Running Streak

I have signed up for my first Half Marathon.

I have roped in a friend.

I seriously need to up my fitness.

And to this end I have signed up for a couple of challenges this month.

I work for my local council and I am on its Healthy Working Lives group which is where we encourage all employees to look after themselves better - be it diet, exercise, counselling. I have been involved in the Cycle2work scheme in the Summer  and running the Route 66 walking challenge. Each participant has been given a pedometer and each team of 4 tries to walk as many steps a day as they can in order to move along Route 66 on the map.

I am walking to work on the days I don't need the car and aiming to walk a mile every lunchtime - come rain or shine and I am averaging 15000 to 20000 steps a day. I have done a fair few laps of my local park.

I am also a member of the Run Mummy Run page over on Facebook and lots of members have signed up for a running streak during the month of November. This means running every day! So far I have run on 20 days - and on the one day I didn't run I managed 40 minutes on the crosstrainer.

Today I incorporated some trail running into my 5 mile run - with a light dusting of snow.

Skywatch Friday

This week saw the start of the Route 66 walking challenge at work. The aim is to walk as many steps as we can to work our way across a map of the world in 4 weeks. We are in teams of 4 and we have 2 teams competing from our office along - nothing like a bit of friendly rivalry!

2 of us are runners - which helps. But it also means getting out of the office at a lunchtime and walking around the local park which is handily only a stones throw from the office.

And an added bonus - when not taking photos - is that I have found I can read my kindle whilst walking. Nothing like a spot of multi tasking although I do realise it might all end in disaster.

Loving the autumn colours in the park:

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