Tuesday 31st December

Fast walk exactly 3 miles completed in 54.26 minutes, almost 5 mins slower than yesterday! Pat completed her run as well. Feels like a bit of anti-climax now and so annoyed at not being able to run the last couple of days.Very windy but dry. Interesting to see all the preparations being made for the fireballs and the open air in the Square concert.

Monday 30th December

Fast walk in the pouring rain with Pete along the beach route. Exactly 3 miles in exactly 50 minutes so not too bad. Just realised though that my injury is the very first time i have got an injury while running, i have fallen before and received grazes but nothing that has actually stopped me running and I have been running for about 30 years. 

Weather atrocious got very wet but was well proofed against the cold and wet. Missed my running buddy Pat who got her mileage in earlier today. Only one more day to go.

Sunday 29th December

3.55 miles in 45.25 minutes at 8am in -0.9 degrees centigrade. No wind but cold and frosty and just crisp under foot rather than slippy so why did i manage to trip on a millimetre rise on the edge of a grid and go flying in my best superwoman impression! After a while managed to finish the run but arm was still sore. Managed to shower and get undressed/dressed with Pete's help then he helped me get everything to the green hut for the running club fun run where i was on entrants/results duty. Still sore when we got back so went to A&E where after only 1 hour and 10 minutes was diagnosed with hairline fracture of the shoulder - gutted - no running and no skiing!

Saturday 28th December

Surprisingly pleasant day although not fully light till near the end of the run. The sky had some beautiful colours and the sunrise seemed to track round the town and not just over to the east. The sunrise reflected in the brown stubble of the fields to the west of the town and it seemed to make them shine like gold. 3.44 miles completed with Pat in 42.31 minutes at 4 degrees centigrade at around 8.30am. Only 3 days to go - YAY!

The 3 days over Christmas; 25th, 26th and 27th December

My PC refused to connect to the internet on Christmas Day (I have changed provider but I had everything working fine for at least 5 days), it's still not connecting but at least we've set up the laptop now and it has connected fine so now able to post to the blog.

Christmas day was sunny dry and 4 degrees, Boxing Day was much the same but just a wee bit cooler at 2 degrees and today (Friday) is wet and windy but comparatively warm at 7 degrees C. Today didn't even feel as wet as the wet Tuesday we had earlier in the month and today has been forecast as the worst weather wise for the rest of the month so hopefully it can only get better for the next 4 days - can't believe that's all that remains!

Statistics wise we did 3.78 miles on Wednesday in 45.23 minutes, Boxing Day we did 3.68 miles in 47.32 minutes and today we did 3.5 miles in 41.55 minutes. All basically the same route but Christmas day we did a detour to the beach then up at the Market Square to meet with the Xmas day runners from the running club - there were only 3 of them and only 2 went running!

We were very slow yesterday (Boxing Day) - took much indulgence on Christmas Day or took much conversing about the day? Today was relatively fast but I think that was because there was this need to get it over and dome with!

Christmas Eve Tuesday 24th December

Same as, same as... 3.46 miles in 42.18 minutes at 8.30 am 4 degrees centigrade. Didn't feel too cold but a strong wind providing resistance going up the hill for the first mile. Same again tomorrow.

Monday 23rd December

Out normal time and normal route with Pat -round the town at 8.30 in the morning. Glad we managed early as the weather really turned worse from late morning onwards. The pavements were frosty but there was no wind so quite crisp. 3.46 miles in 43.09 minutes. Three quarters of the way through so not too long to go now!