Monday 28 March 2011
April issue now out!
The April issue started hitting the streets at the weekend. Love the front covers and already getting lots of positive feedback from those who have received their copy already. You can also see it online from the 1st of the month.
Marathon Day - less than 3 weeks to go!
Yes, just less than 3 weeks to go before the Marathon. When I was chatting to people last week I'd had a disastrous long run where I'd just run out of steam at mile 15 and had to walk the rest of the way home and so felt very down and worried. But this weekend did an 18 miler, which was hard of course, but really OK. It has left me feeling elated and now really looking forward to the big day on 17th April.
Thank you to all the amazing people who have sponsored me so far! If anyone else would like to donate, just visit: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/PippaDuncan
Thank you!
Thank you to all the amazing people who have sponsored me so far! If anyone else would like to donate, just visit: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/PippaDuncan
Thank you!
Sunday 6 March 2011
Keeping focussed
I love my special issues as they always do really well and are a great opportunity for local businesses to promote their services within a special section in the magazine, dedicated totally to their market. Got a great number of new businesses booked into this issue. If anyone out there runs a homes-related business the final deadline for print-ready artwork for this edition is 9 March. Give me a April issue -just shows great focus always works well.
Sadly, focus was somewhat missing yesterday on my 16-mile training run for the Marathon on 17th April. The first 8 miles were great - going well and keeping to my marathon pace. I thought the homeward 8 miles would be easier but it was really hard. Around 13 miles I slowed to a walk a few times and as soon as I did this my feet were really painful and, of course, it was harder to start running again. Picked up pace again for the last mile and a half and made it home. Collapsed on the sofa in tears feeling a complete failure for letting myself walk.
Am I being too hard on myself? I still managed 16 miles and probably walked for a total of 10 minutes out of 3 hours of running. But because of this missed my time target. More importantly to me, why did I let myself lose focus and slow down?
Need more focus for next week's 18 miler!
Sadly, focus was somewhat missing yesterday on my 16-mile training run for the Marathon on 17th April. The first 8 miles were great - going well and keeping to my marathon pace. I thought the homeward 8 miles would be easier but it was really hard. Around 13 miles I slowed to a walk a few times and as soon as I did this my feet were really painful and, of course, it was harder to start running again. Picked up pace again for the last mile and a half and made it home. Collapsed on the sofa in tears feeling a complete failure for letting myself walk.
Am I being too hard on myself? I still managed 16 miles and probably walked for a total of 10 minutes out of 3 hours of running. But because of this missed my time target. More importantly to me, why did I let myself lose focus and slow down?
Need more focus for next week's 18 miler!
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