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Grrrr - getting frustrated now!

This cold is really annoying me now.

Last night I had a really bad dry cough (no the wine was not the cause!) as well as the runny nose. Today my abs feel like I spent all day in the gym working on them, my nose is red and sore and the tissues are rapidly going down! Somehow I don't think my planned 13m run will happen tomorrow! I may just go for a long walk instead - dunno see how I feel and how cold it is.

Oh and welcome to blog land to the newest blogger on my list - Fruity Reindeer! Yes another Runners World nutter and FLM05 entry!

My FLM run up includes:

Helsby Half - 23rd Jan
Bramley 20m - 20th Feb
Reading Half - 6th Mar

ETA for Helsby was 2:20 but given the cold I think I will put that back to 2:40 which is still a big PB as mine is 2hrs 59:24 from Reading in 2003 and compared to where I am now Reading is flat! So ETA for Reading is now 2:15-2:20. Bramley is different! I've never run 20m, even when training for Abingdon I didn't do a 20M run and of course Abingdon was 26! So ETA is the cut off of 4hrs!

Goals!

Well seeing as it is that time of year!

Short Term:
Lose 1 stone in weight
Finish FLM ideally in sub 5hrs

Long Term:
Get a GFA time for FLM (that's 3hrs 45 I believe!! eck!)
Lose 2 stone in total

Dreams:
Championship time for FLM (2:45 mara or 1:15 half)

In the mean time my goal is to get over this damn cold!!

Comments

beanz said…
sorry you are still suffering pix.

According ot what has been said elsewhere the weight loss should help with the times - at least I am hoping so!

Look after yourself and get rid of the snuffles.

beanz xx
7:13 PM, December 30, 2004
Evil Pixie said…
No point in having goals if they aren't hard to achieve is there! OK so may say unrealistic too but hey!
cold is still here but mainly confined to night time/early morning coughing and blocked blocked sinuses + swollen sinuses and painful sinuses!
Now where did I put that sudofed???
12:01 PM, December 31, 2004
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