Another update...!

OK so I didn't keep updating the Blog. I had a lot of stuff going on and if I'm honest I'm unlikely to post all that often - there I said it; don't expect regular posts...!

Having said that, here's an update on where I am in life at the moment...

So having run every day in January I then had a flare up of an old problem called a pilonidal sinus. I'm not going to describe it just look it up if you like. I've had to take long periods of time off work (and life in general) on a few occasions because of it and although this particular case was a fairly mild one, I still ended up having a couple of weeks off running.

A couple of weeks turned into sporadic short, slow runs over a couple of weeks and eventually running stopped altogether, taken over by other things.

Firstly, as part of an effort to live life a bit more outside my rapidly collapsing relationship I decided to start learning to ride a motorbike. Learning and passing the tests took a couple of months and by April I'd got my licence and my own bike, which was awesome. It also allowed me to join long time friends and now fellow bikers on their annual bike trip around the Alps and Pyrannes in July.

But that must have cost a fortune, I hear you say. It did, but luckily I had a load of money saved for a thing called a 'Wedding' which also got officially called off in
April. So yes form an orderly queue ladies - I'm single.

By September I realised I'd put another stone back on because of eating too many takeaways and drinking too much to dull the boredom of living alone, so I did another 'run every day in...' challenge for September. I missed only one day, the 3rd, for my Sister's wedding where I gave her away. Not because I didn't have time but because the time I had was spent furiously finishing my speech!

So to the present day. October was an up and down running month, and I'm back on full in November with running again. Where I previously tried to run a constant amount of time a little quicker each time, I've decided now to stick to the same speed and run an extra minute every day in November, which will get me up to about 7km in 50 minutes every day by the end of the month.

Mini goals are as follows:

- Do 5k Park Runs in the new year - hoping for sub 35 minute times to begin
- Get down below 18.5st before February - Stag do in Rome...
- Get down below 16.5st before May - Uni American Football reunion
- Get down below 15st before August - The original(ish!) goal from 2009.

Starting weight: 25st 3lb / 353lbs / 160kg
Current Weight: 19st 12.5lb / 277.5lbs / 126kg

Lost since Aug 09 : 5st 4.5lb / 74.5lbs / 36kg

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