Duration: 2 min running + 2 min walking x8 (32 min)
Route: R Rd and W Ave (5 times)
Weather: 16C - slightly cloudy with sun - occasional cool breeze
Sleep: 8.5 hours
Quote of the day: "My perfect pace is stationary... on the bed" - boyfriend, on waking up at 0530, 23 June 2009.
So, I didn't exactly get up at 5 o'clock in the morning, raring to go on my first run of week seven. Instead, my alarm clock went off and as I switched it off, I quietly rolled over to see if it woke up my boyfriend, which it didn't. Slyly grinning to myself, I rolled back and closed my eyes. All of a sudden, this huge feeling of guilt hit me followed by a heated argument in my head between my good self and my lazy self. This argument went of for 10 minutes but you just couldn't beat the fact that if I did give in and go back to sleep, I would have probably felt an even bigger guilt afterwards mixed with the feeling of failure that I couldn't possibly forgive myself just because I was being lazy! I knew that if I got up, I'd feel bloody great just for getting up and that getting through the running was only a bonus. No competition, really. Thirty minutes late but like they say, better late than never!
Actually I'm glad I did today's run. It was probably the best run so far on this programme. The weather was absolutely brilliant. It was a dry morning with this nice breeze that passed us every two minutes, just what you need when you're getting a little too hot. I also found my perfect pace. It's my current perfect pace and it leaves me with enough energy to take me through the whole run without feeling like I'm about to die by the last 3-4 sets. I am pretty sure it's quite a slow pace, but it gets my heart going and I'm more than happy to work on the speed issue when I finish the programme and I want to challenge myself a bit more. Quite honestly, you probably can't even call it "running", more like jogging but I've always calculated my bonus points against jogging and not running because however much I like to think I run, I'm running at a snail's pace. Also, "Eat, Write, Run" is a little catchier than "Eat, Write, Jog". For now, it's the perfect pace for me and I did all 8 sets today without thinking I was having heart failure. Good going, I say!
I thought you'd be interested to know that during my run, I passed:
So, I didn't exactly get up at 5 o'clock in the morning, raring to go on my first run of week seven. Instead, my alarm clock went off and as I switched it off, I quietly rolled over to see if it woke up my boyfriend, which it didn't. Slyly grinning to myself, I rolled back and closed my eyes. All of a sudden, this huge feeling of guilt hit me followed by a heated argument in my head between my good self and my lazy self. This argument went of for 10 minutes but you just couldn't beat the fact that if I did give in and go back to sleep, I would have probably felt an even bigger guilt afterwards mixed with the feeling of failure that I couldn't possibly forgive myself just because I was being lazy! I knew that if I got up, I'd feel bloody great just for getting up and that getting through the running was only a bonus. No competition, really. Thirty minutes late but like they say, better late than never!
Actually I'm glad I did today's run. It was probably the best run so far on this programme. The weather was absolutely brilliant. It was a dry morning with this nice breeze that passed us every two minutes, just what you need when you're getting a little too hot. I also found my perfect pace. It's my current perfect pace and it leaves me with enough energy to take me through the whole run without feeling like I'm about to die by the last 3-4 sets. I am pretty sure it's quite a slow pace, but it gets my heart going and I'm more than happy to work on the speed issue when I finish the programme and I want to challenge myself a bit more. Quite honestly, you probably can't even call it "running", more like jogging but I've always calculated my bonus points against jogging and not running because however much I like to think I run, I'm running at a snail's pace. Also, "Eat, Write, Run" is a little catchier than "Eat, Write, Jog". For now, it's the perfect pace for me and I did all 8 sets today without thinking I was having heart failure. Good going, I say!
I thought you'd be interested to know that during my run, I passed:
- 2 cats;
- 4 people waiting at the bus stops;
- 2 out of service buses;
- countless number of birds;
- and 3 cyclists.
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