I was tired (and probably a bit reluctant) this morning .
Usually a 6am alarm and out by ,at the latest, 6:30.
Crucial in my early self conscious weeks so I wasn’t seen.
Not out today until 7 so no chance of invisibility . The hardy golfers were at the 7th hole by then and there is whole a new world of dog walkers,cyclists and runners out by then too !
Anyone else wish they could attach a rear view mirror to watch the feet of other joggers . I can’t help watching people’s feet these days. I think ‘they look good,..... running properly 😂 ....... wonder do my feet look kinda like that 🤔? ‘ even in the car I ‘m looking at joggers style .🙄
My excuse , no actually, a valid reason for my lateness is it’s DARK now !! So I lie in bed waiting for the light which is of course a peak time for the gremlins👹😈😖
I have two ‘warring’ gremlins 👹 you’re so slow and 👺 gosh you’re a bit out of puff and look a bit 🍅like.
This morning their chatter was incessant but I reminded myself I was just going to ‘jog along to some music’ - no overthinking . Set a 25minute timer and that’s you’re lot 👌
I put a Carly Simon album on (as I’d forgotten all about her until wk6 when I put You’re so vain & mockingbird on a playlist) . So a nice chilled and smooth album to keep my pace slow, steady and consistent.
Just enjoy the run, the scenery and the tracks . The tracks were good, scenery not so good ( a Haar had rolled in so the usual lovely sights were pretty invisible . Those golfers go out in all sorts though 😂).
The Run ? Well I did it , but some of it I could tell was the ‘steady’ I was aspiring to but Between 15 to 20 I knew I was getting a bit 🥵 , tried to slow down but was so conscious of it didn’t make a good job of it .
Got to 25 but know I could make it more comfortable for myself . So a run pretty much like R1 and still a bit of work to do on ‘ not bolting out of the barn’
The good thing is It still never crosses my mind that I can’t get the run done and I am still looking forward to doing it again to see if I can steady the pace better.
I remember doing it with Wk5R3 and focusing on exactly this issue and I did it , just need to remember that 🤔
Once home I looked at my app data and the first half was too fast , I can see I slowed down (had to 🥵) and the last five mins crept up again 🤷🏼♀️
I will crack it though ! 😠😂 Too besotted with it not to 😝
Happy weekend running everyone 🍂🍂🍂🍂
This photo is of a Happy Hypericum on a very long and lovely Happy Hypericum Hedge 🌼🌼🌼🌼