Thats the website:  http://www.lifechangingfitness.net/

The sessions are 45mins long with a personal fitness coach mondays & thursday from 5th March to 29th March!

I should be doing it with a bunch of other people in a park at Terme Caracalla from 12.30pm – 13.15pm and the 8 sessions in total cost 80 euros

I have never done anything like this before! its quite exciting and im hoping it will boost my over all fitness and give me the push i need to lose the last kg i want to loose before the wedding end of April! So i think its worth the 80 euros

I shall keep you posted about the sessions and my progress with them!

I have decided to swtich my runs back and do the short runs at the begining of the week and the long run on friday’s. This should stop me being to tired for my short runs and also i have 2 days of the weekend to recover from my long run!

I have my 5k Race on sunday so dont want to push my body to much at the moment as i would like to be fresh for the race even if it is a short one

Also theres a personal trainer i follow on twitter that lives here in Roma and hes offering a boot camp from 5th March to the 30th March for just 80 euro’s!!  So i am considering signing up as it might help me boost my fitness/weightloss! And it might be alot of fun as well!

I have been looking at Half Marathons again and making plans. I want to train for a half marathon and do a HM in October maybe in the UK. Then at some point i would like to do the Brighton Half, Bath Half as well as the RomaOstia HM.

Part of me is being negative…..negative about that i can run the distance of 13.1…. but i felt like that when faced with 10k but i did it! And have run 10k more than once! So i can achieve 13.1 miles i just have to believe in myself!

Anyway i got up knowing i was gonna run today even though it was raining lol

I wanted to do 7 miles but i kept thinking if it rained hard then i would do what i could then come home. When i got outside it was just a light rain so i was happy to get running in that.

My first 2 miles were really sluggish and i was slower than i usually am which i thought was weird as im not usually that slow. After that i ran from the little park down the road to the bigger park.

I found i was doing a little bit more walking than i usually do when running normally but both knees felt heavy and at one stage i did get a little knee pain.

I found a felt like running path and did a mile on that which was easier on my knees and my legs felt much much happier. Then i did another mile on the other gravel path. At this stage (mile 4 and half) i decided to just do a 10k then go home.

So i started running back then glanced at my watch and realised i was still under my normal 10k time and could maybe see if i could get it under my original time of 1 hour 13mins!!

So the last mile i just went for it ignoring everything but the clock on my garmin lol as i hit 10k my time was 1 hour 11 mins!! yipppiee!!

a whole 2 mins faster than normal!! my first PB!! (personal best) ever! so happy with that! I would love to get it under an hour! something i can work on

I had some veggie soup and bread at 11am to keep me going so i had time to digest it before 1pm.

Part of me wanted to do the long 7 mile run but i decided to just start with the 3 miles im supposed to do today and see how it went.

I had side cramp on the first half mile of my run which wasnt nice but it passed after a few moments as i paused my watch and stopped for a bit.

When i carried on running i was fine, thighs still a bit heavy but ok. Its really warm out there today 11c so i was getting a bit over heated.

I couldnt find my running zone at all on the entire 3 miles which sucked. Once i hit 3 miles i knew that was going to be all for me today. I didnt have the urge to carry on and do more so i came home.

I haven’t been able to run more than twice a week the last few weeks which is annoying because im supposed to be running 3 days a week! So from monday im starting fresh and falling back in to my proper routine now the snows all gone

We went to the crunchy chicken place which was really nice and alot like KFC in the UK! I had a chicken burger which was really nice!

We spent 6 hours walking round central Roma enjoying the day and my already aching legs started aching again! lol but it was well worth it!

That evening i was hit with bad time of the month cramps! i was literally doubled over in pain the only time is eased was if i was laying down. So at 9.30pm i went to bed hoping they would go away.

Wednesday i woke up to stiff legs again and still bad cramps ( i never usually have them this bad) so i took the day as a rest day and did some reading.

The temp is supposed to be getting warmer here so im hoping that it does as i hate the cold weather now just want it to warm up a little bit thats all.

Today im supposed to do a 7 miles long run…..but im not sure i have it in me. I stil have them bloody cramps! and there still hurting alot i have never had them so bad usually after the first day im fine and go running normally but this month they seem unbearable.

So my plan is to wait til the afternoon and see how i feel. If they have eased by then i will go for a run and see how far i can go even if its only a couple of miles. If there still bad in the afternoon then i will try running tomorrow instead.

Also im thinking of moving this weeks training plan to next week, i know you have to allow for injury etc when following a plan so i guess thats what im doing now.

The only good thing is i have noticed more silver stretch marks around my hips which means im losing more weight! Which i think is awesome! Im viewing my stretch marks as marks of achievement so im happy with more weight loss!

Also im down to 58kg’s and have been for the last 3 weeks! It seems to be my normal weight now i think thanks to the long runs im doing! So thats all good

I had decided to do 7 miles and get it out of the way so the rest of the week would be short runs. I was out in the little park by 10.45am ready to go.

As i completed the first mile i encountered any ice area all over the path…i should have turned back but i kept on going! As i turned round to run back i slipped! Luckily i didnt fall but i locked my legs instead..which i guess was a mistake. Because after that the front of my thighs went stiff and tightened up as well as my knees!

I carried on running even made it to the bigger park but it was a real push to do so! My legs felt heavy, stiff and slightly painful after what happened with the ice. I had to walk a few times and my thighs would really stiffen up more then so when i went to run again it was a real big effort to do so!

I pushed myself to get 5 miles done and i did it…i just hope my legs will be ok now lol

Im sitting here typing with a frozen pack of peas on one thigh and a frozen pack of Paella on the other LMAO! icing my legs lool

One nice thing that happened was another runner gave me a little nod when i passed him the second time which was nice.Runners here tend just to stare at eachother but nothing else lol

Tomorrow is my birthday (as well as Valentines day) and im off out for the day with Marina! We found a crispy chicken place on the internet thats in Roma somewhere and we are both keen to give it a taste lol so that should be fun!

Hopefully my legs wont be to stiff tomorrow! At the moment there numb from the frozen food on them LMAO

The Rock&run 7k race was cancelled due to the snow but there going to email use when the decided on the new date for it so we can still take part in that at some point yay!

I have suddenly realised alot of the time i find myself worrying about the weather conditions for running! hoping the snow doesnt last, hoping it wont be to cold or wet! Eat, sleep and breathing running! Running almost always on your mind!

Getting over excited about running gear, running clothes, running trainers! running websites, twitter running chat, running magazines! My whole life had changed completely when i started taking my running seriously and when i started to do races! So it is crazy in a way!

And i love my twitter running friends!! they are so motivating! so friendly and so full of advice and running wisdom and they range from beginner to tough as tail ultra runners! lol from all walks of life.

When i start a conversation it will eventually turn to running and i will be chatting away to a non runner who will get bored! I even babble on about my running to Alex who just smiles and nods his head and i know he doesnt care that much lol he doesnt have the passion for running which i seemed to have now.

I remember before i started this running crazyness how lazy i was with no energy…turning to food for comfort and wishing i was slimmer so i could get into slimmer clothes and not be a whale which is what i felt like!

Now im losing more weight my belly isnt so big (although i do still have a muffin top)! It all kind of hit me today when i was trying on t-shirts that used to be tight on me and which are now kind of baggy on me! and which have been moved to my wear draw for the summer! I can’t believe how well i have done so far and i dont want to stop!

I have gone from thinking ok i will try a 5k race to doing two 10k races and keenly looking for more races to do. From telling my BF Alex that i will only do 10k races (that was before i ran my first one) to now telling him how i would love and want to do a half marathon! I think he thinks im a bit crazy lol

I was even disappointed when they cancelled the 7k race which was supposed to be today! Luckily they say they will be moving it to another date and will let us know when and where.

Also i find myself happy just to be running any length of race! 4k, 5k, 7k, 10k…..i know i can run longer than these but i dont think i will ever get to the stage where i will think these are to short or beneath me because i can run further. Part of the whole running for me is being able to race and enjoying it even if you know you can run that distance easily there still fun to do! And you can always see if you can run it faster than the times before

I have also been circling races in my Runners World uk magazine for races in the UK planning in my head when i might get over to the UK to take part in them or even maybe next year.

Me and my friend Marina have even talked about joining a running federation here so we can take part in the competitive race which are long distances (more 10k’s and longer) even if we are slower than the rest who cares! Even if we are last it doesnt matter its just down to crossing the finish line knowing you can achieve it yourself and not against anyone else

As my birthday present this year i asked my brother to sign me up and pay the £10 for the Suffolk Coast run in May i want to do!! and thats all i want from him lol to be able to do that race!

So yes i think i can safely say now i am a crazy & obsessed runner an you know what…..i kinda like it

I have only just got my running path back from the last lot of snow and ice!!

Although its cold outside its clear blue skies and sunshine so not sure how the snow is going to come when it looks nice outside lol hopefully it wont come!

I had planned to do 4 miles but my legs were still tired from my long long run yesterday so i only managed 2 miles before my body said stop now.

My thighs and knees were feeling very heavy and tired and i got a slight dull pain in the right side of my abdomin which maybe was muscles? not sure lol

But im happy i got out there even if i only did 2 miles its better than nothing!!

If it does snow our 7km race will be cancelled ( the one me and Marina were planning to run) infact im not sure we are going to do it at all. It all hangs on the weather and temp!! :S

So i have to wait til our trip in May to the UK to go to the sports direct shop in Bury in Norfolk and go buy the things i liked on there website if the stuff is still there.

I have been going crazy the last 5 days because i couldnt go running because of the snow, i was practically house bound and i was climbing the walls with cabin fever!

I got so desperate at one point that i ran up and down the flat for half a mile just to relief some of the ‘wanting to run itch’ i had lool (i know im crazy!)

Yesterday i went out with Marina and we had a nice 4 mile walk in the cold and had sushi! I also dropped off my 5k race form and paid for the race which is all done now. Marina and Cart might be joining me for that one which will be fun!

Also i bought a pair of reebok running tights second hand of the market! they look really nice and are very comfortable so im glad i found them for only 1 euro!!

So today the snow and ice had finally melted from the park! and i could go running But first i had a nice trip to the shopping Mall Porta di Roma on the bus, it was actually slightly warmer today as well with blue skies and the sun out . I went to Decathlon to buy some running gear and found they still had a sale on!

I bought some nice running socks, some capri like running pants, 2 short sleeved running t-shirts and a long sleeved running shirt with a high collar.

There were loads of people in the sports shop buying thermal tops/underwear and snow boots with there kids lool stocking up before the weekend i guess lol

So after lunch i set out to do a run! my plan said to do 5 miles but as i run in the little park then ran to the big one i decided to keep on going. My knee ached a bit on and off but it was ok.  The last 3 miles i got lower back ache but i kept on going.

But the most awful thing was foot cramp!! It was on the ball of the foot/toes on my left foot it kept cramping and it was soo painful. I stopped twice to wiggle my toes and try to relieve it but nothing helped in the end i had to keep running which was the only thing that slightly helped.

I managed 6 miles like that and thought the pain was worth it for 1 more mile and i pushed on until i reached 7 MILES!!!

Thats the furthest i have ever run EVER!! Im so proud of myself!

But i really hope someone can tell me how to get rid of the foot cramp lol im going to google it and ask the other runners on twitter there advice!

Anyway they have forecast snow again for friday im hoping it wont snow….i have only just got my running path back lol

Im hoping its all going to melt away for tomorrow (fingerscrossed!)

So today im just going to do weights and stability ball! Also i think i will drag my wii bike out and sit pedaling on that for a while with some ankle weights on.

I got an email back from the Suffolk Coast run in May they sent me a form to fill out! Going to do the 6 mile course! you get a medal and bacon roll at the end of the race lol

Also trying to rope some friends and family into doing it with me! They have 3 months to prepare so plenty of time if they get started now

Other news! a friend of mine who i have been telling to start jogging for over a year has now told me she just bought a gps watch and running clothes!! yay!

She lives in London so is going to start a beginners jogging plan when the snow clears there! Im so excited for her! as i think she would really enjoy running if she gives it time and patience! I told her we could do a race togeather when i visit in October if she likes! So thats a bit more motivation for her as well