You would think that a nice long week off work would result in a lot of running and maybe some swimming or cycling or other fun fun outdoor active activities.
Scratch that. I knew what this week would involve. Food, computer games, lots of movies and not a lot of moving at all. And maybe some baking. So I guess this has been a successful holiday, because that’s what I’ve been doing.
I have been intending to get out there and do some running for the last couple of mornings. Sunday was Christmas, so I gave myself the day off. Monday was Boxing Day, a day of dubious purpose to be sure, but I didn’t think it involved running. Tuesday, I think I may have had a late night. Wednesday, pretty much the same. I set my alarm for 5am, but I couldn’t manage to drag myself out of bed until half past, and then I had a stomachache. Thursday morning I only got home at just before 1am, so waking up four hours later didn’t appeal to me.
Today, I got up at 6am. Finally managed to get out there on the road. It was a gorgeous morning, not a cloud in the sky. I didn’t even negotiate with myself the way I usually do, like “Maybe you can just run TO the lake, and if you don’t feel like running around it, you can turn up College Street. At least that’s six kilometres. If you just do one lap around Gininderra, hey, that’s fourteen kilometres. Even better! Maybe if you feel okay after that, you can press on for the half.” I just went for it, and even though it wasn’t an easy one later on (I was really hurting by the 18k mark) I managed to get home in 2 hours, 11 minutes.
This is a massive win, because my half marathon personal best is 2 hours 16 minutes or thereabouts. Five minutes off my PB, and I wasn’t going particularly fast.
Happyface.
I fell asleep as soon as I came home, though. It was pretty warm out there, and I sorta crashed as soon as I came in the door. The tendons at the back of my ankles are really tight right now. I think I should start stretching.
Should I make that one of my new year’s resolutions? I need to stretch more.
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