Fishing on the River Dive, Moncontour, France
Tuesday: I struggled a bit to begin with and my husband was running with me but he has so much more energy and just looks as if he can go so much faster which actually puts me off….so I sent him and the dog off and just plodded along on my own merry way……and the run that I thought was only 3k is actually 2.86 miles (work that one out if you can?!) and managed 32 minutes so I need to keep that as a goal and keep trying to improve so if I ever find myself at the start of a race line again, hopefully the sense of “an event” will see me beating my PB.
How do I know how far I have gone? I have a thing on my phone that tracks it all for me, gives me a map of where I’ve been, how fast and how many calories burned. The first time I used it I was amazed, I had gone 9.6 miles in 40 minutes and burnt 1689 calories…hmmm….I don’t suppose it counts if I forget to stop it and drive off with it still tracking my moves?!!
Wednesday: I set off first thinking this would be a good idea. Firstly, Ludo always takes forever getting ready and I just get more and more fidgety waiting and secondly, so that I wouldn’t feel like I was holding him back – brilliant? Not. I kept looking behind me to see if he was catching me up and almost using it as an excuse to slow down but worse than that, it is a fairly rural part of France we are in so the paths are fairly untrodden, especially at 8.30am…..this means that the narrow paths through the woods were strewn with spider webs just waiting for me to run into them (and leave the path behind me clear for the next person!)…..I had one strand that I couldn’t not get off me so everything had a slight rainbow / sparkle to it which would have been fun had I not been so worried about the whereabouts of the spider whose home I’d just wrecked! I made it home unscathed and alone – Ludo had overtaken me before I’d even got half way!
Thursday: I was still unsure if the “Chasse” or the hunt was still happening and having nearly got myself and the dog shot last September, I now know full well not to go walking on Thursday’s and Sunday’s so until I found out from the locals if it was still the season, Davina it was. She made it all the way over to France with me and then I go and have another issue with the DVD remote control but not just the batteries….no remote at all! So a day off for me…but I had had good intentions! Later on I find out the Chasse is over and fishing is here.
Friday was also a day off and Saturday was an OK jog, just the same loop as always and no spiders or other animals jumping out at me so fairly uneventful I am sorry to report.
Sunday and last day of holiday, we explored a bit further afield from our village and walked for almost 6 miles through the yellow rape fields that lead into tumbling down French villages with very little life about them except for the barks of the dogs and cockerels cockerelling and the occasional French word drifting past on the breeze – all in all a very relaxing week.
Next week I feel I have to make up for the week just gone but it will be a mixed bag again with travelling and then preparing for a new job and getting used to a totally new commute / routine with the dog as she can no longer come into the office with me….but I am sure I will manage to keep moving and will let you know how it’s going later in the week!
Posted 15th April
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