Oh dear! Or maybe not.

Erm, oops?

I didn't get out much at all. Partly busy with Christmas and that malarkey, and partly (OK, the bigger part) rather lazily enjoying the novelty of the sofa.

I did do:

21st Dec: "long" run, the Swardeston loop, which is not as long as I thought! Just 7.2 miles, whereas I thought at least 8.5... At 1h08, it was 9:26/mile, but reasonably comfortable even up the hills. Mark came with me on the bike to help make sure I didn't wimp out.

23rd Dec: gym session: 10 mins rower, 2 x 10 mins stepper, 10 mins crosstrainer, warm up and cool down. Would have done a bit more but I was squeezing it in before an appointment. All OK but the crosstrainer was annoying as my feet travel back in the "shoes", and rower was annoying as the timer/computer would just stop measuring every so often, so I reckon it was more like 13 mins.

26th Dec: we both went out aiming for 3 miles, Mark did 2 but not bad considering he's been "resting" since the Yarmouth race in October. I walked for a bit then callously abandoned him to turn tail, run down to the river, to Keswick and home that way. I don't quite recall the time, nothing earth-shattering but a good steady run and some fresh air.

29th Dec: a bike ride to Goodie's, or that was what we planned... but not being entirely sure where it was meant we went a bit further - Harleston. Really we should have admitted defeat and gone back to Long Stratton, but we didn't. Harleston is nice enough, and the Swan is a decent pub, but it's about 10 miles too far from Norwich. Doing half of the Norwich Tri route in reverse was interesting too - Skeet's Hill good, north side of Saxlingham Nethergate and the hill to the A140 roundabout less good.. Still, apart from the cold, it was a fun ride, just good to be out again with the gang. We averaged about 13-14mph (no, computer still not fixed) and got home before sunset :) I need overshoes - was surprised my toes were still attached at the end. Felt fine at the end, not tired, not aching, just invigorated. Not saying I could have done it again, but not wiped out.

30th Dec: a short run around Keswick, coming in at more or less 10 min miles - clearly the bike ride was more tiring than I thought at the time. Not very quick, but a nice day to be out and about.

31st Dec: after a futile attempt to photograph the sunrise (what sun?), I went around the block with Lizzie, just stretching the legs out for tomorrow. About 45 minutes, but don't quote me - can't even think whether the route is right!

1st Jan: Wymondham 10k, which I reported for Tri-Anglia. Didn't think I would be up to much but I felt reasonably strong all the way, even the hills. Actually I would go as far as to say especially the hills, which was really unusual! I found myself overtaking people, even getting a "good running, Conac" from a lady Beach Runner I overtook on the hill at 9k. I timed it as 55 minutes on my watch, so given the paltry amount of training (above) and the couple of decent hills in there, I'm pretty pleased with that.

5th Jan: having failed to take a full complement of kit to mum's, it was back to Norwich for a run, joining Natalia for a quick lunchtime loop to Eaton and back. That's 3.8 miles, 36.5 mins, 9:35/mile - nice conversational pace, even if it was bloody cold. The ear warmer from the Wymondham 10k got its first outing and is lovely!!

Actually I have done more than I thought I had - just not as much as I could have. Oh well, onward and upward. Busy week this week but I will fit in what I can and then build up a bit more next week.