Priming the Pumps

I've just signed up for JanathonJuneathon, in what is possibly a moment of madness. This will be my third attempt (injuries thwarted my previous efforts) and I've decided already that it won't be a run every day but WILL involve some form of exercise every day.

As time is of the essence, particularly when trying to fit in exercise on top of blogging and logging I'm hoping not to waste time trying to figure the ins and outs of various programmes with tweeting, facebooking, blogging, and blinking logging.

I could quite easily wile away the hours trying to improve all my settings and pics. without having a clue about what I am doing and besides, I would rather be spending the time out there having some exercise, squeezing as much time outside during the summer months as possible.

The activity has been ongoing with ups and downs and bursts of energy followed by illnesses and all the usual things that turn up called life but I just haven't had a mind to blog about it.

Last saturday though, I woke up at 4.00 am and thought, "Shall I go outside and get some exercise?" this has been a recurring thought at these times with the beautiful warm and light early mornings we've been having. Hearing the birds singing and trilling happily has made me want to get up and be a part of it all but I normally have the thought, turn over and eventually go back to sleep. The morning in question, however, I actually got up at 5.00 am and went for a jog/walk at a leisurely pace with the dog.

Dog's are amazing aren't they? No questions, just, Oh good!  You're going outside are you? I'll come with you then! It ended up as a 10k route and I came back for coffee and croissants. Very nice. I did feel tired though and fell asleep at 11.00 am for about an hour or so.

I think I need to think of this as a "dogathon"  in order to succeed.