April's Update

Well, a lot has happened over the last four months and I can't believe it's been that long since I updated the blog. So thought I'd better get back into it, though sometimes there's not much to write about. So here's a quick summary...

I qualified as a Personal Trainer beginning of December. I now work for a franchise called "Step into Life" working at four different venues - Mordi, Chelsea, Brighton and Oakleigh. We do outdoor personal training (no gym for me!) and I either work as an assistant trainer (if classes are big) or take them on my own. I now get up at 4.30/4.45 am to do a 6am session and have 2 sessions every evening.

Mum and Dad came out for Christmas, lovely having them with us.

Jack passed his driving test and bought himself a car!

The Boys had 7 weeks Summer holiday! The weather was fab and they made good use of the fact that we only live 5 minutes walk from the beach, visiting it every day.

Jack started Deakin Uni and is studying Sports Management.

February I did my second Olympic Distance Triathlon, this time in Geelong. Knocked 20 minutes off last years time, most of that in the swim, so was very pleased.

April - had a flying visit home (5 days on UK soil) for my Nephew's wedding and to celebrate Mum's 80th Birthday.

Goals for 2013:- July - doing the Gold Coast Marathon (my first). Training is underway but hard going, 27km being my furthest distance so far. Still have 12 weeks to go though. Sam and Will are coming with me to this and we are having a few days holiday afterwards and visiting the theme parks.

August:- Sydney City to Surf, a 15km run from Sydney city centre to Bondi Beach, including a run up Heartbreak Hill (don't like the sound of that!)

September:- Tough Mudder - a new and very popular 20km assault course at Phillip Island, Melbourne, running through lots of mud, jumping in ice-cold water, getting electrocuted - yes, sounds fun! Check it out on Google!

November:- Shepperton Half Ironman - yes! We're going back for more!

But my BIG goal for 2014 - 10 of us have just managed to secure a place in the Melbourne Ironman on March 23rd next year. OMG! What have we done? This involves a 2.5 mile swim in the sea, a 112 mile bike ride along the Eastlink (motorway) and a marathon (26 miles). Hoping to do that in 14-15 hours, but will just be happy to finish to be honest within the 17 hour cut-off. I was a volunteer at this years event and it is totally inspiring, can't wait to do it myself :)

So, that's the latest updates and fotos on Flickr (just to the right there).