Just to let you know @Over61andstilltrying I DID get out there today ( albeit not quite as planned). I had planned to get up as soon as I woke and so had put all my kit ready last night, so I could roll out of bed and go (more or less) and as I usually wake at 7 every morning , if not earlier, didn’t bother setting an alarm. Yesterday I’d felt that my daughter had kindly shared her cold with me so before I went to bed I dozed myself up with decongestants etc so I’d get a good nights sleep and this morning I awoke,leapt out of bed, straight into my running gear and downstairs....glancing at my watch I noticed that I’d awakened at the crack of 10.00!!!! Obviously must have needed the sleep but undaunted I waded through the herd of cats on the way to the kitchen ( it’s only 4 really but felt like more as they were all convinced that I’d died in the night and they were in danger of starving to death), fed them and made myself a SIS drink before heading out the door.
Feeling quite perky as I did my warm up walk, considering how rubbish I’d felt all day yesterday, I changed my mind about just a quick round the block and set off towards my favourite running spot, the Tarka Trail. I had set up week9 of C25k on my phone to listen to and thought I’ll just do about 30 mins or so. As I crossed the car park and onto the track I noticed a poster saying the Bridge will be closed from Tuesday June 2nd for maintenance works, which means I am going to have to plan my route differently for a while. I go that way mostly as I only cross the road once while I am on my warmup walk and again once just before the track starts. I hate having to stop because of traffic.. puts me off my stroke.
Anyway even though it was quite warm and muggy even there was quite a strong wind against me as I set off on my outward part of the run. 2 k in and I was beginning to think I might run a 10k so I fiddled about and changed my music to week 4 of B210k which is supposed to be 18 min runs 3 times with a minutes walk between but I just usually run straight through but it’s longer music. I was going along fine then I got stitch at about 3.5k so I walked and stretched a bit and tried carrying in at same speed but I’d lost momentum then and turned and ran back. First half was fun - second not so much by I did do 7k so not too bad.
Home and a nice stretch and a long shower and looking forward to Saturday and my first ParkRun. Hope it’s not too hot then.
7k 💛🙌
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