Number 678 Guest House - the blog continues

You have no doubt gathered from our various blogs that we both enjoy a bit of walking and cycling.  We tend to venture within an hour's radius of the guest house, and are continually surprised with the wonderful views and tasty ales along the way.  Our local walking has tended to be very much in support of a walk to our local so that we can have that "extra one" :)  Sometimes, on a good day, we'll walk over the top of the hills into Rawtenstall.  Again, a lovely walk with excellent views across the tops for miles. 

However, I have now started running!  We have many guests who get up in the morning and go for a run before breakfast: a tad over-zealous I used to think!  Nevertheless, they all seem to enjoy the local run.  Feeling that my fitness is in need of a prod, a friend suggested I try the NHS podcasts "Couch to 5k in nine weeks"  When I first started I couldn't believe how hard I found it to run for 60 seconds.  But, I persevered and today I just ran my first 20 minute run without a stop!  I am so happy with myself, and I'm feeling so full of energy.  I'm only just at the end of week 5 but already I feel like a different person.

The most important thing is............................ I'm running round our local roads and countryside and again seeing it from a completely different perspective.

So, for those of you that would like to increase your fitness whilst enjoying the scenery I would seriously recommend the NHS podcasts
If any of you decide to download the podcasts and give them a go, or any of you have already started or completed the nine weeks, I'd love to hear how you found it, and how you feel now :)