It was not scheduled to be a run at all, but I was reflecting yesterday afternoon on my (lack of) bingo progress and, at 5pm, thought I really needed to get on my skates and not let the side down.
Anyway, it was just 2k.. and I did not enjoy it - not one bit. Everything felt wrong. Don’t misunderstand me: I’m enjoying the bingo immensely (although it’s thrown up some interesting logistical challenges), but even the festive fun could not overcome the wall-to-wall ‘wrongness’ of that run. For a start, I forgot to warmup. Big mistake, even for a little casual trot like this one. Legs like lead; permanently out-of-breath; varifocals dazzled by headlights and making me worried about falling (like every problem you have with varifocals multipled a hundredfold); overdressed and thus overheated; carrying things in my hands; inability to take a decent photo (and an ability to take a burst of 211 images showing nothing). To boot, I’ve got aching hips!
Anyway, here’s my bingo round-up so far:
✔️ map-art (posted a couple of weeks ago, tried to make ⛄️ but made a [seated]🦌); ✔️ singing a carol out loud while running 🎶🎵 (Ding-dong Merrily on High, ‘sung’ earlier last week, while nearly collapsing on the Glorias); ✔️ post-run treat 🥧 ( mince pies); ✔️ 25km (and will likely make 25 miles soon); ✔️ fartleks to We Wish You a Merry Christmas (did these last night 😝); ✔️ counted Xmas trees 🎄🎄🎄(35 counted last night on 3 streets, which I traversed twice... but can see in retrospect that I probably should have taken in fresh streets - duh!); ✔️ festive-run photo shared 📸 (pictured, taken last week); ✔️ selfie with festive background ✨🎄🤳(last night, very bad one, but it does reveal part of my festive attire:); ✔️ festive attire (red ribbon on hat 🎀 + red sack pictured with:); ✔️ jingle bells (bunches of old keys 🗝🔑of various types... this made me feel a right ‘nana 🍌!); ✔️ run to festive music/podcast 🎶🎧 (BBC’s ‘alternative’ compilation gave me some tunes including the Ramones, Merry Christmas (I don’t wanna fight tonight), and James Brown, Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto).
Still to do: ☑️ Xmas run (scheduled); ☑️ run with something from carol/song (in plan); ☑️ picture of things found (in plan); ☑️ wishing other runners Merry Xmas (ditto); ☑️ getting out for walk/run 25 times (more of a challenge). Not doing so bad, after all! If I don’t make it, I’ll still have learned how to get a run-map onto a post + how to make a picture collage.