I'm walking in the rain, just walking in the rain!

Not such a glorious feeling but hey! 

Hubby was right this morning when I text him to say boo hoo it's raining I don't want to go out in that. His response was to get out there with my waterproof on and walk. He's right. It's not going to be postponed on the actual night if it rains is it!! (I'll let him think he knows best just for now)

I never intended on going far today as i'm still a bit sore in the toe department after the longer walk at the weekend but I did 4.5 miles which takes my running total up to 76 miles completed so far.

We are off on our holidays next Friday (3rd April) for just under 2 weeks so I'd like to get another big walk done sometime over the weekend. Plus Elliott breaks up from Nursery tomorrow so it's going to be difficult trying to get a walk in with him at home.

Feeling good today. Just counted there are 51 days until the BIG ONE!

Cheers for reading xx

OH MY GOD!!! I managed 13 miles.........

I'm not going to write much as i'm a bit sore and I want to flake out on the sofa with my gorgeous kiddies as it's mothers day. I set out my route this morning and loaded my ipod with tunes and off I went.

I got Darren to drop me a few miles from home and I worked my route out from there. The sun was really warm which was nice. I've decided i'm not going for speed i'm going for distance. With it being warm I can't walk too fast for fear of collapsing so I just plod along at my own pace. When a fast song comes on the ipod it helps me speed up a bit.

I was determined to complete 13 miles today no matter how much it hurt. Jade Goodey passed away this morning and it was thinking of her that made me carry on. Thinking of how many people are in pain a million times worse that won't go away after a nice soak in a hot bath. This is what it's for and i'm proud I finished the 13 miles. I know it's only half way but I walked up a hell of a lot of hills today. It's helping build my stamina for the actual night which i'm hoping will be pretty flat.

My beautiful Husband had run me a lovely hot bath ready for when I got in which was greatly appreciated.

The first thing I did when I walked in the front door was burst into tears and ask for my inhaler. 13 Miles has been my mental block so now i've done it I hope i'll start to feel a bit better. 

Thanks to everyone who has sponsored me so far. It's for such a worthy cause and every penny really does count. I'm off now to veg out and rub some lovely cream into my feet.

Thanks for reading xx

What a beautiful day for walking!

So I did!!

I dropped Elliott off at nursery and off I went as usual. Today I hadn't planned any route. I just thought i'd see where my feet took me. Quite a few hills today which slowed me down a bit but I am going for distance not speed. I have some great music on my ipod, (I remembered NOT to sing today as I was caught on Thursday and felt like an idiot) the sun was shining brightly and was so warm on my face. I pushed myself a bit today to try and walk faster even up the hills.

I got home after collecting Elliott and plotted my walk on Google Earth and was a little disappointed that i'd only done 8.5 miles. I was hoping i'd completed 10 at the most. Ah well it's better than being sat at home I suppose.

Darren and I started our diets again today. I'm almost off the steroid that was helping the weight gain and i'm in the right frame of mind to get losing again. Out of the 2.5 stone I lost last year I have only put on 1 stone 5lbs! This cheered me up as I thought i'd put nearly all of it back on.

So onwards and upwards. I'll go for another walk on Thursday and then I am hoping to do a long one over the weekend at some point. I need to complete 13 miles. I think once I've done that then some of my worries about actually being able to complete the 26 will go... well I hope so anyway! 8 weeks Saturday!!!

Cheers for reading xx

OOOPS! Forgot I did 8 miles on Thursday!

I totally forgot to update my blog on Thursday.

I have been feeling a bit poorly. I caught Emma's cough and cold which went straight to my chest and made my Asthma flare up again. I had been coughing just walking up the stairs so thought it was best I didn't walk until I felt a little better.

I dropped Elliott off at nursery on Thursday and off I went with my ipod full of tunes! It was a bit of a struggle but I managed 8 miles. It's now Saturday and my ankles are still really hurting. I think I may be having a flare of my Lupus too which isn't helping. If the weather is fine tomorrow I'm going to go out again and get a few miles under my belt.

Next weekend I'm going to Southampton to get fitted for some new trainers. I haven't had such a problem with blisters this week but my trainers still don't feel as comfy as I'd like.

Cheers for reading and i'll update after my next walk x

Feeling poorly but still managed 9 miles.

Emma started sneezing and coughing a few days ago. I woke up yesterday aching all over and feeling rubbish. I knew I needed to go for a walk as I didn't go for one on Thursday.

So I got ready with plenty of tissues in my pocket. My mum met me after a few miles and we ambled on.

I was really hoping to do 13 miles. I spent ages on Google Earth planning a 13 mile route. I think I got to about 8 miles and I started getting some chest pains so I thought it would be best to just head home.

Got home to my Mums and we had a lovely cup of tea. I get really really cold when I stop walking so that helped a bit. She drove me home and I got into a lovely deep hot bath. I hopped onto Google Earth to see how far I actually walked and it was 9 miles. A little disappointed but never mind. Better than nothing I suppose.

I'm supposed to be walking again tomorrow but i'm not sure yet. We all have really horrible coughs and colds. Maybe I should leave it for a few days until i'm feeling a bit better.

So far out of 6 training walks I have covered 42 miles. I'm quite chuffed really.

Watch this space and thanks for reading xx