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"Yeah, I brought my running shoes...but..."

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"Not sure if I'll manage to do a run, maybe if I get my presentation prepared in time" as I said to my boss as he also expressed a wish to go for a run, though he turned his nose up at the little park opposite our hotel, suggesting running laps of it was beneath him (he runs 10K+ regularly at lunchtimes...). I did laugh when the next day he said he'd been on the treadmill instead - no idea how that's better!

I did not get my presentation done in time and then on Thursday evening (after the presentation) we went Out For Some Beer (when in Belgium...). I even drunk a beer. I don't drink beer. I hardly slept all week and did not set an alarm for this morning.

So it was to my utter surprise that I found myself in leggings, a sports bra, top, socks and running shoes wondering how long I could run before I ought to get to breakfast and the last morning of the conference.

GingerBohemian , I did it! I went for a run in Antwerp! It was lovely. The sun hadn't risen and it was raining but it was great. I didnt even take music (there are cyclists everywhere so probably sensible). I saw bunnies. The park was nice enough for me - the paths were quite winding and there was even a bridge across a lake. I ran for 23 min and then daftly ended up on the wrong side of the park and was a bit late getting back, but never mind. Mental soundtrack - Carpenters, We've only just begun...

My boss' incredulous face when I said i'd been out this morning was worth it, but I suspect he'd have been more pleased had I finished preparing my presentation more than 2 hours before it was given.

Onwards and upwards!

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Lovely running in Antwerp!

2 hours to spare with the presentation? Plenty :)

Well done for both :) :)

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I've always been the queen of last-minute but I really want to change! The running is all part of the plan :)

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As someone who was up at 5.30am to finish a report that was due in for 9am, I am not the person to talk to 😱

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Two hours to spare ... we had to upload the slides two hours in advance! I spent those two hours fretting, sweating, and forgetting everything I knew.

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate

Lovely post, lovely run and lovely to get on over on the boss!!!

Go you!!! Running tourism..brilliant!!!

Very well done you!

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ickleguiGraduate in reply to Oldfloss

My boss is wondering where the inactive non-morning person he originally hired is!

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate in reply to icklegui

Great to keep folk guessing!

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ickleguiGraduate in reply to Oldfloss

Haha, that's a less good tactic when trying to present your work to an audience of highly knowledgable, important people...

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ejvcrunsGraduate

Two hours is loads ;-) I had a boss who always wrote his presentations in a taxi on the way over. Brilliant speaker too. I learned a lot about embracing a laissez faire attitude from him...

Great job! You've done beer, so have some chocolate. And diamonds.

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ickleguiGraduate in reply to ejvcruns

haha, that's all fine if you're an expert and embedded in the field! I was much more confident when I was working on my PhD, and I really knew my stuff. I don't seem to now!

The beer was quite nice - I suspect I thought that because it was a fruit beer and didn't taste very beery. I brought back some nice chocolate and have so far resisted eating any! As for the diamonds, the MAS museum has one of those arcade games things where you can "win a diamond". We suspect no-one wins!

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GingerBohemianGraduate

Excellent! Woo hoo! Yaaaay.....another convert!

And I bet you felt fantastic all day as well!

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YvetteKGraduate

Well done for getting more of a work life balance

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