Half-marathon recap

Jules before the race, originally uploaded by Racmol.

So, we both survived the half-marathon, some more triumphantly than others.

Here is Jules before the race kicked off, and if anyone wants to giggle over a selection of random horrible pictures of us running, they can type our names into marathon-photos.com, under Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon 2012.

Jules managed to injure himself about five days before the race, with what the GP diagnosed as a small tear in his plantar fascia, but then decided to run anyway and stormed home in 1 hour 55, 12 minutes faster than last year.

I thought I was going ok but I must have miscalculated the average speed I was aiming for as I ended up two minutes slower than last year. And of course by the time I realised I wasn't going to quite make it, I didn't have anything left to sprint with. So I still have unfinished business with that course - will have to train into a state of elite athleticism for next year!

It was a beautiful autumn day in Hyde Park, aside from the fact that a lot of the park has been thoroughly trashed by the Olympics and won't be returning to grass any time soon.

We have been without our living room and dining room for two weeks now and it looks like there is at least a week to go before we can move back in. Even Willy is saying things like 'I miss our old house' and 'I don't like this house - it is too stupid!' which I think sums up how everyone is feeling.

Still at least the builders have stopped hacking the plaster and covings off and have resurfaced the walls - it looks a lot better than it did a week ago.

Two months today until we leave for New Zealand!