I can’t quite decide whether I find it funny or annoying when everyone assumes that now I’m finished the marathon I go straight home from work and sit in front of the TV all night. Obviously the people who assume this are the ones who go straight home from work and sit in front of the TV all night! Some people can’t quite get their head around the exercise thing at all. One girl I know has been trying to lose weight for some time and she has been successful but only through practically starving herself. When I suggested that she might like to try doing a little bit of gentle exercise, just to increase her metabolism a bit, she laughed at me and said ‘Oh no. I don’t do exercise!’ To me that’s just weird, but then again I do eat an awful lot so I have to burn off the calories otherwise I’d be a 5 foot 2 roly-poly.

So I’m still doing a lot of spinning and I think I might be getting a bit obsessed about it now. On Tuesday nights my gym has just added in another spin class to the schedule so now, if you fancy it (or are a bit weird like me), you can do 3 classes in a row - 2.25 hours of intense cycling! I haven’t actually done 3 classes yet, but I will in a couple of weeks time.

Today I finished work and I have a week off. It really couldn’t have come at a better time cause I’m absolutely knackered from working too many hours, not getting quite enough sleep and trying to keep my fitness levels high. Tomorrow Javier and I go to Scotland to stay in a little ‘chalet’ - it sounds posh but isn’t really - and I can’t wait. We’ll go cycling in the woods (this time I’m gonna speed pass Jav on the way up the hills!) and I might do some running (why can’t I just relax? Genuine question - I really can’t sit still for any length of time. Maybe I have slight hyperactivity..). We’ll cook nice food, drink nice red wine (half a glass for me, one if I feel like getting drunk) and generally try to chill out a bit. Then it’s back to London to build up to my next 3 races - all 10k’s and all in the space of about 4 weeks. My aim is sub 46….fingers crossed! 

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