new year new me

Happy New Year!!!

I did my first ever 10k running race on NYE (the Ely NYE 10k) and romped home in 43 mins. After 3k I felt pretty shite not having got into any kind of rhythm overtaking slower runners and then adrenaline making one go too fast. By 6k, I had a rhythm going and although not sub-40 minutes I am bloody chuffed with it. My target for 2006 is a sub-40 min 10k. This means more longer distance training, Kev suggested that I go running at lunch time and offered me a nice 10k route to get me started. It's a really good idea seeing as though I hate running in the dark and running in the lunch-hour allows the training to flow more regularly. I'll keep you posted. Also considering doing a half-marathon (only 13 miles, or 21km) by the end of 2006.

Christmas was great, I went to the Parents where brother, grandparents and uncle were over for Christmas dinner. Over the following week I saw lots more family and generally had a great chilled out time eating good nosh and seeing the people I love. I have now got a really bastard nasty cold (icicles of snot constantly melting, the tissue supply cannot stem the flow) which my housemates have already suffered greatly under. For Chrimbo I got a Heart Rate Monitor, my max so far is 195bpm (training for the 10k last week, hehe), juicer, books, clothes, cd, money. Great!

Back to work yest and I am totally entralled by it all again. No wait. I hate every second that I am there and cannot wait to leave the place every day. More like it. I did more TEFL learning this evening. Im on the first module, about teaching, why people want to learn English, motivation and methodology of teaching English.