Morning terror!

[Lizcanrun]

So yesterday morning I was due to go for a long run. Two days before I had been out for an evening run (unusual for me) and found I had a real spring in my step and lots of energy, so I woke up confident and well up for the challenge.

I threw my duvet back and cambered out of bed, only to see a huge spider on the mattress! How it had survived the night I didn't know and how I hadn't felt it running around my bed was a mystery!

I yelled at my son to get the bug catcher and he appeared very quickly offering to catch the beastie for me.

I bravely refused his offer and placed the catcher over the huge arachnid, wondering at its stillness, thinking it might be dead. Then I saw my son's grinning face.

I realised I had been well and truly pranked!

It was plastic.

So I went for my run, but far from having a spring in my step, I found it really hard work. Could it be that I used all my energy on the shock of seeing a huge spider in my bed?!

Anyway, I pushed on when I was tempted to go home after 20 mins and did my first ever 9k!

Still planning my revenge...

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Sons eh? that would have really freaked me out..... and you did a long run too well done

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

Well done on your 9K run, for punishment, you demand that your mischievous son runs with you, if not tell him to start C25K.

[Lizcanrun Graduate10 in reply to AlMorr]

Ha ha! He's already fit enough!

[Roxdog Graduate10]

Well done on that 9k. Yes I expect the shock had an impact!🕷 But it ended up being a slow burn run and you pushed on.

Hope your son got a talking to!

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

Yikes, the horror, Lizcanrun! Cheeky son (I know all about those, and daughters aren’t much better either!) 🕷

Well done on your run. Yes, maybe you used up nervous energy which is why you found it harder! Still managed 9k though, so woohoo! 🎉

[Lifluf Graduate10]

Ooh that was mean! I'd have had a heart attack I think. Hope you think of a good way to get him back and, once again, running saves the day. Well done on your 9k.