AccuWeather hates me! It keeps telling me lies.
This morning’s watery sunshine has given way to depressing grey murk. It’s mid-afternoon, about 3 degrees outside, but it’s not going to rain. I checked before leaving the house and AccuWeather said “no precipitation for 120 minutes”.
Tights, two long sleeved tops, buff, gloves and buff sun-visor and I’m off out.
I’ve had a bit of a back twinge the last few days brought on by my dismal attempts at Yoga with Adriene. I’ve also had a slightly tight right quad and left glute. I don't want to aggravate anything so I decide I’m going to Jeff this one - run for 900m, walk for 100m repeat 10 times. You decide if it’s cheating or not.
I still have my ELO playlist going, but I’m also using “Run With Joanie”- a 65 minute guided run from Nike Run Club. I really enjoyed this one and I’d use it again.
Two minutes into my run and “Hmm - that felt like rain!”. A minute later and I feel it again. Another minute and yes its definitely raining. Well more like heavy fine drizzle. You know – the sort where it rains upwards! 🌧.
So much for AccuWeather! 🤬
After last Sunday’s debacle, I was determined not to let it get the better of me today. My aim was to reach 10k by the end of January and today is my last chance.
Despite the drizzle I’m warming up a bit so I remove the gloves and push up my sleeves a bit. That’s better!
The drizzle is getting steadily worse through the course of my run and after 5.5km I pass the entrance to the Leisure Centre but I’m not entering yet. I have further to run today so I carry on along the road towards the bottom of the road past the Rugby Club where I did my Speed Challenge. By now I can barely see out of my glasses but I keep them on as the only place they can go is in my tights pocket with my phone and I don’t want them to get scratched. At least the rain is keeping me cool today. That’s a positive right?
I reach 6.5km and just before I turn to retrace my steps back towards the Leisure Centre I pause briefly to take a photograph of the parish church in the heavy drizzle. It comes out really well considering the dismal light.
Just to be contrary, I do a double lap of the Leisure Centre counter-clockwise. Hopefully there’ll be no bad karma as a result 😁🤞
Run With Joanie finishes – I’ve really enjoyed listening to that. I try to set it going again to keep me company on the final part of my run but NRC isn’t playing ball. In the process my earbuds stop talking to my phone so now I’ve got no music either. I fiddle for a bit whilst still trying to complete my final lap and my pace drops as a result. I give up and stuff my phone back in my pocket.
Bad karma maybe? 🤷♀
I try to increase the pace a bit for the final km to make up some time. By now my legs are feeling quite tired – it’s a long time since I’ve been on my feet for this long. I reach 10k and carry on for a bit to reach the corner of the street where I stop my watch.
I’m soaked through, tired but happy 😁. The splits are a little messy but this run gives me my 10k for January and a PB by a few seconds shy of 7 minutes.
Managed a second 10k
A slippy, slidey, wet 10k...🌧🏃🏽♀️🍂
