Well, after a blip in my training plans I managed to get out for a run this evening. Not particularly planned as the weather over the past few days has been wet and windy. Today was a lovely sunny day.
Headed down to the usual starting point with a 'I will' attitude, rather than 'I can'.... As I needed to tell myself I will do it, so it was more of a command really! Saying 'I can leaves scope to argue with myself to say 'I can't! (please stay and read the rest... I'm not as mad as I make out!)
So, it all started well and once I got into the swing of things I decided not only was I going to do the usual 6 miles but I was going to try and pick up my pace!
The short story is that I managed to do it... The longer one however is that the route was full of walkers and couples. Which meant fatty natty was probably a talking point for them... Possibly the wobbly belly, sweaty Betty or maybe the fact I was the usual crimson colour which made me look as though I was about to have a heart attack. I certainly had some strange and almost disapproving looks from the passersby... Maybe they didn't think I was 'fit' enough to be running... If only they realised how long it has taken me to get where I am, or the effort I've made to raise money for charity or simply the fact that I'm challengjng myself rather than sticking to the norm... If only eh?
For readers of this blog (if there are any of you out there), if you happen to pass me on the Swansea bay front route, please beep you horn, flash your lights, give me a shout out or simply a smile to just reassure me that no matter what I may look like it's all for a great cause!
Ok, rant over... Here are today's results.... (which I'm quite proud of as ive shaved off 4 minutes off my time!):
Distance: 6.28mi
Time: 01:14:00
Pace: 11:47min/mi
Speed: 5.09mi/h
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