Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Wishlist #22 - trendy workout gear

Inspired by the Gloanna event on Saturday, I've been browsing for some new running/yoga gear - because trendy gym gear makes you fit right??

Here's the kit I'm checking out...




I want to do yoga outside like this... Lululemon open your heart tank £52


Lululemon 'The mat' £62

Astro wunder under pant £82

Yeah, it isn't cheap. But this kit is awesome, I've already got some Lululemon clothes and I can genuinely say it is worth the money. Obviously, it's only worth it when you exercise a lot though!

There's only a couple of stores in the UK so far - I went to the one in LA (get me!) - but am hotfooting it to London soon to check them out!

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Gloanna Yoga Run 2014

So I hadn't had a holiday since January. I'd started a new job, gone through a few tough times personally and was just... Really tired. So what did I do on the first day of my two week break? 

Well first of all I dealt with the sheer idiocy of leaving my car window open all night. Ah... That's fine, it's July right? NO - we had the worst thunderstorm that night, so all that torrential rain had soaked my car seat! 

So at 7am after I'd covered the seat in towels and plastic I headed to London (following a brief stop in Swindon to pick up some chums!) for the Gloanna yoga run. A 5k run followed by a yoga class. 

Yeah, I know, it doesn't sound like me... 

My chums are *slightly* more sporty than me, so the run was for them. I just wanted a day out!

We arrived at Battersea Park in plenty of time for our shot of Prosecco to kick of the run, and after a quick warm up we were off! 

Ok... So Tash and Ali were off, I let them run and I walked/jogged one lap. I just enjoyed the sunshine. 

Then it was time for yoga... And yoga outside is pretty awesome. I really enjoyed the class so really need to find a good class in cheltenham (any recommendations?)

After that, it was free prosecco, sushi (yummy!) and a free Sweaty Betty goodie bag.

And then we headed to Wagamamas for lunch. Seriously, when are they building one in Cheltenham?! The only unfortunate part of the day was that the only Wagamama we could find was in Westfield so we just HAD to go shopping. Luckily we managed to limit ourselves to a power hour of shopping - and it felt great walking around amongst stylish London people WEARING MY SWEATY GYM GEAR. 

All in all, an awesome day. Here's to actually running it next year! 





Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Life lately.

So it's taken me three days to do this blog post - my computer just doesn't like doing anything! It's clearly lost the will to live...

ANYWAY!

Yes, bad blogging again. But as usual the Big Yak kick started my desire to blog yet again! 

So here's what i've been up to lately... 

Pub dinners... (The Green Dragon near Cheltenham is lovely)



A visit to Daylesford farm for their summer fayre...







Frappucino in the sunshine...



An excellent talk from Andy Cope... here's his book...



Team building with the new team by climbing trees!





I'm getting a new roof!



I LOVED a spa day at Calcot Manor (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!)


But don't sunbathe with the oils on, you get burnt. Here I am very rosy at my bro's birthday dinner the same day...


A lovely trip to London involved street food... and Polo!




I visited the posh services on the M5 near Gloucester...


A lovely gift from a lovely team...


WIMBLEDON!

Never been before, it was awesome! But very very hot...





A funeral for someone amazing followed by LOTS of mojitos... (and a hangover!)

The Big Yak... (see previous post)




A wedding for a lovely friend!










We left the wedding early to drive to Yorkshire for the Tour de France...










The Robinson's sponsor vehicle shot round that corner so fast I thought it was going to end up in the crowd!


This one got the biggest cheer...



4 hours of waiting later....  it was over in 10 seconds!





Dinner at the Crab and Lobster in Asenby (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)





Then a tour of Helmsley...



Meeting a gorgeous baby...


A very dramatic drive home..



Lovely flowers from work...


And my new favourite mode of transport...




All in all, a pretty awesome time! 

Now i need a holiday!