The last few days

A quiet week on the running front. Chose to run my favourite routes this week. Drunken Duck circuit (didnt see any lying on the road though!) and the lovely blue bells woods on Birkrigg Common. I even managed to get Morgan out to run with me through the woods on Monday which was really lovely - he's a smashing young man and I really enjoyed his company. It seemed really strange only running for 4/5 miles at a time - 32 miles in total through the week. I concentrated on eating well, sleeping well and only had a couple of glasses of wine - medicinal purposes of course. I had a bit of a niggle on my hip on Friday which I think I blew out of all proportion - the fact that there was only 1 week to go helped to magnify what was going on. All sorted now - never to rear its ugly head again, I hope. Steve and Mark Coulson sorted me out with advice about icing etc. Had most of the weekend to myself as Mac went to Scotland sea paddling and Gaz and Morgan had a 'boys fishing trip'. Before Gareth went off he played in a rugby final for Ulverston (which they won) and won the 'man of the match award'. It has been a long time since he was in position to win a trophy - he has worked really hard on his fitness and it was well deserved. I was dead proud of him!
Working like mad now to get up to date in work - I finish Thursday lunchtime when I will meet Steve and Teresa and settle into Shackleton Lodge - mine and Mac's home for the next 11 days. My Mum and Dad are in charge at home and Shelagh has provided a 'large tuck box' of goodies for Mac and I to have our midnight feasts - I guess I will need to do something to take the pain in my legs away?! So I'm ready - how exciting!
I am ready to start now. All those months of training, running lonely miles in the rain, missing my sons rugby/football games have led to today. So has all those months of running in a fantastic part of the world, feeling the rain/sun on my face and wind in my hair, smashing my Personal Best times in races, feeling as fit as a butchers dog - these have all contributed to how I feel now - calm, collected fit and well - Fire in my Belly, Ice in my Head!