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Already one third of the way through Juneathon and another milestone reached today on day 10. I ran at lunch time after gardening in the morning. There was an odd spot of rain but nothing to… Read More

On the plus side, I did run today. On the minus side, it was only for a mile. My calves felt really tight and I could feel it pulling at my Achilles tendon, so I thought that it was better t… Read More

Janathon day 13 was the walk to work and back (approx. 15 minutes each way). The reason for this uninspiring entry on my janathon record is, in all honesty, because I couldn't be arsed to go… Read More

Hmm there appears to be a bit of a blip in my good intentions. On Friday the only exercise I got was walking to work and back, and walking to Asda to get the ingredients for my boyfriends ro… Read More

Today Ive joined this thing called 'Janathon' without being exactty sure what I was letting myself in for. Ive subsequently found out the idea is to run everyday during the month of January… Read More

Another 4 mile run early this morning at 7.45am as I was gardening at 9.30. Passing the Greene King Brewery my memory was drawn back to the recent Real Beer and Food festival in Bury St Edmu… Read More

So far so good with Juneathon 2011. No aches or pains and I was able to do another 4 miles this morning at 8am. My only real problem is lack of time preventing me from running longer or havi… Read More

In 8 days time I shall be competing in Juneathon 2011.What is Juneathon you may ask?  If you take part you are basically committing to exercise every day during the month of June regard… Read More

Hartest To recap for anyone not aware Janathon is a free event in which you aim to run, cycle swim or walk and then blog about it everyday in January. Signing up at the Janathon site is… Read More

 The penultimate day of Janathon 2011. I ran slowly today but did another 4 and a bit miles. I am going to complete the event which is a nice feeling but with time short this is a short… Read More

Day 29 of Janathon and with the end in site  I decided to do an interval session alternating faster and slower miles in to a six mile run. I did fairly OK for 2 of the 3 faster miles bu… Read More

 For some reason day 27 of Janathon produced my fastest run this year. I didn't set out to do a speed or interval session but felt pretty good despite the cold edge to the weather which… Read More

SicklesmereMy running streak continued with a 7.5 mile run this morning on day 26 of Janathon. It was another overcast day and after yesterdays short run I felt suitably revived to do a long… Read More

Day 25 of Janathon and this morning with little time to spare I managed to fit in a mile between needing to visit the town centre in Bury St Edmunds and then drive over to Ipswich. This is t… Read More

Short and sweet refers to this post, rather than the run, as I'm really tired and want shower and bed asap.Yesterday's janathon was just the walk to work and back because I was too tired to… Read More

Yesterday, due to the fact that I'd only had 4 hours sleep the night before, I didn't run. I needed all my energy to keep my eyes open until bedtime, so my Janathon effort was a single plank… Read More

Today I had arranged to meet up with a friend from my running club to go for a run. I didn't know who else was going or what the distance was, just that they were leaving at 3pm. So imagine… Read More

Right, before someone starts tutting about how I'm supposed to blog within 24 hours of doing your exercise, let me point out that yesterday's exercise was done at 10pm last night… Read More

Today I have had a 3-4 mile walk to town and back to meet up with a friend and do a bit of light shopping. A new dress and pair of work trousers later, I was back at home, where I had a slig… Read More

OMG I can't believe that a) I haven't blogged since August last year and b) that people are still reading my blog. I thought everyone would have forgotten me by now. Anyway in a frenzy of ne… Read More

I've quit Janathon. I haven't blogged every day (obviously) and I haven't been running every day either. I'd much rather rest from the runs I've been doing that are making me ache. My legs a… Read More

I had a really good run today. I ran an average of 10:14/mi, which I'm really pleased with, and even better it didn't really feel too hard. There are 3 factors which I think may have made th… Read More

Howdy fellow Janathoners. I have to start off this month with a confession. On the first bloody day of Janathon, I did no exercise and did not blog, that is how bad I was!!!!! To be fair tho… Read More

Janathon day 13 was the walk to work and back (approx. 15 minutes each way). The reason for this uninspiring entry on my janathon record is, in all honesty, because I couldn't be arsed to go… Read More

Yesterday, due to the fact that I'd only had 4 hours sleep the night before, I didn't run. I needed all my energy to keep my eyes open until bedtime, so my Janathon effort was a single plank… Read More

Right, before someone starts tutting about how I'm supposed to blog within 24 hours of doing your exercise, let me point out that yesterday's exercise was done at 10pm last night… Read More

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Happy 2018! I’ve woken up feeling surprisingly perky, considering the amount of food and wine I consumed last night. Which is a good job really, because I decided to take part in Janat… Read More

Let’s pretend that today I did what I planned. I got up and went to the Gym first thing, earned my 500 points doing box jumps and skipping. Then I came home and cracked on with all tha… Read More

We’re 3 days in and I’ve considered whether I should just ditch Janathon completely. I’ve already failed on 2 days, but that’s 2 days out of 31, and I think food pois… Read More

Well, I’m feeling a little better today. My tummy is still a little delicate, and I’m feeling VERY sorry for myself and a bit emotional, but we’re getting there. Tonight is… Read More

Fridays are always a tired day because Thursday night is Scrim Night for Norfolk Roller Derby. We finish at 10 pm, and it’s an intense evening. I wasn’t even sure if me and my de… Read More

The thing with Saturdays is it can be quite hard to fit any other exercise in once I’ve been to Roller Derby practice. We have off-skates training at 10:30 am, and I’m in no way… Read More

Happy Sunday all! This is the spot where I normally tell you about all the interesting things that happened to me this week, like that time I drank some coffee or that time the weather was a… Read More

Despite feeling a bit flustered with lots to do and not much time to do it in, I knew that I had to go back to the gym this week. So this morning I headed into town for the first time in 2 w… Read More

Did I cheat on Janathon today? Sort of. I knew today was going to be a pain. I hate running in the dark and today I had a train to London to catch at 8:30 am and I wouldn’t be home unt… Read More

The only way I was getting out for today’s run was if I just went before I had time to think about it. So that’s what I did. I walked the Pugs in my running kit, came back… Read More

I was going to go to the gym today. But today was the day we picked up our “new” car, and even though I can’t drive I didn’t want to miss the excitement of pressing a… Read More

Ah yes, I remember now. Janathon starts so optimistically. YAY, I’M RUNNING EVERY DAY! Then as we start to head to about halfway through it gets SO HARD. SO HARD. Not the actual run, b… Read More

Last weeks Roller Derby practice might have taken me nearly 2 hours to earn 500 points because it was footwork and low impact stuff. But this week was obviously much harder because I’d… Read More

Todays Janathon was a struggle not just because I may possibly have consumed 1 too many glasses of wine last night, but also because I had to have one of those days where I just squeeeeeezed… Read More

There’s something quite depressing about going to the Gym during Janathon. Heavy weights and the fitness points on my TomTom watch do not seem to be good friends, and an hour spent on… Read More

Hey there! Just popping in quickly, because I have a massage booked in 20 minutes as I am currently the guest of the lovely people at Malvern Spa. A 4 hour drive and a large afternoon tea do… Read More

I have to say I’m terribly proud of myself today. I’d had a lovey spa afternoon yesterday, followed by some wine and lovely dinner at the Malvern Spa and I woke up all snuggly bu… Read More

As of today, there are only 2 weeks left of Janathon so that’s great for you guys, just 2 more weeks until you can stop hearing about how I went out for a really boring 10-minute run o… Read More

Basically I spent a lot of this morning whinging about Janathon. I changed into my running kit to take the Pugs to the park with the plan of doing my normal routine of getting back from our… Read More

Good Afternoon! I hope you are all having lovely Sundays. I really value a good lazy Sunday afternoon so we’ve just lit a fire and are settling down to watch some terrible movies… Read More

I went to all the effort to actually remember to take a photo wearing skates while I was at Roller Derby practice, then promptly forgot to actually write the blog post as we headed out to th… Read More

Yeah, my hamstring is still a bit twingy, but I’m sticking with the “ignore it and just don’t aggravate it too much” school of rehab. Things that aggravate it include… Read More

Yes, today I went back to the gym, despite the disapproval from my TomTom, and I didn’t even finish on a cardio machine. I just walked home briskly again (and once again had to walk pa… Read More

Well, I really know how to pick my days to go for a run rather than the nice cosy gym don’t I? The weather today is pretty horrible, so horrible that I’m anticipating a bit of a… Read More

To be honest I’m getting a bit annoyed with those TomTom points at this point in Janathon. Knowing it doesn’t consider weights proper exercise I thought I’d wear my watch a… Read More

Today an engineer was coming to fix my boiler. The hope being that we could actually have hot water without having to have the heating on, which was the random problem it had suddenly develo… Read More

Ok, so it’s definitely getting harder to earn those points. Today I wore my watch to Roller Derby practice and apparently it took me nearly a W hole 3 hours to earn those 500 points. I… Read More

There has to be at least one of these every Janathon, and this was it. Feeling very slightly groggy from a few too many glasses of wine on a Saturday night I was really dreading pounding the… Read More

Monday is Olympic lifting day. Anticipating my watches total dislike of weights I switched it on to walk to the gym, thinking that the walk there and back could maybe make those all importan… Read More

So, a few weeks ago I spotted that the Norfolk branch of Girl Gains was holding an event. It was a Box Fit class, and I thought “hey, why not?”. The chance to try something diffe… Read More

Ok guys, if you ever see me make a stupid suggestion like “Hey, lets try and earn 500 fitness points on my TomTom watch every day” in the future. Tell me to stop. I picked that a… Read More

The Armed Police Battalion APBn arrested a man with 32 gold bars weighing 3 7kg from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday The arrestee was identified as Janathon Mukti Barik… Read More