The Negatives
Blisters
Aches and Pains
The Positives
Completed a walking marathon and now that I can physically and mentally I'm ready for the Brighton Marathon in April.
Saturday 24th Up at 6am and on the train from Wandsworth to Vauxhall and a short walk to The Oval for the start of the Winter Walk. 26 miles round London. The first half I walked with another woman and finished in3 and half hours along the Thames taking in all the sites with a rest stop after 6 miles to refuel and use the toilets. Peter met me back at the Oval to cheer me on. The 2nd half I mostly on my own and I hit a wall physically and mentally around 20 miles. I had some grit in my boots under my insole and once I took my boot off once, I had to do it several times, I had a massive blister, which then popped and I slowed down. I kept going thinking about all the things Stephanie was determined to do and cried when a mile from the end I spotted Peter who was waiting for me as he'd seen on the app that I was slowing down. I completed the walk in 7 hours and 44 mins finishing 320 out of 849. Evening spent back in the hotel in bed after a shower nursing various aches and pains.
Sunday 25th Awake at 7am and it took a while to get moving. After breakfast we took a little walk to the river and I realised we'd right past the hotel yesterday. I couldn't get shoes on so was in my slippers all day, spent the car journey home catching up with yesterdays messages of support from friends and a long chat with my mum. We did a food shop on our way home as I knew I wouldn't go out again and after unpacking and getting ready for work in the morning, spent the afternoon and evening on the sofa watching TV and reading.
Monday 26th A slow start to the day as in I could hardly move. It was into work which was just as painful setting up and putting away the table tennis tables twice for 2 lessons, running a dance lesson was like pulling teeth with the boys and 2 science lessons. The first science lesson started with me writing the date, title and LO on the board followed by page number and instructions, followed by whole class instructions, then going round handing out pens, pencils etc, followed by individual instructions and finally drawing examples on the board, none of which I needed to do as it was all clearly written on the board. Pages 167-168. Each time having to deal with long drawn out 'six - seven' with each student finding it hysterical. Home, dinner, bath, TV and bed.
Tuesday 27th Stress is not the right word for my journey to work as I drove through knee deep flood waters and roads closed behind me. I managed to find a route home with least amount of pot holes, accident black spots and cars abandoned. We managed to get the final breakdance routine complete and the boys joined in with a successful beat boxing session. A friend invited me out for coffee and I was supposed to go to the gym after but it was 7pm by the time our catch up finished so it was straight home, bath, TV and bed.
Wednesday 28th I took the van to work and only had 1 flood to drive through. Home, changed and off to the gym and Peter walked to meet me after for a coffee. Evening spent sorting out some stuff for the weekend, updating my diary and work emails. A long bath, catching up with the soaps and Stranger Things and an early night.
Thursday 29th Today's drive was a foggy one. Home via the retail and met Peter for a coffee and I did a food shop ready for the weekend. I spent a large chunk of the evening uploading bolster medication packs onto my Boots app ready for recycling and packing for the weekend.
Friday 30th Up a little earlier than usual to pack my bags into the van and a drive into work avoiding surface water. The usual eventful day but a lot of 1:1 tutoring achieved. Book club in the pub after work to discuss Beautiful Ugly for an hour then a traumatic Drive to Monmouth and a relaxed evening at my friends for dinner and a night on her drive. It was lovely and toasty in the van.
On the blog this week:
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Word of the Week - Proud
Winter Walk - Marathon Training with Ultra Challenges and Bowel Research UK