What...no blogs since the 17th...!!!

I am slacking......

I thought I had better write this today or else personal trainer will whip my arse into shape like she did on today's walk...but more of that later.....

So, on Weds 18th, Dons was sadly unable to walk with me...but, I really felt the need to get out in the fresh air & walk away the stresses of the day...I chose a very safe route, busy road all the way & had my phone in my hand all the time...was fine, felt very safe. I knew roughly how far 4 miles would be & in fact managed 4.5 in the end. I kept the pace going which I was really happy about & took 1hr 2mins....

My next walk was on the Sunday, Mother's Day, with PT. We left just after 7 in the morning...you know how much I prefer the early Sunday morning walks.....but Tracey's children wanted her home in good time...in fact young Gabriella only wanted us to walk ONE mile!!! The walk was great, lovely weather...even at 7, it was about 10 degrees.....we walked with the sun on our faces & it felt great. We walked 9 in the end in 2hrs 4mins....so a good stomp & back in time to be pampered by our children!!

On Weds evening, we walked our 4 mile route & back.....it actually rained heavily for a few minutes.....but we must have had a spring in our step as we did the 8 in 1hr 45mins. As you know, Tracey is mega fit & I'm sure she could easily walk 11 minute miles without breaking into a sweat...whereas me.......well, I'm a different story!! I sweat like you wouldn't believe (nice) & have to work very hard to walk well...but for the first time I felt that my stamina was improving & that things were finally starting to come together.......

Tracey had a FUNNY moment on this walk...we walked the route where I fell over the other week.....she said "oh, look there's that hole you made when you fell over!!"..cow..I thought she meant that the hole must have been what caused me to stumble...NOT the other way round...she had SUCH a laugh at my expense...thought she was going to pee her pants!!!!

So, to today.......

Where did that hour go??? Who's idea was it to walk before 7am when really it was only 6am??? Oh yes...blame Tracey's hubby..off on a golfing jaunt that meant we HAD to be home by 10.30 at the very latest!!

The temperature had not even got above zero when we set off & it was COLD........

We had decided to do a good distance today, so I had plans for at least 12/13.....the sun was shining so we soon warmed up.....it was just beautiful along the cliff tops, so calming. Tracey suggested that we walked 7 miles & then turned back again, rather than going round little roads...this was a very good idea as the 7 miles out were virtually straight...BUT this meant we would have a few hills going back as well.....nevermind eh?!!! Build that stamina.......

She walked me like you wouldn't believe today....she was literally racing along....I wasn't walking with her for a large part of the walk, but this does help me, gives me that incentive to keep going....still, I couldn't believe how fast she was going!!!

The most we have walked this year is 12 miles & that took us 2hrs 52mins......so, I was thinking that if we managed 12 today in say, 2hrs 45, I would be a happy girl.........

We walked the 12 in 2hrs 30mins!!! I could not believe it......what an amazing feeling.......I really ached & was tired but it felt fantastic! So we finished the 14 in 2hrs 57mins....unbelieveable....

What an amazing walk....what an amazing personal trainer I have (though, between you & me, I did call her a few names under my breath at times!!)......what an amazing night we have to look forward to on May 16th......
xx