Time for a break

Hey all,

I'm not talking too much about training in this blog, more other stuff, but i will start with the training. I currently run 30-ish miles a week, with a 13 mile long distance run. I'm needing a better long run shoe for this distance (pretty much half a marathon) to support my foot and have also been looking at post run recovery shoes, but combined with suggested supplements, diet, other equipment etc if I bought everything it says i need i'd run out of money pretty quickly. Next race is planned as Rother Valley 10k a week tomorrow.

I've also bought myself a little herb garden to put on the window sill, so I am quite excited once they grow out to be able to add to my cooking! Seen as I cook constantly.

After months of hard and exhausting work I am going to have a week off (give or take a day for a meeting with John Lewis buyers), just one more shift to survive. Without a doubt i'm pretty exhausted right now and I know that the biggest challenge for me is to take my time off completely, which i've struggled with for a long time. Not great at chilling out completely, but i'm hoping I do this time.

The plan for my week is to eat lots, and preferably put back on some weight, as I am well aware I will just burn it off anyway. Sleep lots. Hill train lots. Play games, like Fifa, and I fancy doing Red Dead Redemption again. Then i've grabbed some of my favourite films like Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas and Four Lions. And read a few books too! But most of all the plan is to eat, sleep and relax.

On Sunday, i've got the day off thanks to Mr Tom Goddard, and i'm looking forward to seeing the place where my sister will be getting married, in Filey. So i'm really excited for that, and cos it's mothers day too, its really nice that I get to be there. Part of my family comes from, and some still live in, Filey and it was also where we would go on holiday when I was younger. There's a lot of memories for us there.

Now i'm mid packing, eating philadelphia on rice crackers cos i don't want to come back to wasted cream cheese! F1 is back too, so now i'm going to check out what I missed in free practice