bit squiffy

always lovely seeing good friends especially on a school night for a proper catch up!
needless to say i had a couple of small white wines in pint glassess with ice and soda and i am now a tad squiffy.

but what of of&h i hear you all cry??

• today i've been to the gym
• have done my knee exercises
• then cycled to the crown - so probably a 5mile round trip.

and i may go to the gym after work tomorrow as well...
then it's physio lauren friday morning who'll hopefully be saying... "liz you can run again"

• please everyone = FINGERS CROSSED!

nothing to report

• 1st aid at work training
• pizza for tea
• ironing done
• having a spotify moment
• now i'm going to bed.

weigh-in 27/11/11

after the excitement of the weekend i totally forgot to update you all with my weigh-in results from sunday evening.

weigh-in update:
i've lost 0.8lbs = 0.428% of my original body weight.
so in 2 weeks there is now 1.285% less of me!

my trip to go ape in cannock has exposed my lack of upper body strength...

what a fab w/e.
go ape was amazing - great fun but also quite terrifying seeing as i really really dont like heights!

just look how high up we are.

and of course we had to get up into the trees... which meant alot of rope ladders. rope ladders are not that easy to use.

things i now know about myself:- 

1. i really have to build up my upper body strength.
2. i now really ache
3. i need a hot bath.

knee update
it's okay.
i did have a slight panic when i thought eeeeeek what's that? and thought i felt a twinge but (fingers crossed) it went away and it feels fine.
i do though have to remember to do my exercises every morning and evening otherwise it'll just break down again when i get to the 3 mile marker on a run...and that would make me very sad.

physio says i could be running by next weekend!

oh thank god. lauren reckons if i do my exercises and have one more session with her - deep tissue massage, alot of pain, then i will be ready to try running again. my muscles that control my right knee are loads stronger and i'm hardly twitching at all when doing my exercises.

i'm feeling loads happier.
it's like i've nearly been given permission to do games again! needless to say 30odd years ago i wouldnt be this excited about that...

fed up

bloody hell. i can't believe it but i've turned into a sports woman. i'm just so fed up with not running. i miss it soooooo much. havn't got all sweaty and knackered since the GSR and that was 23 days ago. rehabilitation, recovery - what ever you want to call it is BORING sooooooooo BOOOOOOORING!

been doing my exercises, still need to get a tennis ball so i can roll on it where physio has been kneading to replicate her deep tissue pummelling. then on friday i fork out more money to be hurt. think i may actually cry as my thigh where she pummelled last thursday is still sore.

oh the joys of the elite athlete.
prob just as well not many peeps are reading my blog as this posting isn't the best advert for taking up running!

i am though, still aiming for the brighton half marathon on the 19th feb...

weigh-in 20/11/11

it's official. in the last 7 days i've managed to lose 0.857% of me! which isn't bad going seeing as how i've also managed to drink rather alot of red wine and seem to have rediscovered my passion for mars bars.