Turbo Dad

Last weekend before we head to Oz and Chris got the whole family involved in his last minute training......

My Little Darlings

HELLRUNNER

Along with 2500 other runners, I competed in the Hellrunner race last Sunday at Longmoor Army Training Camp in Hampshire. The weather has been pretty dry recently so I think the course was probably alot more managable than it could have been. It was however still 10-12 miles (they won't tell you long far you have to run, part of the charm of the race or something) of trail running with lots of steep sandy slopes, muddy banks, huge muddy puddles, the odd rock, The Bog of Doom, the ravine bog and an extra bog for luck. Wading through freezing cold stinking black sludge past your waist, lovely! Paul and I ran as a team, which really just meant he had to keep waiting for me every now and again to catch up.....he did beat me across the line by 1 second...but to be fair I think his victory was somewhat unintentional. (Paul 1.55.47, Chantal 1.55.48)



Meanwhile Chris spent the weekend doing hardcore Ironman training, an 88 mile bike followed by an hour's run on Saturday and a 1 hour bike followed by a 3 hour 10 minute run on Sunday. Quite sensibly, he had refused to take part in Hellrunner due to the high injury risk, and judging by the state of some of the competitors in the first aid area, this was a wise decision.

That's the final race for me in 2007 and Chris is now only 3 weeks away from his Ironman in Western Australia....

Kofi Doing Fine

Kofi has been really brave about his broken collar bone and adapted to life with one arm amazingly well.... as you can see! Meanwhile Indie and Chris made their customary Halloween pumpkins.....This Halloween also marked 16 years since the day Chris and I got together. Oh my god, how did that happen? (It being 16 years, not getting together!)

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Pool's gone and Kofi breaks his collar bone...

Kofi managed to fracture his left collar bone yesterday morning by falling off the sofa (onto carpet?!). He has his arm in a sling now for between 4-6 weeks. He's been pretty brave about it all but was a bit frightened by the x-ray machine at the hospital. Some good news is that the last remnants of the pool disappeared yesterday when the final landscaping in that area was done. The garden seems HUGE now. (That's our posh new bath in the wooden crate on the patio!)

Seeing Sue & Fru in Edinburgh

Had last weekend away in sunny Edinburgh catching up with Sue and Francis before their baby arrives in a few weeks time. Sue looks absolutely gorgeous although she adamantly refused to believe me! Their new flat is being completely gutted but you can still tell it is going to be an amazing place to live, right in the heart of Edinburgh. Indie and I are planning a girl's trip in February to meet baby Daunt....

India is 6!

Indie had a girl's day out in London just before her birthday, meeting up with my mum and sister Sasha. She had a trip to Hamleys where she got to build a bear (well rabbit actually) and choose some other presents and then lunch at Rainforest cafe. We walked everywhere with me trying to point out exciting sights and places, and ended up in Covent Garden watching the street entertainers before then getting the train from Charing Cross back to Kent.

On her actual birthday, she had to go to school but in the afternoon we met with some of her friends at an indoor adventure play centre. They had a great time and the particularly gorgeous Bratz cake got eaten in a flash! Happy Birthday Indie!