Woke up with achy legs and somebody told me to take a couple of aspirin to deal with it and so I did. Amazing, no more achy legs.
This was one of those days where my head could easily have sabotaged me but my music and mental strength pulled me through. First 5 minutes felt tough today. Up to 10 minutes felt like forever. I was on the flat path on the Heath by 15 minutes and I felt like stopping.
Once I hit 20 minutes I knew I would be alright but I had been tuning in much harder to Stiff Little Fingers, The Buzzcocks, The Stooges and Television to take my mind off my increasing sick feeling. The nausea felt a little worse this morning so I changed the route up to take my mind off it.
I started my descent towards the lido earlier by the running track and snaked around a long winding path. By the time I hit 5 minutes to go I ran around the lido car park a few times and then it was literally only the last 20 seconds uphill. I hit rush hour this morning and so running along Mansfield Road was much trickier which was why I ran around the car park in anticipation. I also definitely prefer Jo’s commentary!
Anyway, job done. Third run under the belt. I was only 30 seconds over the 30 minutes today as the app largely behaved itself but I am thinking of stepping up to 35 minutes on Friday on the Nike app depending how Wednesday’s run goes. I still don’t feel comfortable yet and I was huffing and puffing a bit at the end of the run. Earned my skinny latte and pain au raisin today!
First Post Grad Run: but please turn off the central heating!
