Oh To Be In London

I wanted to be in London today but I have spent the day working and hanging out with my uncle. He is such a breath of fresh air. He has so much life experience and is really just a legendary uncle. Then to top it all off the other uncle came around this evening to tell us all about how he's doing which was really rather interesting. However I would now like to be in YOYO's in London partying with Eliot, but hey, you cant be everywhere at once.

Broken

I had a productive morning and got quite a lot of work done. That carried on but dwindled a little this afternoon. I then set up and got all ready for a run to find out that my miCoach had broken. This was really rather sad as it meant that I couldnt have my instructions as to what to do. I knew what I had to do in training to day anyway, but its nice to have the voice in my ears telling me what to do. I quess we all like a little bit of re-assurance. I emailed Adidas and they got back to me quickly and I should be able to get a replacement. My uncle also arrived today so this evening we all played a game around the table after dinner and hung out for a bit. As well as my miCoach I'm feeling a little low as of late, missing people and wanting to do more. I guess I'm a little broken. But then we all need to get a little broken to fix and repair ourselves otherwise we dont give time to looking after ourselves.

Casual Half Marathon

Im back in the UK and its back to training. After running on France's flat roads I really wanted to find a good place to run back at home, fortunately there is a really good place to run, just five minutes drive down the road (you should run to it, well yes but there's a massive hill defeating the point). So dad dropped me off and I ran ... it went really well and I felt good until I stopped at the end. Even then I didnt feel too bad and my legs are just a bit tired and suffereing from some chaifing. I did the distance in 1 hour 35 as that was the time set that I was meant to run today. I'm really pleased with this as its faster than the last race I did at Silverstone a while ago. I need to keep training to get the time down, but I have 4 weeks before the race so I have time. I have spent the rest of the day reading up for my final year, and trying to have balanced breaks in my work schedule.

Im Back

France was totally awesome and what I needed. I unplugged, relaxed and rested. Old friends and new ones were patient with me and gave me the space I needed just to be and we all had some fantastic times. I feel we went on more exploration this year and went to places we had never been to before in our 6 or 7 years of visiting the same area of France. This was all in part thanks to our family friends that we made who new of these places to visit.
I had some really good talks with my mother who helped me look at my life from new angles, ones more relevant to where I am at now. I read a book and a half that also helped me in my thinking. I really explored some avenues in my mind of who I am, what I am, how I am etc. The issue now is putting all the thoughts into action to provide some use to myself.
In any case I am back from a wonderful family holiday, we took our cousin this time and she was really good fun. In all its been a blast and we have all had fun.

Holiday

I am currently on holiday with my family and having a blast. Im also having quite a break from the internet. I am borrowing someone else's laptop to write this at the moment as I haven't brought my own with me. Its nice to be away from the usual draws of life and able to just relax and do whatever with my family. Im still doing a bit of running, but Im not doing much else, apart from relaxing. I don't know what else to say, I will probably go into a lot more detail, when I am back from this holiday.

Running in the Rain

I had a chilled day today. With the pressure of work off, I was left to focus on doing my school work for the week, which I finished in time to have a run in the afternoon. Unfortunately there was a thunderstorm while I was running, and I got drenched, but it was a relaxed run and I went kind on my legs as they haven't been 100%. It was great just to run free in the rain, although the lightning was a little scary as I didnt know if it would get me.
This evening I have tried to pack but as ever I am struggling with what to pack, especially as half of it is still drying from being washed today.

Head Space

Iv been walking the dog in the morning, which allows for some great head space, time to think and just wake up in the morning. I recommend it. I had a really productive day today, although I didn't run, on account of my calf still not begin 100% and having a lot of pressure on at work. I did however go out for a meal with the family this evening which was awesome as ever although I was rather stuffed by the end of it. I actually wanted to sleep I was that full. I then did some Q and watched some TV with the family.