Is it all down hill from here????

This week I learn't a valuable lesson - don't drink and run!!!

My abstinence from Alcohol this week was executed as badly as my diet; spending saturday night having a fabulous time with my lovley friends - drinking a lot of Vodka - and finishing it off with a McDonalds to deal with the hangover on Sunday morning. Neither of these acts of rebellion did anything to help me complete the 14 mile run required of me this week!

I finally managed 14 miles but in two gruelling sections; 3.8 miles outside that could only be described as crawling round the bypass then a quick decamp over to Rowde to finish the run on the Treadmill at my Mothers house - not the crawling that was happening on the bypass; but still absolutely horrendous. Every step was agony - possibly due to spending the night before dancing away in six inch heels - and you could have got drunk from drinking my sweat; although with an undertone of fags and satuarted fat my sweat needs a health warning!! This is possibly not the best way to prepare for a 14 mile run:

The weeks running in general hasn't been entirely dreadful I did manage 2 x 3 mile runs and a 7 mile stint mid week; then it all went down hill as we hit the weekend. I had known I may fall off the wagon; I do however now intend to stay strapped fast to the wagon until I have completed the marathon! End of excuses, no being pushed off said wagon by my lovely friends. At all times note to self 'STAY ON THE WAGON' oh and another note 'STOP EATING CRAP!
The problem is I'm easiley lead; always have been. In shops I'm a sucker for good visual merchandising - can be lead into taking three or four items I don't need into the changing room and then two items I don't need to the till. A few drinks with friends can easily turn into a litre of vodka and 5 hours of dancing to eighties cheese! Lets hope I'm easily lead on race day by all the other runners to the finish line; but something tells me it won't be that easy!!
So I'm at the half way point; I've done 14 miles and its down hill from here so to speak. Well that's probably uphill seeing as the runs only get longer from here on. 16 miles this weekend and I'm considering getting that in before the weekend so I don't end up squeezing it in late afternoon early evening on Sunday!!
So the stats this week are not that impressive but I'll let you know them as it will hopefully make next weeks results seem positively glowing!!!
Running: 27 miles in total over 4 runs; all hard; all horrid. Although I will say Moss Puppy has got better at running at my pace. He does still sneak it up a notch or two when you stop concentrating. A shame the 14 miles had to be spilt but still 14 miles in one day, so time and miles on my poor feet completed all the same!
Weight: Still fat!! But after eating MacDonalds for breakfast I can't really complain; I did also eat chocoalte for tea the night before and stopped at Mr Cod's on the way home in the wee hours of Sunday morning, so as I said I can't expect miracles. Until they invent a willpower pill I think I'm doomed to fail. If all this excercise dosen't do it what will!!
Alcohol: Another reason the weight loss is not my strongest point. I don't want to know how many units are in a bottle of Vodka let alone how many calories - although it is one of the lowest calorie drinks you can drink. Still as I said earlier - back on the wagon firmly strapped in!!
So this week I'll be doing more running as will some of my good friends who are bravely running the bath half marathon - too hilly for me! - So good luck to Gillian; Lydia; Michelle. I know you will all be wonderful and I'm looking forward to cheEring you over the finish line.