Pop!

....is the sound of both my calf and its grade 2+ (?) strain = 3-4 weeks no running/minimal walking/cycling donotaggravateit!! = no half marathon in July. Lesson learned: don't let optimism lead you to make non-cancellable hotel bookings bugger bugger bugger way to rub it in. It is also the sound of my happy little bubble of progress toward my Big Scary Goals. Bugger bugger bugger. Mood: discouraged but determined. I've taken down my marathon medals from the bedroom wall and given all my old 'one day I'll get into them again' clothes to the Red Cross. If I drop some lard I'll get new ones.
This is my life now and that's how it is.

(picture not to scale :P)

All core and glutes and upper body, all the time. I may even go swimming one of these days. I haven't pulled out of the Melbourne half yet, because I can get a refund until the end of August. I can't cancel that hotel either. Bloody optimism!
Of course, it's not all bad!

Gratuitous topless red hot spunks - blessings: counted!
More anon, gym bunnies!

Be where you are

I've realised I'm in the 'really crap at it = sucky and discouraging ' part of returning to actual really real running i.e. longer than a minute at a time. Alas, this is an unavoidable part of getting to 'looking forward to doing/enjoying it because I'm quite good at it now'. Currently sucking up: 2.5km will cause a calf niggle which will take a week to settle. Solution: run 3min/walk 3min. That's more than I was doing anyway. Be where you are!
Also: turn my back on my glutes for a second and they skive off. Slack bastards. We are arguing about single leg bridges at the mo'. I'm winning.
Currently not sucking up: as much wine as I used to! I reckon I've dropped it by almost half the last two weeks! Go me! If some lard shifts as a result of this, that should help with my calf too.
Also:

I said I would do three sets of ten by the end of May, and I DID.
What awesomeness are you up to?
More anon, hoppers! (I can do that too now yay!)