Week 8, 1st Run

Time: 2145
Duration: 3 min run + 2 min walk x7 (35 min)
Route: hmm...
Weather: 22C - clear sky - cool breeze
Sleep: 8hrs

As I wrote earlier, I woke up early today to go to my department's away day. However, not early enough to go running. Now, I am going to stick by this, the only reason why I didn't wake up is because I didn't hear my alarm go off. Honestly! Told my boyfriend we'll go tomorrow instead. Long story short, we knew we aren't that angelic and that we should go for a run tonight and not panic about it tomorrow. So we did!

I was (and still am to an extent) tired. I mean literally eyes half closed, mumbling and I'm pretty sure I was having a dream during one set. I think this was the first time we've run this late but it was a pretty cool experience. It's quite funny, but it's a lot more "people-noisy" at night. The cars are dying down on the streets but you can hear an awful lot of chatter behind closed doors. It could probably be down to my neighbours having to open their windows because it's yet another seriously warm night (it's warmer indoors than it is out!). Another reason could be because we changed routes. I asked my boyfriend if we could run a new route I showed him on Google Map. This meant we didn't pass the busy roundabout 5 times and instead passed more suburban areas. It was a pretty decent route, I thought. We tried to memorise the roads but I'm really crap with things like that so I let him be the SatNav. Big mistake. My boyfriend's human, not an all running, all counting (he counts down for me), all A to Z map machine. He's a huuumaaan. So, we got a little lost but we got back on track and started heading down more familiar roads near the end - phew!

The run itself was actually pleasant. The first 3 minutes was rocky and I didn't fully enjoy it but the rest... I don't know, maybe it was the feeling of new pavements to pound that got me a little "excited", but I found it really pleasant. I won't say enjoyable because I'm not crazy, but it was a mix between enjoyment and pleasantness. Next mission is to get the right lap - oh, and we managed to complete just over the full lap in 35 minutes (without counting warm up walking). I really am curious how many miles that is! I also felt this huge gush of cool breeze when my boyfriend counted down the last 4 seconds of my last set and felt so good - like a big pat on the back from mother nature.

So, I did my first run on week 8 and again, I'm super proud of me for this achievement. I had a bad day on WW but my run lifted my mood a little. I can now sleep with a cleaner conscience and boy do I need the sleep. Goodnight.