The lining around my appendix has been silver..

Only a week after starting up my lil'ol blog again, I have experienced a little snag in the running, and thus writing, works...  The snag being a silly little organ called an appendix - which has no use to us now but which my google-loving husband tells me was once used to help us digest tree bark we ate many many millennia ago. It reared its tiny head and decided to get a bit agitated! Long story short, it had to come out!  So, one appedisectomy later, I am now a little immobile and unable to run for approximately three whole weeks, yikes!

This weeks blog was going to be about how deeply grateful I am that I love to run - I might not be good at it, or fast at it, or graceful at it AT ALL but man I do enjoy it!  Take for example last week, before the weekend appendix episode, I did a couple of late afternoon runs. I remember smelling the Jasmine that's blooming which means spring is around the corner, I said hello to people in their gardens and out walking which means the winter hibernation is nearly over, and I felt the sun against my skin because my arms and legs weren't hidden under layers of winter clothes... This is what running means to me, its about getting out into the fresh air and using all the senses at one time. And now that I have been told I cannot do that for three weeks, I am even more grateful because I know how much I am going to miss it - it's been the silver lining around my eina operation!

Its all coming out a bit mushy and sickeningly Hollywood like - I'll blame the Stilpane tablets for that...  But seriously I think some other runners might agree with me yes?  Anyway,  watch this space in a few weeks time, because I'll have to start from scratch again fitness wise and I might need all of your support to do it.. And it might not be all jasmine and spring-time then when I'm just trying to make it round the block hey!

Hi, I'm Imogen and it's been three years since my last Blog...

With blushing cheeks and tail between legs, I sheepishly am starting up my beloved blog once again.. A lot has happened since we last saw each other  - I married the kindest, most amazing man I could ever have imagined and thankfully he is an exercise-fan.  Life is generally excellent with many ups and downs just to keep it interesting.

Running has remained a constant albeit frustrating friend throughout the last three years..  Kind of like that running buddy who doesn't stop talking the whole run, they friggin irritate the life out of you but you love them so much that you make a plan to go for a jog with them the next day! I seriously injured my hip this time last year but through rest and a lot of frustratingly poor advice and then some fantastically great help, I am now finally back to running 4 times a week with no pain!  Goal set for 2015 - my first half marathon!

So here goes the blog again... I hope to make it a blog that will make you laugh, think, cry and maybe want to be like me and try and find some balance, meditation, and answer to some of my worries by simply putting one foot in front of the other..

Toodles,
Imogen