Totaliser

Just 3 miles run this week before being struck down with my neck injury which means it could be a couple of weeks before I get out again....no martial arts for a bit either I suspect. Slightly spaced out on painkillers and muscle relaxants/sleeping pills, so fighting would probably be a bad idea. Still, the anti-inflammatories seem to be doing my finger some good.

Slight Change

Since I can't think of anything at all interesting, profound or amusing to say about my running I've decided just to post once a week a tally of miles clocked up, purely so I can total it up at the end of the year

So this week, two runs, one 3-miler and one 2.5miles

Windchill

Just been out for a three mile run, and it was cold....so cold I can scarcely feel my fingers to type this, even though I was wearing gloves. How come it seems colder this week than it did when it was snowing a couple of weeks ago? Took a real effort of will not to turn back after about 50 yards. Let's hope it's warmed up a bit by mid-week

Speeding Up

Another 3 mile lunchtime run today, this time a lot faster than the last one because all the snow and ice has finally cleared. So fast in fact that by the last half mile I was really struggling...but I kept going, mostly thanks to pride (not wanting to seem pathetic in front of the boss). Thankfully it was a short afternoon for me at work because it was one of my days to fetch the kids, but even so I was struggling to keep my eyes open towards the end.

Slippin' and Slidin'

Went out for a run on Friday lunchtime with A, the big thaw seemed to be on so we went out across the fields for about 3 miles. The roads were OK, but lots of standing water where the ice had melted then not soaked away and one part of the lane was still so icey we were reduced to a walking-pace shuffle for a hundred yards or so, slithering all over the place.

Needed a nice hot shower after, what with wet feet and cold extremities. Showers in the changing room took a very long time to run warm though - brrrrrrr!