This week consists of a 28 minutes run, 3 times a week.
The music from the podcast was back to being half decent again. Hurrah! I am pretty happy with the first run. The weather was very warm and sunny, it was good to be outside. Apart from waiting for cars to pass there were fewer long stops. It was solid running on my part. Feeling good.
The second run I decided to run around a field instead of road running. When I got there the grass was about knee-high. The running lasted about 3 minutes before I gave up and went back on the road. The actual running was terrible. The longest I ran was 12 minutes straight. I kept stopping and starting every few minutes then going again. Not good.
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| Donegal countryside |
The third and final run of the week. I used a different route than normal, was trying for a loop instead of my normal straight run. It was mostly running on the road with a short riverside walk. I used to walk it years ago so I was a bit worried it would be overgrown and impassable.
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| slighty overgrown! |
Up to the 12th minute I was stopping every couple of minutes for a breather. After that ( last 16 ) I felt great and thought I was running really well. The only downside of the run were 4 dogs breaking some sound and speed records to get to me. Thank God they stopped at the end of their driveways and did not chase me down the road. It's hard to act natural when you think you're dog food. I did some impressive body swerving I can tell you. What is the proper response? Run like the wind or stroll nonchalantly?
