Oh..........................

It's here..........

OMG.

Am so excited, nervous, emotional!! Have already had tears today, but hey, that's just me.....I'm feeling ok.......

The weather in London is looking good!

It's raining here at the moment but London should be sunny & 16' this afternoon (OH, I could have been at Twickenham.....drinking lots of Guinness.....watching my fav team.....(& all those REAL men!!)......COME ON TIGERS!!.....) & then partly cloudy, 9-10' overnight with the sun rising at 5.03............so, fingers crossed, looks better than last year. One of my favourite memories from last year was the sun rising.......it was beautiful......if all goes well (a big hopeful POSITIVE IF) we may be nearing the end as the sun appears....

Well, must get on......things to pack & check & food to eat.......!!

Thank you so much for all of your support.....you know it really does mean so much to me.....think of me tonight while you are all wrapped up warm & cosy in your beds.....I'll be proudly strutting my stuff around the streets of London.......trying NOT to think of being wrapped up all warm & cosy in a bed!!!
XX

Under 30 hours to go........

How am I feeling???

Nervous........

Excited.......

Emotional.......

Scared!!

In fact.......am feeling like I have ants (frogs...private joke, don't worry) in my pants...can't sit still, worrying that I am going to forget something, feeling clumsy because I am nervous, feeling nervous because I am clumsy....!!!! You get the picture...........

In fact, have just had a few tears......silly girl, I know.....but I guess the emotions I am feeling will help me through anyway.....better out than in! I need a huge hug.

I know I'll be fine.....I know I can & will do it.......

I'm sure I will blog later tonight....but definitely in the morning as I feel I may be awake rather early!
xxx

Eating for England....

I cannot believe what I have eaten today.......

3 weetabix

Then at work.....
2 slices of toast with marmite
4 bananas
2 peanut butter rolls
Special K cereal bar
Ham & mushroom tagliatelli
Coconut cake

And......

Cheesy smash

AND......

Am about to have chilli & rice.

Yes, it's true.

I will be growing a little curly tail & making strange noises at this rate.......

But, & this is a really big "but"........

OH....what I wouldn't do for a cold pint of Guinness......
XX

Fabulous five......

The scheduled first walk in our fabulous bras was cancelled due to the severe wind in Felixstowe tonight...I think it is possibly one of the windiest (burping aside, me, not Trace!!) walks we have done.....

Our poor bras would have suffered too much, so the plan is for the grand unveiling to take place on our final training walk on Thursday evening........

Anyway, we were only going to do 4 tonight but it was just such a brilliant walk...yes, even with the wind pushing us back....that it was me....YES ME!!!!...who said at 4 miles, hey, let's go back & do a fifth....am I feeling ok??!!!

Well, yes I am feeling fab....the walk was just brilliant, maybe it's the excitement starting to build up as well....we walked the 5 in 1hr 2mins.....so we really stomped out. I expect my huge diet is also helping......I am just a pig at the moment!!

My emotions are just about under control...bit of a rollercoaster at times but I AM managing to stay pretty chilled out & focused most of the time, so all is good!!

I can't believe it's Wednesday tomorrow....there really isn't long to go now.........
xx

Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How many days??!!

OMG.

I walked tonight for the first time since the mighty 20 of last Sunday....blister has gone but I still bought some special plasters to protect that area....I felt a little bit nervous in case I had problems with it, but, fingers crossed, all seems well!

Trace & I just walked 5 & I felt really energised & really loved the walk...we just put our foot down so to speak & walked it in 1hr 5mins.....fantastic!

It's time to fuel up for Saturday, so.....

I am now a non alcohol-carb-eating-juice-guzzling-queen......!!

But, we also all know that we have to be strong mentally for this, so I am determined to be completely focused this week & to remain calm & not let anything wind me up or faze me....hmmmmmm hope these are not my famous last words....please give me support this week...I really do need it, it's probably going to be full of every emotion possible!

My bra is now fully decorated & will see the light of day on the final two training walks.....hope Felixstowe is ready for Trace & me in our neon yellow bras....!!!

XX

Tired & emotional......

Oh...it's all been getting to me.......

I have felt pretty crappy over the last two days...just really shattered & then today, really emotional....tears in the kitchen at work...not good!

But, am brighter tonight...lots of support from my gorgeous girlies & special friends...thank you xxxx

I think it's just everything really...the training, the walk itself, the reasons why I am doing the walk, my "anniversary" coming up....I know that I hit all these emotions throughout my training last year, so guess it was only a matter of time before they all caught up with me this year....best to just let it all out.............BUT

I'm ok!

I know the next week will be full of nerves, excitement & stuffing my face.....!!

No Guinness though :-(

Well, except for tomorrow night when us girlies hit the bright lights of Felixstowe to celebrate Griffy's birthday....our last big ROAR before the big night!!

Good news about my blister too....it's gone! It didn't pop either so no broken skin.....am lucky girl! I am planning to do a very short walk on Saturday morning (hangover permitting) & then about 6 miles on Sunday with Trace....don't think we'll need to get up so early for that one though!

Bra decorating at the weekend as well, then those all important breaking-the-bra-in-walks next week around Felixstowe...ha ha ha ha.....remember how funny that was last year!!

Now I need my sleep......
xx

Blister-gate..............

No joke...especially as I have heard of some fellow walkers who have horrendous blisters & are even struggling just to walk normally......

So, I consider myself very lucky to just have this one blister.....it's going down & isn't painful today.......but Trace & I were planning on walking 5/6 miles tonight......

HOWEVER......

After trying my trainers on after work & also taking some very good advice from friends (thank you xx), I decided NOT to walk tonight.....I don't want to jeopardise the big night for the sake of missing a couple of smaller walks this week.....if I were to walk & it popped, it would be red raw which would be horrendous.....much better then to rest (I do need it anyway!!) & let it heal well & be raring to go on the 16th......

I just feel really strange not walking though!! We've been training for so long & it just becomes a way of life for weeks....withdrawal symptoms already!!

So, a relaxing evening awaits.....a good foot soak with my special oils...maybe a good film.....oh, and maybe some Galaxy??!!!! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm yummy.

xx