tomorrow fate will get on my bus: training

Thursday, 20 February 2014

Half Marathon & Drinking Beer

Nine minute miles for nine miles. BOOM.

I'm excited for the half marathon now, until recently I was really quite nervous. Training has not been easy what with the the hurricane force winds that have been battering the uk recently. Sometimes the wind is so strong that I'm running but not actually making any progress, like a cartoon running in midair before realising and crashing to the ground. I don't crash to the ground though, obviously. I just make no progress and feel frustrated and unfit.

I'm going to a German beer festival (in Germany. Unsurprisingly.) with a group of friends next week; a solid week of drinking is ideal training I feel. So I'm doing what is in effect my last week of training before I bunk off to Germany and try to find a love of beer (I'm more a cocktail or g&t kinda gal, not that I've mentioned my active dislike of beer to anyone yet...) and then I have about six days to recover AND THEN thirteen miles beckons.

A friend who went on the same trip last year informed me that he was hungover for over a week. 'You're going to struggle,' he helpfully said in regards to the half marathon 'you're going to suffer'.

Boys are always such drama queens. I'm never as hungover as they are, purely because they are always so over dramatic about their suffering. I'll be totally fine.

If you want to sponsor me for my second half marathon or want to know more here's the link:
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=RosalineWilliamsbeatinged

Off for a run, have a happy Thursday!!

Tuesday, 30 July 2013

Bristol Half Marathon Training.

All summer I've been training for the Bristol Half Marathon, which takes place on September 15th.

I'm raising money for a fabulous charity called Beat, which helps people and their families who are affected by eating disorders. The money I hope to raise will therefore go towards enabling Beat to run vital support services to help people beat their eating disorders. This charity means a lot to me and I would be sooooo grateful if people could get involved in the smallest way possible (to make all those early morning runs worthwhile!).

Please check out my fundraising page for more info:

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/RosalineWilliamsbeatinged

About Me

I dream of marrying an Italian, like drinking tea when
it's raining, wearing cat eye sunglasses and baking cakes. I'm currently studying Philosophy and English at Bristol Uni. I spend my spare time drinking cocktails, riding a brilliant blue bike, trying to enthuse an old dog to go for walks, sometimes attempting to write and wearing numerous fabulous coats. Occasionally there are essays to write and books to be read and exams to revise for. I want to travel the world.

If you like, you can follow me on Twitter.
I'm not funny or interesting. I mainly talk about my dog. But you could follow me anyway.

You could also follow me on Instagram.
Again, not overly interesting, and my dog does feature heavily here as well (in fact, my sister once described my instagram as Muffin's fan page) but ya know, have a gander.

Ooh while you're at it, I've already mentioned that I like baking. Me and my adorable friend Ellie share our attempts at baking here. She is much better at baking than I am and it is often quite embarassing.