How cool :-D

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The boy rocks!

No sit-ups today, but a cheeky little run 4 miles. Tomorrow I'll be doing a five! My ankle seems to be behaving itself. Got to put in some miles to get the numbers up - I hate injuries :-/

See ya.

Today's miles = 4 / Feb miles = 63 | Today's sit/push = 68/ Feb total = 863

Meow

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Photo from the little person :-D Her favorite exhibition at the "British Museum".

Well work was work - managed a run (the weather is lovely at the moment), also did my running and situps yesterday but didn't have time to post. Got to dash...See ya!

Today's miles = 4+5 / Feb miles = 46 | Today's sit/push = 64/ Feb total = 597

Handy

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;-)

Just got back in from a cheeky 4 miler - hard work, had a mad run to London as well (8 hours travel as well as working).

Mrs JB has done amazing at WW - she has now lost 15lb - 1 stone 1lb in her first month! another 9 lb to goal.

Off for a red wine now - see ya.

Today's miles = 4 / Feb miles = 19 | Today's sit/push = 60/ Feb total = 347

Cheeky!

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LOL - that's what I was doing as the small person giggled as she took this photo in the British Museum last weekend :-D Proud Dad moment or what. He he. More pictures coming from the history that Britain stole soon.

The weather has dropped off again - snow and rain. Half way around my run today to drinkers thought it would be a good idea to clear some more room for some extra super brew and stood puking all over the footpath - nice! Yesterday the same foot path was shut due to a bomb scare in the court house - man, I run some lovely tracks ;-)

Still no internet at home :-/ fingers crossed for tomorrow. Has anyone else been cut off from the web? it's bad. I can't get over how much I rely on it. Sorry to everyone for not commenting, I promise to get back on it as soon as I get the new router.

Today's miles = 4 / Feb miles = 4 | Today's sit/push = 55 / Feb total = 55

Work and a run.

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Rain - work - run - work - rain - drive - situps/pushups.

Today's miles = 4 / Jan miles = 67
Today's Sit Ups = 39 / Jan Sit Ups = 480
Today's Sit Ups = 39 / Jan Push Ups = 480

PS - Mrs JB went to weight watchers again tonight. Another 4lbs off. Keep it going.

Cheeky Devil

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Well the weather is still hanging out there :-/

Got a cheeky run 4 mile run in and did the sit-up challenge out of the way.

Finally got around to painting my little sculpt toy :-) loving him!

I also entered a cheeky comp online for the "New Yorker" have a little look at my doodle over here.

Today's miles = 4 / Jan miles = 52
Today's Sit Ups = 36 / Jan Sit Ups = 366
Today's Sit Ups = 36 / Jan Push Ups = 366

Sssh.

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The little slap head is sleeping ;-)

Mrs JogBlog (Mrs Jogger Blogger I mean) is a happy bunny tonight, It's a week since she started her weight watchers plan and her second meeting and weigh in. A whopping 8lb has fallen off. Cool. I say it's all down to my zero point soups :-D I've got a new one that is lush (i'll post the recipe tomorrow) - but we have been eating really well, just making sure it's all counted. Not sure what I have lost as I don't weigh myself, when I went from 18.5 stone to 13.5 last time, I became obsessive about weighing myself - so now I just go by how my clothes fit.

Anyway enough about weight watching. On the jogging front I managed a cheeky 4 miles - windy again :-/

Today's miles = 4 / Jan miles = 35
Today's Sit Ups = 32 / Jan Sit Ups = 228
Today's Sit Ups = 32 / Jan Push Ups = 228

Watch out...

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Or I'll unleash my Bald Munky on you ;-)

Jinx was sat in the sun talking away, so I took a few cheeky snaps of the lad - this one made him look mega evil. Love it.

Went for a wet run today - only 4 miles :-/

Today's miles = 4 / Jan miles = 26
Today's Sit Ups = 30 / Jan Sit Ups = 165
Today's Sit Ups = 30 / Jan Push Ups = 165

Sorry

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Hi all - sorry for not posting for a while... I tried last night but my internet has broken at home :-/ not sure when it will be fixed.

Today (Thursday) managed to get out for 4 miles. The weather is very cold at the moment - your ears really hurt when you get back in the warm.

Yesterdays post:
I managed to get out for a late 4 miles in the cold air. My knee still hates me; I’m convinced that it’s my trainers so need to get ‘em updated (they wear out too quick).

November mileage = 76.5 miles

Well then I got tagged by young Miss JogBlog. I’m afraid I’ve not photos to post looking like a goth, even though I love the music. Also I don’t know 5 bloggers to tag as she has managed to tag them all first.

Here go the 5 fun facts about me:

1 – I’m training to tattoo at the moment, so if anyone wants some ink let me know.

2 – I was a vegetarian/vegan for 5+ years.

3 – My favorite Star Wars character is Chewbacca the Wookie.

4 – I can hold my breath for 2 minutes 11 seconds.

5 – Up until last year the only computers I have ever owned were Macs (apart from my Vic20).

Well that's it for me today folks. Normal service will resume asap - trip reports need doing :-/

It's Saturday :-D

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Sorry for not posting over the last few days - it's been a busy week. But the weekends finally here so we can chill out a bit. Running wise since my last post I have done 4 miles+1 mile+13 miles. The 13 was this mornings effort. It's really damp and cold at the moment up here so my chest was loving it. The route for my run is a nice mix of countryside and woodlands but the downside to it is the hills, lots of 'em. But I have decided that I'd rather run up a long hill than run down a steep one... must be getting old it kills my knees.

Hopefully we will take delivery of Pirates 3 today :-D we pre-ordered it and I received an email telling me it was posted 2 days ago.

So far Novembers run totals add up to 56 miles. I need to put a long run each weekend now to try and get them back up.

Trip report day 8
Friday already :-( but today was the day we had arranged to meet Rae and her gang. I got up early and went for a quick 2 miles (I was starting to wish I hadn't signed up for the 13k). Time for a quick shower and out to Animal Kingdom to meet up outside Dinosaur.

We spotted them easily as they all had matching shirts (well the boys and girls did). It was really nice to finally meet up and we all got on well straight off the bat. The small people are now all best of friends. E is a scream - very funny! They all had fast passes for Everest so we headed over with them. I thought that we might just wait for them to ride it and meet up after. But Rae pointed out the single rider line was nearly empty so we headed off for that. The small person is cool - she rode Everest on her own (Mrs Jogger went first so someone would be waiting for her the other end). The ride is cool :-) I don't think the Yeti was working when we went in as it was just the strobe lighting - he didn't swing around for a grab.

Then we all went to watch the Lion King show (we got lost, but I blame E) - this show is really cool and a must see if you haven't already. Then we made our way to watch the Jungle Jamming parade.

After the parade we had to make our way to downtown Disney for a package pick-up for the race. We all caught the bus over to 'Pop' where they were staying. Rae and E gave me a surprise gift - the picture above is of it. SWEET! E had made me a custom hot wheels of my fav car - Cheers chaps.

We all jumped into E's sisters minivanbusthing (She is another nutter) and headed off. Package pickup was easy and then we said goodbye to everyone and arranged to meet up the next night for the run.

Before catching the bus home the girls had a cheeky ice cream sundae each in one of the shops. Back at the hotel we had a swim. Gotta love staying in a hotel with a pool.

Welcome one and all...

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To Monty :-) this little chap is going to be the Jinx's little kid brother :-D he is very cute. Jinx already knows him as he stayed with our friends (whom we adopted Jinx from) when we visited Florida and this little dude was 2 weeks old then. He is now 5 weeks, so that means in the new year we will have another four feet running around the house.

Work was work, so glad it's the weekend. The small person is fighting off a cold (she is the last one to be hit by it) so I imagine we won't be up to too much over the next 2 days.

JogBlog has asked me to upload some Garmin Map google things so I will try and do that... it will be funny to see the route I jogged around.

Rae is having a rough day so drop on by and say hi :-D.

Well it's late again so I'll try and do my next trip report tomorrow. Hope you all have a great weekend and get some miles in.

Ps Susan - he has got a sweater :-)

Hi :-D

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Sleep wasn't happening last night :-/

Work was hard - busy and my head wanted to pop. Managed a cheeky 4 miles.

Day 3 trip report
Another sneaky early start - I got up and headed out the door for a 6.00am run. This time it was a hot 4.1 miles. I really enjoyed these runs as I zig-zagged around the parking lots of all the 3 All Stars Hotels checking out all the cool American cars (for some reason they don't look that big over in the USA... but a Mustang looks huge on the UK streets).

Once home and washed we made our way to Animal Kingdom for rope drop. We had a morning wake up ride on Dinosaur and then went and caught the first showing of the finding Nemo musical. It was brilliant :-D I really recommend it to anyone who is thinking of going. Then we slide back in time on Dinosaur again went on the spinning roller coaster and the flying dinosaurs. We decided that we would head off at lunchtime to Epcot. So we jumped on the bus and was there in 10 minutes. We walked all the way around to the American adventure and had lunch there. Then went to Mission Space and meet up with a cast member we had made friends with last trip (the small person loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees her). We played mission space race 3 times then head back to the hotel for a dip in the pool.

Time for bed...

November total mileage = 16.5 miles

Back to work day 2 - Trip report day 2

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Day 2 back at work
Hard! busy and my throat is loving me (my neck seems to have turned into a plank of wood). Managed to get out for a late lunchtime 4 miles. Running with a cold isn't much fun, but it's got to be done, I've got Rae to try and beat this month in the mileage front.

Day 2 trip report:
Saturday was an early start. I sneaked out of the room at 5.00am with my garmin to do a pre-park run. It was already very hot and humid. I snaked around Disney all stars Movies, Music and Sports then up to a huge Mc Donald’s and back down again, by the time I finished the Garmin flashed 4.1 miles... It was hard work! running in the heat and humidity is difficult.

Had a shower and a few drinks then we headed to Magic kingdom for rope drop. As we walked to the entrance the heavens opened up and fell on our heads. Not put off by the pre-show we headed off for a first ride on the newly opened Haunted Mansion - It was brilliant. The rest of the morning was spent riding the following: Peter Pan, Small World, Escape Stitch, Tomorrow Land Transport Authority, Astro Orbiters, Buzz Light-years Space Ranger Spin, Mickey's Philharmagic... then we went to MGM again.

We had dinner reservations for Hollywood and Vine, but went to the animation academy before. The Dinner was lush :-) very good service and the food was yummy. After we wobbled away from the restaurant we managed a tour on the great movie ride and then headed off to watch Fantasmic. That show is cool - it's the first time we had seen it, and we all loved it. After the show we caught the bus home and managed a dip in the pool before bed.

I thought holidays were meant to be relaxing...

November total mileage = 10.5 miles

Day 1 back to work - Day 1 trip report

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Back to work today :-/ man was that a breaker. Everyone is ill at home ans at work, colds and throats... mine is burning at the moment. I was the only one to venture out for a lunchtime jaunt, managed 4 miles before I gave up and went for a shower.

But enough about the boring stuff - lets talk holidays. This trip was the first time we had stayed on Disney property in the USA and it won't be the last - it was ace. We stayed at the All Stars Movies, which is a budget hotel but has 2 pools an arcade, cinema, food court and shopping area as well as these huge figures everywhere from famous Disney movies. The small person loved it to the max. When we arrived Thursday evening we had been travelling for hours so all went to bed straight away. But at 4.30am the funsized wanted to go and explore (that's when the above pictures were taken). When we got back to the room the magic suitcase unpacking fairy had been hard a work and had put everything in drawers and cupboards etc.

We all caught the bus to Epcot in time for rope drop and headed straight for test track and rode it twice. Next we did mission space and also played the game. We decided to head over to MGM studios for the rest of the day and squeezed in TOT twice, Journey to Narnia, Muppet vision, Star Wars Jedi academy, The great movie ride and the animation tour and 2 drawing classes. Feeling a bit tired out we back to the room and changed for a swim and grabbed something to eat - then bed...all this on day one (it was going to be a long holiday)

Novembers running total = 6.5 miles

Lunchtime runner

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Man my chest is killing me - running this lunchtime felt that I was chewing on a rasp all the way around, my throat is killing me.

Another day nearer the holiday, SWEET!

I remembered to put the right trainers on today, and joy of joys no foot pain.

Can you all keep a secret? Jinx ma be getting a little friend in December to keep him company :-D Will fill you in asap with more details.

October total = 50miles

Crazy Cat

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Jinx update – he is a crazy, crazy cat. The eye seems to have settled down :-D I can't believe that he allows you to rub cream into it without fighting you.

We need to trim his claws the other night and also clean his ears – again he was very well behaved and allowed us to do it no worries.

Glad that everyone had a good time at Epcot - and thanks for the e-card (would you like me to post it over on flickr?)

Running today was a cheeky little 4 miles with Preston.

October total = 10 miles

Ssshh...

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:-D don't tell Mrs JB I sneaked my running kit to work and went out for a cheeky 4 miles (still down on the mileage, got to get more in before the end of the month). My foot seems to have enjoyed the rest, and fingers crossed all seems good in the left foot department.

The above photo is from my favourite part of the Epcot world showcase - Japan. It's such a great part of the park, and really make you want to visit Japan for real (one day). I wished that I was visiting Epcot on October 1 to meet up with all the Disney fans going over for its anniversary, sounds like it’s going to be fun.

September Mileage Total = 95.7

Tired out

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Run, drive, train, tube, work, cab, change, cab, awards, cab, sleep, run, change, work, tube, train, drive - home.

1 Sleep to go :-D

Tired out, and my left foot hurts still ;-/

September Mileage Total = 91.7

Aint no stopping us now...

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Well there was some 'stopping us' but after some gentle persuasion I managed to convince my legs that it was a good idea to head out for 4 miles. I've got to keep the running up, as I'm in London again for 2 days this week :-/ On Wednesday evening I'm off to an awards bash for a campaign that I have been involved with :-) should be cool, and even better it's not a black tie affair.

Countdown is = 4 sleeps for Jinx and 30 days for Florida.

September Mileage Total = 80.7

Running Bling

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Race Report
First up - sorry to JogBlog that you didn't make it up north for this years Robinhood :-( and hope that you leg is getting better.

The race was fun, real fun :-D We got in to Nottingham early and walked the 2 miles from the car park - Preston seemed amazed at the amount of times I need to visit the portaloos (advice don't drink 2 pints of water before a race). But we soon found ourselves on the starting line with the other sub 1.30 runners - much to there delight when the racing gun went bang.

Then it was off at 10.05am, the weather was just right and they had re-routed the course from last year to take most of the hills in the first 5 miles - bonus!

We ran at Prestons pace, so that we could get the boy wonder around without stopping. And we did. The run must be my fav to date, everyone had lined the streets to shout us on and the weather had even arranged to blow the wind in the right direction up each hill.

The only downside to the race was when we thought it would be funny to jump on all the half drunken lucozade pouches to see who could get each other wettest (like 10 year olds I know) but I got shouted out for soaking a fellow runner (sorry) hehe!

We picked up some speed on the last 3 miles as people stopped to walk and managed to finish in 2.20 - a fantastic result for Preston given the furthest he has ever run was last weeks 6 miler.

We picked up the medal and goodies and head back for the 2 mile trek to the car.

All in all a great run :-)

September Mileage Total = 76.7