New job, new schedule

So, where are we in terms of training days? Well, I have managed to get a few days in. A couple of 10km steady runs, and a couple of quicker 5km runs, most enjoyable.
I have just secured myself a new job, which is not only within walking distance of home, as opposed to the 15 mile drive at the moment, but is far more sensible hours wise. This will allow me far more time for training as I will be in doors from work within 10 minutes of finishing, allowing me time for a run every night if I wanted. No weekend work, means I can schedule in longer runs on a regular basis also.
As I have mentioned before, I'm sure, I am doing the Silverstone half marathon in March, and am now busy looking for something after then.
I am drawn by the BUPA London 10k in May. This looks like a very nice event, on a very picturesque course and not to soon after Silverstone.
I will continue to do my local(ish) Parkrun, and with no weekend work I can do these a lot more.
The training times are not to bad. I'm not really looking to complete in a particular time, but and "around" time of 2:00-2:15 for the half would be good for my first one.
At the minute I'm doing 5km in about 0:30 and 10km in 1:04. Not world beating, but its heading in the right direction.
If I can get 2 hours for my first half marathon I will be very pleased.
I am running on behalf of Alzheimer's and if you feel you can support me there is a link below. It would be fantastic if you could.

http://www.justgiving.com/sonofnesbit

D'you swallow

Went out running Friday, early morning start out in the sticks.
Parked at Rodbridge picnic area, a brave move for two blokes to do before you start. A place renowned for the more salubrious sides of life, so I've been told.
Anyway, we parked up, the time was around 7ish I would imagine. Upon getting out we was greeted by the sound of someone chucking up.
I said to Skip, I think he must have just run the route I have planned for us. He was really going for it, noise and all sorts.
Then it dawned on us both as we remembered where we were, maybe, just maybe, he'd experienced his first dogging session. I tried to convince myself, and Skip, that he had in fact actually been for a run, even though he had jeans on.
I instructed Skip upon our return from the run, when the happy puker had gone, to go and look at what he'd brought up.
Go see if theres anything 'ahem' alien in his sick Skip.
I thought Skip was gonna be sick himself at the thought of looking. Needless to say neither of us checked, we just chuckled to ourselves at the fact he was being sick due to guilt, or something like that.
One thing has just crossed my mind, we could have looked to see if his car windows were misted up, bugger, a missed chance.
It did have one good thing to come from it though, the first part of our run, up hill into Borely went ok as we was still talking about the happy dogger.

How far!!!!!!!

Well, as most of my Facebook friends know already, I've signed up to run the Silverstone half marathon, in March 2014.

As far as I am lead to believe it takes place, at least to some extent, on the actual circuit, could be the slowest ever circumnavigation of a grand pix track in the history of slowest ever laps of a Grand Prix track.

One things for sure though, I intend enjoying myself. 

The family are coming with me to cheer me on, best they bring a book with them to while away the hours between seeing me off and watching a wreck of a man return back at the finish. Actually, I'm not sure who will be more tired, them through boredom, or me through exhaustion, we will see.

Anyway, I'm doing it for charity, and hope to be able to make a donation, with help from my friends, to Altzhimers UK via my just giving page, www.justgiving.com/sonofnesbit.

If you feel you can help and donate to this worthy cause that will be great.

I chose this charity as, in a roundabout way it was this that robbed me and Stuart of a wonderful mother back in 2012.

It also denied 3 grandchildren a grandmother who never really got the chance to show how great she was going to be as a nan. I feel absolutely confident that, had mum still been with us, we wouldn't have been seeing much of our daughter, she'd have been round nan's most of the time, and mum would have loved every second of it, as that's the sort of women she was. Caring, kind, considerate and fun. She loved a laugh and would have loved spoiling the grandchildren and then giving them back.

Unfortunately it was not to be, as she had hardly started out on the nan route before being struck down with dementia. Help me to help Altzhimers UK find a cure by making a small donation if you can to this worthy charity, via my amble round a racetrack.