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Umm… uhhh… I don’t really have any excuses or explanations for my blog absence, so how about I just jump right in and we pretend nothing happened, ok? *whistles innocently*

It’s not that long (15 months, approximately) since I wrote with boggled mind about completing a half-marathon. Now, another two half-marathons and quite a bit of training later, I have once again managed to completely confound myself by completing the full 42,2 km.

It’s now three days later and I still can’t really believe it. If it wasn’t for the sore thighs, I’d think I dreamed it… Luckily, I have proof:

At the start... with the jitters!

During... at about 7km

And at the end (with medal)! Still standing!

My time was pretty slow at 5:20:58, but considering that I completed the last 5-7 km on pure willpower and that I really had no other target but to get to the finish line, it’s pretty respectable. I’ve always been taught to be humble and modest and all but I have to say… I’m darned proud of myself!

Will I do it again? Definitely! What’s the point of a slow time if you can’t improve on it later? ;)

Now, I wouldn’t go so far as to say that 42 was the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything… but it’s probably a good tool in working towards figuring it out. (Five hours is plenty of time to meditate, you know!) I guess it would help to know what the question was…

As The Penguin would say, “Waddle on!”

P.S. Thanks to the best support team ever for their invaluable help! I couldn’t have done it without you…

We got quite a good deal trading in our scruffy Sarah for a new, more slimline model:

No, not really — she’s the same dog, I promise!

I just decided that spring was definitely here and it was time to shed our winter coats. Pretty, isn’t she!

The first rays of spring sunshine…

… can make a kitty go a bit bonkers!

Cosmo is wondering what on earth is going on.

(Click on the pictures for bigger versions.)

It seems that the weather has turned and with the changing of the clocks to summertime, we are inevitably headed for spring. But last week, we had some wonderful sunny, glittering, icy days, as if winter really wanted to go out in style.

(Can you tell I love frosty branches?)

Bye winter, I’ll miss you!