After the jubilation of Sunday's graduation run and the sheer pleasure of graduating simultaneously with MintT and sheps , it's back to the runs you choose to do and not those you feel compelled to do...
Except - there is a compelling event today because both MintT and sheps said they were consolidating today. MintT has done hers and written it up, hence that's one out of the three of us. Gauntlet firmly laid down, so I'm picking it up.
There's many pieces of advice out there, including the new "beyond' runs, but I thought I'd just re-do the thirty minutes run. Was supposed to be doing it first thing, but weather was shocking, so decided to do shopping instead - total disaster as we tried out a new place.
Lost my shopping bags - someone nicked my trolley... Couldn't work the self service check out as it wouldn't take cash, asked if anyone had handed in the shopping bags - yes I'd actually stolen someone else's empty trolley and they were surprised to find my Daunt's Bookshop bag in theirs. I'd already bought two disposable corn bags, and then I couldn't leave the supermarket as there was a receipt reader which wouldn't read my receipt to let me out. Truthfully Fano market is much easier.
Still raining, went to a new dog park for Fibi Fardashian and Bobster the Monster, except like the new shopping venue, it promised much and delivered little. FF and BTM are ex racing greyhounds with a high prey drive and non existent recall. Hence we only ever keep them on the leash or in enclosed spaces, when there are no small dogs. We thought this park was bigger, fenced in and empty. Two out of three wasn't bad but it was teeny tiny and the big loop took us all of 10 minutes, and we found ourselves walking the dogs on a derelict industrial estate. Interesting in a post apocalyptic modern photography sense, but little stimulation for us or the dogs.
The run couldn't be worse... Waited until after lunch for the weather to brighten - aiming for light grey and drizzle rather than dark grey and peeing down. Weather improved and off I went. Normally I adopt snail minus 1 as my pace, but today I was on WARP speed - Wholemeal, Avocado, Rocket and Prawn sandwich, which did slow me down even more than usual, as maybe I should have had lunch one hour after running and not one hour prior.
Argos' loop done, left onto Laundry Lane couldn't face the big incline, so turned back around and headed towards the village, all the while listening to Jo Whiley's programme on BBC Sounds, thought it might be different to her coaching style. She's still cool although I found it hard to time my run to some of the music as the tempo was very variable. It was a bit ploddy to be frank and as I approached the Village Via (14% gradient) I wimped out and ran back along Laundry Lane.
I remembered MintT's phrase we get to run, so pulled up my big girl knickers and decided come hell or high water I would run/stagger up the Village Via slope. It was gruesome but I did and Map My Run Mechanical Voice Lady told me I'd managed to run for 33 minutes, so that's an improvement on timing , but not pace so I'm thinking next time out I may do two intervals maybe of 16 minutes each, so I'm not over-stretching.
I was 'Daunted' in the supermarket when I thought I'd been the victim of a Daunt bag-napping, but wasn't daunted by the thought of joining my run buddy MintT today.
Consoled by a consolidation run, on a grey day.
Hopefully next time out I get some blue sky
First run after completing Week 9
Week 4 run 2
Week 9 Run 2 Nailed!
