T -1 (the day of reckoning)

Good luck to you all tomorrow - and have a good New Years Eve

No photo

Not that I am vain, but how do you get your photo to appear on other blog sites you are following as a 'Follower' with Blogger / Blogspot?

I have uploaded it into my Blogger profile (and into Google Friends connect) but no luck.

Help?

T -2 (what to do)

OK - getting a little nervous now!

Here is the first conundurum - should I start on a treadmill or road-run?

I haven't run in anger for a few years now so want to make sure I don't have such a bad ordeal that I abandon Janathon (or worse get injured).

Here are my pro's and con's of both options and I would welcome feedback from fellow bloggers.

Treadmill pro's:

The gym is warm
I can control my pace better
I can watch sport on TV whilst running (great motivation)

Treadmill con's:

I know its not the same as 'real' running
My gym plays awful music
Since a weird loss in confidence I seem to struggle running on a treadmill

Road running pro's:

I am out and about in the real world
It's the real mcoy
Southsea has a lovely seaside promenade to run on

Road running con's:

It's cold and dark when I shall be running
Danger of ice (unlikely in the Southsea tropical micro-climate!)
Measuring distance travelled is less accurate

Adding to all of the above, I have just handed in my one-months notice to cancel my gym membership and I guess I should make the most of it for January and hit the roads in February when they are my ONLY option.

Comments?

T - 3 days (and counting)

OK - lets get my excuses in early.

On 1st January I am going to be in London most of the day watching my daughter in the Lord Mayors New Years Day parade, so won't be back in Portsmouth until late.

Add to that the likely lateness to bed the night before and associated revelries and - well what I am saying is don't expect a good distance or time from me on that day!

However, as a positive, if I can run on 1st Jan I should be able to run any day!

Wish me luck.

What have I done???? (No fool like an old fool!)

OK. So its that time of year again where you start thinking about your New Years resoltions!

However I don't usually take them seriously.

But this year I am sooooooo cheesed off with being fat and unfit that I have signed up to the Janathon!

This is a competition where you have to run every day and blog every day (and usually I do neither).

Not sure about the blogging - however I can see that if I fail in my attempts at running the shame of admitting it in a blog might make me rethink (thats the theory).

Now, how do I prepare for January????