Busy busy busy, so much to do and never enough time to do it in. Even finding a free half hour for a run is a rare luxury these days. But I do find them and so, after a more extended rest than I would like, I finally had the chance to continue Week 5, halfway through what should have been Week 6.
Never mind, here we are. I found the time, I got away, I ran it and it was good. Am I happy with today’s run? Very. Do I feel optimistic about the 20-minute Run 3? Hell no. Am I going to do it anyway? You better believe it. In theory this will happen on Thursday but, honestly, who knows when I’ll manage it?
I was a bit worried about today’s run. I never doubted for a second that I could do it, because I know I can very comfortably run at least 10 minutes at a time now. The run itself is more than do-able.
What worried me was that I hadn’t run in several days and I didn’t want to be out of practise. If this big run coming up gets delayed the way this one did, I’m not sure it would be a good idea to attempt it, at least not without going back a bit and working my way up to it again.
Fortunately this proved not to be an issue and I settled right back into it immediately. I didn’t do any extra minutes this time around but I did end it on a high.
So this was a later run, around 8.30, and the park was a definite no no so I stuck to the usual route. Today I went for Jack White, always been a big White Stripes fan and his solo stuff is also pretty great. His new album is a pretty bizarre departure but it’s really grown on me so I thought I’d attempt a run to it. It worked quite well.
I already had a little pain halfway down my right leg before I even started so I wasn’t expecting a great run but I’d already forgotten about it by the time the warm up walk was over. I get pains like that all the time though, it’s like someone flipped a switch the moment I turned 30 that stopped my metabolism and started a very gradual self-destruct sequence. Last year I injured my neck in my sleep and couldn’t turn my head for a week without agonising pain!
But whatever, I can run and run I did. But not fast, I had a long way to go so I played it safe and slow, but steady. One thing I noticed is that there were a lot of dog walkers out at this time. One group smelled very strongly of weed and I was reminded of a simpler time when I could stay up all night and pollute my body with whatever I wanted and still bounce into class the next day with a little help from my friend Pro Plus. But I soon passed them and ran back to the present.
The 8 minutes passed quickly and I was a little out of breath but feeling good and ready for more so the 5 minute walk was more than enough to prepare me for the second half. This part took a bit more effort but I never felt for a second that I couldn’t do it or that I’d need to slow down more. I kept a steady pace and before I knew it there were 60 seconds left. I don’t think I had it in me to continue beyond that but I still wanted to make the most of it so I sped up and ran properly for a minute.
It was a nice morale booster to end an overdue but decent run on. I still think I’m going to struggle a bit with the next run but I know for sure that I can do it so I’m just going to go out there and do it. Now I have to go and collapse on the sofa because I’m old and tired and addicted to Russian Doll.
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