Another quick news update

Still snowed under. Will come up for air in the 6-week summer holiday!

News:

My friend Dan and his girlfriend have had twins - cue more broodiness from me!

My friend Deb is also expecting - congrats Deb and Leor - so excited for you both and for the wedding!

My friend Sarah is also expecting - more congrats! Gosh, there must be something in the air, or maybe in the water...

Running: been running regularly but no speed training sessions, just regular 5-8 mile runs. Yesterday was the first of two home matches for my running club in the Southern Women's League at Mile End, so I took a couple of hours off in the afternoon to go run the 3000m and 1500m, and was pleasantly surprised to get PBs in both events: 5:50 for the 1500m and 12:20 for the 3000m. I know I can run faster than that: at the Physical Shield I ran about 3000m up a steep hill and back down again twice and managed 11:26, and in the club 1M champs road race I ran 6:03. But for some reason, similar times for similar distances on the track seem to evade me. Maybe it's the monotony of going round and round the track. Or maybe it's because I'm always saving a bit back because I know I have another race to do, or am tired because I've already raced once. Still, though, in my current situation, two PBs on the day were a nice bonus!

OK that's all for now. Have a great bank holiday weekend next weekend. I'm going to try to make it over to my mum and dad's new home in Ealand. They've left the family home and also the village I grew up in. It will be strange going to visit them in a village I barely know, compared to the village I spent the first 18 years of my life in. The the move is right for them, so I'm excited for them, no matter how strange it might feel to me...