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I've been running!!

Wow!
I know it feels like a major event that I did a proper run but in fact it wasn't as fantastic as it sounds!

Saturday morning - Junior club.
There weren't many about (holidays and all that) so I got to play too! I was helping out with the discus. I was given a 380g (yes gram) discus and spent 30 mins of practice throws and actual throws. It was good fun in that irritating "I can do better" way. We then finished off with 4 rounds of dodge ball - revenge is sweet!!

Long Run - I use the club session as a warm up and set off for up to 90 mins of walk/run. The watch was set for 23 sets of 3R:1W and off I went. As I was using the GPS I also set my mind to keep my runs to 12-12.30mm pace and managed this fairly well which was pleasing.

About 50 mins into the run I noticed my right side (hips, butt, knee) felt iffy in a twisted sort of way. I ignored this and carried on. As the timer passed 1hr (4.3m) sensible head kicked in and I stopped. This left me with 1.5m to walk home slowly but surely thinking "Hmm discus is fun but when the body isn't used to it then it hurts!". By the time I got home (total session of 90mins) I had been through the "ouch" stage and had started to loosen.

Shower and fried egg sarnie later and the stiffness was forgotten.

Later that evening whilst slouching on the sofa drinking second glass of wine stiffness was remembered! My right butt was sore as hell and my legs were saying "we no run for ages we hurt!" and my knee was saying "discus is bad".

Sunday.
As Gnome is at mum's I got up at 11.30!! Since then I have pottered about in the garden (veggies looking sorry as hubby thought it had rained enough to keep them happy whilst I was away) and done the bread and a casserole for tonight. Hubby is working tonight so I will wait until he goes to work before I finish last nights wine!

Mind has still been on swimming, I even considered going today but the right shoulder is actually stiff from the discus and seeing as Fraggle's tips related to front crawl I thought that a swim may not help! So leaving that to Tuesday after work!

I'm now off for a cuppa tea and also to carry on reading the Kelly Holmes book which is really good! TTFN!

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