This week......run for the hills!

Hills are currently the enemy. I view them with disdain as I attempt to climb them. I'm in a quandary as to how I can easily run up my driveway yet on race day I look at a hill and my legs become jelly. I heave myself, huffing and puffing up these giant mounds as other runners voice encouragement 'Keep going!' as they pass. One lady who suffers from the same predicament as I called out to the backs of some fit young guys 'Show offs!'. We smiled at each other and put our heads down to continue our struggle. It didn't really help us.

If not for the hills I'd be setting a good pace.Next weeks race is my favourite course as it has long gentle hills that you climb steadily and then roll all the way down. This to me is much better than suddenly having to take on a mountain!

Also this week we had to slosh through mud. Not once but numerous times. What surprises me on these runs is how I actually dive in and through these muddy bogs. I'm known to be a bit of a girl about these things but when I'm running it is a case of just get on with it, it is only mud! I feel like it is a real achievement to cross the finish line a bit grubby :)

In true Bless-ed family style and, yes, like life isn't busy enough we've accrued over the last month seven poddy calves! This entails extra work for us as they need to be bucket fed twice a day at 8am and 4pm. With winter upon us it is a getting to be a chilly undertaking! They're so cute though as you can see by the photo.

Quote of the Week- Inspiration from the Sound of Music (Climb Every Mountain)

Climb every mountain,
Ford every stream,
Follow every rainbow,
'Till you find your dream.

A dream that will need
All the love you can give,
Every day of your life
For as long as you live.


On to my concerns...let's see-

1. This is going to be a long cold winter.
2.Life is way too busy and really wonder how anyone ever gets everything done.
3. That my favourite daydream is to be running across the finish line of the City to Surf with Jenson. I really wonder how I'm going to keep up with him.
4. Entries open this weekend for the City to Surf and I have set an alert on my phone to remind me.
Am I obsessed?