Training Begins

That's it, I am now committed.
Day 1 of week 1 has been completed. Who knows where such humble beginnings can lead, after all everyone has to start somewhere.
Even Andrew Jordon had to drive on L plates once! (if you don't know who he is look up BritishTouringCarChampionship )



To keep me on the straight and narrow I have entered a short race for an intermediate challenge. To make sure I am doing something good it is the Pretty Muddy Race for Life, a 5km run with obstacles to raise money for Cancer Research.
See my begging page for the shameless money grabbing sponsorship request that goes with running for such a good cause.As always there is no obligation on anyone to follow the link but the warm fussy feeling that goes with generosity is priceless.

It's not until 28th June so I have a little while to settle back into running but I am sure time will sneak up and ambush me in a lightening fast attack, such is times way of behaving.

If you have any suggestions for an appropriate costume for FraidyKat please do comment - the theme is traditionally pink but after that anything (within the bounds of UK law) goes...


Now I just have to get a running playlist put together. FraidyKat has decidedly dodgy taste in music so it could be interesting.
Let's see now, what's currently on my phone?
Lady GaGa, Pink, Thunder and Blues Traveller. Hmm, I'm running light on tunes.
Dance music is good to run to when you're flagging, it provides a strong beat to get your pace.
Rock provides the anger to light the flare when you have to dig deep to get to the finish.
Pop for the cheerful runs in good weather.
Audio comedy (Goon show is my non-PC favourite) to keeping you smiling in the wind and rain.

The calibrated mark 1 weather detector (also known as the window), shows blue sky and sun so perhaps some pop or dance. 


The weather is turning for the better so now we are entering dragon season.
Those pesky invisible dragons are small but painfully effective if you forget your anti-dragon clean. Cold blooded reptiles, they need the sun to help them take flight and the only evidence of them is the faint shimmer in the air that most of us know as heat haze. Their breath weapon is a clear flame whose poisonous touch turns skin a painful red and melts icecream.
Ever wondered what the sun factor rating on creams means? It is the number of dragons the cream will defeat before becoming ineffective.


FraidyKat Runs - to beat cancer