The Blyth 10k

On Saturday night I went to a champagne party.  It was lots of fun and as well as drinking a fair amount of champagne, I also ate a hefty chunk of brie, and it was good brie.

The party hosts said that they were planning to run the Blyth 10k at the end of April.  I ran the Watford 10k in 2008 and whilst I think it's probably going a bit far to suggest that it was enjoyable,  it was certainly satisfying to complete it.  In the process of getting fit enough to make it to the end, I lost something like 2 stone (which I have unfortunately managed to find again) and felt generally healthier and good.

I would like to lose the weight and feel healthy(ish) again, so I decided that I should do this run in Blyth so I booked my place on Sunday morning.

The scary truth is that I weigh 17st 1.5lb (or 108.6kg) which makes a BMI  of 34 (Obese).  It's no wonder I have so little energy.

So the regime is in place, 3 training runs a week (last night's was worse than I hoped but better than I had feared), no more cake, no more double carbs at college (they have a passion for serving pasta with chips - genius!) and we'll see whether I can make this in 10 weeks time...

What have I gotten myself into!! 

The search continues

So, I'm still looking for a title post into which I will be ordained in July.

There are a number of things that make the search quite difficult. In particular is the fact that I am quite shy until I get to know people. This is definitely a problem when interviewing for jobs because (as a million people have pointed out) first impressions are massively important.

I'm currently looking at a post. It was the first post I noticed way back in September and I have a strong feeling that this is where we will end up. There have been a number of people look at it so far and they have all said no. I'm not saying no, but they aren't sure (based on a two hour visit when I was on the way to somewhere else) that I'm the right person for the job.

I'll persevere though. There is a second visit on the cards and I won't say no, I'll keep saying yes and see what happens!!

Happy New Year!

Hurrah! It's 2010. And it's going to be an exciting year. My time at Cranmer ends, hopefully with an ordination and a move to a new challenge. Still no definite job, but something very very exciting on the horizon.

And what a difficult year is also in store. A dissertation(!), a move and a complete re-configuration of life.

As you may have noticed from my last post, I like to be anxious, sometimes to the point of making myself ill. Not very wise behaviour really. But I know that Catherine and I are up to the challenge of 2010. Whatever it throws at us, we know we'll make it through to the other side. Bruised possibly, but we will make it.

And that's why I'm convinced 2010 will be a good year.