not very far either, however I ran with little trouble leg wise which is rather super. Two 2 mile runs in 3 days and no excessive ill effects could this be the return of Plod, back to hammer the roads and lanes of Bedfordshire?
Well lets not get ahead of ourselves, I am under strict instructions to take it easy so very unlikely that I'll run more than 3 miles before the New Year but this is indeed a beginning.
I'm not going to be breaking any records, but if piece by piece I can get myself back up to marathon distance in time for the 24th April avoiding any further mishaps that'll do for me.

Apart from the beginning to run I've been continuing my PT/kick boxing sessions every week. This also came with a little Christmas bonus as my PT decided to extend this weeks session by an extra half and hour free of charge, thanks! no really THANKS!!!
I can already now throw a pretty hefty punch and kick a leg higher than a can-can girl (well a can-can girl with arthritis) if I carry on at this rate I'll soon be ripping tissues and jumping off dolls houses all over the shop!

So my journey to "Superherodom" continues, watch this space for the next exciting episode.

As with the views from my bathroom window below, you can often see the same thing in many different ways, the trick is to view them positively.

Wishing you all a fabulous and peaceful Christmas with a New year full of exciting things!
Paul