Things have been rather busy in the Keartland household
since the Transalpine. In large part this has been due to both of us working
silly hours at work. But it's also due to us starting the move out of London,
which involves selling a flat and buying a house.
So there has been a necessary reduction in running, though
unfortunately this hasn't been in the structured way we had hoped - i.e.
involving rest, gym work and cross training.
That said, we did enjoy a two week trial period at The House
of Yoga in Putney. It was fun to do something different as the two of us. It
reminded me how much I enjoy yoga and persuaded us both that we need to find
time to incorporate it in our lives - for relaxation, strength, flexibility and
balance. Over that 2 week trial period we each did 8 sessions of yoga and we
really started to notice the difference.
Last weekend we decided we needed a break and so we took
ourselves off to Milford-on-Sea as we tend to do when we're in that situation!
It was a great weekend with a lot of time spent reading and watching DVDs. We
also took time to try out one of the recipes from Scott Jurek's book, which
we've both just finished and can highly recommend. I cooked his veggie burgers
and they were really yummy - luckily there are enough left over for dinner this
evening!
Another highlight of the weekend was our Sunday morning run
in the New Forest. We parked up at the Wilverley Enclosure as per usual and
were pleased the sun was out - a perfect crisp autumn morning to be going for a
run. We noticed a huge number of runners gathering. It was the New Forest
Runners and we asked if we could join them. It was fun to run with a group and
to learn a new route. And the route was very muddy so we had fun slipping,
sliding and falling in. It was the longest run either of us had done since the
Transalpine and it's definitely got us inspired to start running properly
again.
We're starting to gather ideas for 2013's challenges.
Challenge number one will be the house move but, all being well, that will give
us some time left over for some more fun stuff...
