Day 31 - The last day :(

I can't believe it's 31st January! 31 days ago I was worrying about what I had signed myself upto, but it was one of the best decisions that I have made. Doing Janathon has shown me how easy it is to exercise more. I've learnt to make time for it. I exercised 28 out of the 31 days - I'm really proud of myself.

Today I decided to end Janathon on a high. I ran 8miles in 1hour 20minutes. That's 10 min miles. I kept the same pace for the whole run and didn't struggle with my running but it was absolutely freezing and I couldn't feel my hands towards the end!

Janathon has been an amazing experience for me. I'm going to keep my running and kickboxing up and squeeze in yoga when I can. 

 I just want to say a massive well done to everyone - we did it! :)

Day 29 and 30 - Country weekend

This weekend I escaped to the country. We stayed with my boyfriend's parents in Castle Cary, Somerset. It was lovely to get away and see them but it did mean I couldn't exercise as much as I wanted to. Yesterday we were busy with football, travelling, playing uno, talking, eating and playing DJ Hero 2 which is great fun but I was rubbish! I managed to do 10 minutes of yoga exercises before I went to bed - pathetic I know but I thought it's better than nothing.

Today has been much of the same, however, once I got home and Finn was bed I completed 40 minutes of Pilates exercises. I feel quite relaxed and ready for the week ahead. Can't believe it's 31st January tomorrow - Janathon has gone so quickly!

Day 28 - Warm ears

Yesterday my running headband with ear protectors arrived so I tested it out today. My ears felt lovely and warm for my whole run :)

I also used a different audiofuel programme today which meant running at different speeds. It made a difference from running at the same speed and trying to run as far as I can. I ran just over 5km. I ran along the beach - the sunset was beautiful.

Day 27 - Not long to go

Kickboxing tonight and we are preparing for our grading. For this we have to show a certain level of fitness, techniques, sparring and self-defence. For mine I have to be able to do 40 press ups, 40 crunches, 40 squats and 40 star jumps. Tonight my instructor made us do double squats, crunches and star jumps. I did them all and felt good - I don't think I could have done that a few weeks ago!

Can't believe we are nearly at the end of Janathon - I'm definitely going to carry on exercising every day I feel so much better. Next step is to stop eating crap! :)

Day 25 and 26 - Not used to the routine yet

Day 25 - Ok Confession to make - I didn't exercise yesterday no excuses - I felt tired so I didn't do anything. I'm really annoyed with myself, especially so close to the end but I just couldn't summon up any enthusiasm to exercise :(

Day 26 - All set to run after work today only to find that the boiler isn't working again. So yet again I had to sit around and wait for the boiler man to come. So I decided to do my Yogalates DVD. It's a mixture of Yoga and Pilates. It's quite easy to follow and I feel like I've had a good stretch. I'm going to try and do this at least once a week now.

Tomorrow I have kickboxing and I'm definitely running on Friday - I'm not going to let boilers or rain get in my way!

Day 24 - Back to routine

Today we had to get back into routine as I started back at work. It was hard getting up at 7am and going out at 8am but I'm sure it won't take us long to get used to it again.

Finn had Beavers tonight so I went for a run with a friend from Kickboxing. My nikeplus didn't record the run so I'm not sure how far we ran but we ran for aboit 30mins. It was nice to run with someone and we've decided to make it a weekly thing :)

Day 23 - Should I or shouldn't I

I've had a great weekend and stayed up late the last two nights - something I haven't done for ages!

My plan was to do one of my DVD's this evening but I'm really tired and I've decided to go to bed early instead. I'm back to work tomorrow and running with a friend tomorrow evening.

So close to the end of Janthon now - no more excuses and I'm going to push on and do as much running as I can - my next rest will be 1st Feb :)