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I’m finally just about recovered from running yesterday – boy was I wiped out by the end! I actually managed a decent time – 1 hour 57 minutes – only two minutes slower than my half-marathon personal best – but it was a real struggle. Andrea and I both finished with the same time – and both of us were totally exhausted. We both agreed that although this race was much shorter and flat, we found it harder than the Alpine 31K in July. There I think the beautiful views meant that our minds weren’t on the race (and the pain!) the whole time!<\/p>\n

This time I spent a lot of the two hours thinking ‘I must be insane to be doing this’ thoughts, which probably didn’t improve my performance one jot. I think the fact that I know the route like the back of my hand and have run the race four times now wasn’t helpful. I don’t really want to say that I was bored exactly, but the whole thing became a metal battle with myself, which is never going to be a bundle of laughs.<\/p>\n

The up side of the whole adventure was that I had no knee or hip issues, no blisters (thank you Adidas anti-blister socks – you worked!) and no blackened toenails (you all really wanted to know that I’m sure!). I was absolutely fit for nothing afterwards and crawled into bed with a monumental headache at 8pm. So that’s me done on the race front for this season. I feel like my body is ready for a rest.<\/p>\n

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Today I’ve been cleaning and doing laundry and getting ready for some friends visiting tomorrow. The children are all doing homework and my husband is on a plane to New York, so I felt justified in taking over the bedroom floor and laying out Opening Day<\/em>. It isn’t going to take too much longer – and I have to say I’m thrilled with it. It’s made with Moda’s Lumiere de Noel <\/em>by French General and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the colour combination, not to mention the flying geese and stars. If I say so myself, this is going to be a beauty! Sorry about the slightly iffy photo, but I’m very limited on where there is space to lay out a not yet sewn together project this big! I’m going to try very hard to get it finished this week if I can.<\/p>\n

Hope you are having a lovely Sunday wherever you are!<\/p>\n

Helen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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