Gijima1

2011
I like stories, mountains, trees, types of sand and mud, rocks, grass, butterflies, dragonflies, bees, words, unicorns, giraffes, springboks, crayons, paint, songs, poems, adventures and stuff.
So that fits in quite well with running doesn’t it.

My exciting things for 2011, at the moment, in January are: my first 100 miler – which is going to be Houseman 100, and that’s because I think it will be full of freedom, it’s a mixture of walking and running and poems and most probably some people will wear wellington boots and tweed jackets and smoke pipes and it will feel very English.. and its been designed with love and care.

Then I am also going to Italy to run in kilometres instead of miles, in the mountains, and eat salami and olive oil and chunks of bread.

And also just sort of like cruise around to different places to see and stuff, and not worry at all about fastness or anything like that, ok maybe distance, sort of, sometimes,

and finally, but not conclusively I’m doing something out of character, as one does – THE LONDON (just once mind!) but that is mostly because its for Starfish who help little people in my homeland and that’s quite important ..... and it is my local afterall is said and done!

and then sum.

and Gijima means RUN in Zulu

Now its 22 Jan 2013 and in less than 6 months I will have a real live little beetle child!

I am 17 and a half weeks now and running strong! Done one marathon since pregnant, and would love to do just one more.
Otherwise doing running to and from work a few days a week, and trying to fit in some nice little slowby last time races (nut not raced!) along the way. No more ultra’s for me for a while…but looking forward to introducing Beetle to a good pair of Asics and perhaps Nipper out and about Sport, one of these days!

Only bit of prego running gear I am looking at right now is a new pair of a bit bigger Asics, due to feet swelling, apparently an occupational hazard of the' condition'! We shall see how we go as we go along along along..