I can’t run in $135 leggings

I can’t run in $135 leggings

Since December 23rd 2014, I have run 251 kilometers.  This is something I’m pretty proud of, I can also feel every single one of those kilometers concentrated in the arch of my right foot!  Ow. I don’t have plans to give up anytime soon as 

“I don’t know how you do it Mum”.

“I don’t know how you do it Mum”.

Ethan said this to me about 4kms into my run yesterday.  We preempted a bit of a lazy day for him and insisted he accompany me on his bike.  He usually just “gaps it” – his words – completes the distance as quickly as possible 

How I started running and why I’m going to continue

How I started running and why I’m going to continue

So, a weird thing happened to me on the 23rd of December 2014.  We arrived in Waipu to spend Christmas with Mum and Geoff and those  l o n g, straight country roads began doing odd things to my head.  And I’m being very serious 

Let’s do this thing.  Sometime this week, ok?

Let’s do this thing. Sometime this week, ok?

My big guy is a swimmer, amongst other things, so there is a high chance of me spending an hour or two at the pool each week, sans baby, ‘relaxing’ and mindlessly playing Jurassic Park.  <<< There you have it people, my dirty little secret 

Ermahgerd.  I just did a YouTube workout.

Ermahgerd. I just did a YouTube workout.

and I finished it.  20 minutes of workout insanity IN MY KITCHEN.  Kind of, it was ballet. ish. I was waiting for the jug to boil the other night {sad but true, the wine bucket has been subbed out for a steaming mug of hot