Happy New Year!

Yes, I know it's 4th January, but it's been a little chaotic what with hospital visits and things... However, I do have a New Plan for hospital visiting... I drive to the hospital, see mum, then drive half way home and park on Rudry Common. And run the rest of the way home, across the top of Rudry Common, and down the hills and fields to home. About 5k. Well, according to my watch it's 3.33k to the middle of the woods then it threw a wobbly and said it was 2.9k the whole way home. Yeah, right.... Must speak to Fit Mark and find out how to work it properly! Anyway, once I'm home I collect Rubbish Running Dog and walk back up to the car by a different route, then drive us both home. Result! It's highly recommended for banishing stress and it's much more fun than running on the road!

I am, of course, wearing my New Pink Top, my New Snot Resistant Gloves and my New Running Watch, even if it does seem a little dodgy on the distances... it's all done by GPS, so maybe it just lost where I was in the woods.

We had Oldest Friend Sarah and Vincent the Beer staying for New Year, so of course we all went and walked at Merthyr Mawr. Only one of us was brave enough to paddle... guess who?! Even Rubbish Running Dog was strangely reluctant to get her paws wet... it wasn't even that cold! Well, ok, yes it was, and my toes were VERY pink afterwards!

I am thinking of joining a triathlon club (hmm, Newport or Cardiff), but wondering if I really have the time, I'm planning to get the bike out eventually now that the snow has gone, and I am swimming at least half a mile every day.

And Guy and I have decided that this is the year we are going to Have More Fun and Do New Things. Go-Karting probably, bungee-jumping definitely not.

Any ideas?!