eBay!

I got up to day with a sole mission to list three items on eBay.

Can you guess how many I listed? Yes you guessed right none. By the time I had taken pictures, done some research on each item and decided which catergrey to list them in, the time was about three pm. I needed to pay some money into my account to pay for some spending I had done duing the day. So I started getting ready to go down the bank to pay the money in, otherwise I would have run the risk of being overdrawn. By the time I had founnd my car keys, got dressed to a suitable standard, gathered the required amount of money and was heading for the front door, the time was now close to about 4pm. Just as I was closing the front door, the phone began to ring I rushed back inside and it was a friend on the line calling me about a possible run later on tonight. We spoke for about ten minutes, before I realized that I had to go, to get to the bank before it shut, I said I had to go and bolted for the day. Unlocked the car jumped in, turned the key in the ignition barrel. Nothing happened, great I thought I really needed this right about now. Turned the key back to neutral and then tried to turn the key to get the engine to turn over, but again there was still no luck. So I got out rushed back inside changed keys, jumped in vehicle number two and this time it starts first time. I am now finally on my way to the bank. I am now hasterly travelling down the road (obviously still keeping to the laws of the road). I then find a parking space, get out lock the door and start rushing in the general direction of the bank. I turn the corner look up at the clock on top of the town hall and think to myself no problem the bank is now a stones throw away and I have roughly five minutes to spare. I slow down my pace a little now to a more refined gentlemanly walk. I enter the banks door way push on the door and. It doesn't move great somehow I have missed the bank. I checked my mobile and the time said that I had five minutes to go and then I checked the town hall clock again and it matched my mobile. I tried to push the door again, but still with no joy.

To basically cut along story short the bank had decided to close five minutes early for secretary reasons. Great.

I then traveled back home called CRY order some more sponsors sheet forms, plus a tagging gun and some more money boxes. I then checked the Just give website and found that we have had to more generous sponsors from some close friends (Which cheered me up a little). I then called Adam to speak about Sundays race, meeting times and to ask about his general week.

I then logged back on to eBay and started to write an about "Me" page. By the time I had done that and had published it and had some dinner, it was about time to do some running at the gym.

To keep with the hill training theme I set the treadmill on a hill type program and run for 30 minutes. I then did some interval training with two minutes high speed, three minutes low speed (recovery) I did this for a total of 15 minutes before doing some light streaching and then headed for a much deserved sauna.
I feel that treadmill training is good for two reasons. Firstly you can evaluate your general running speed condition and secondly unlike normal outdoors running treadmill running doesn't let you quit (slow down). When you get tired when you are running outside you seem to naturally just slow down with out realizing until your body recovers and allows you to start to speed up again. But with treadmill running you have to maintain the set speed or you are going to shoot off the back end.

After today's training I feel much more confident about Sunday race. Bye for now!