Month: July 2023

I woke up too early this morning, with a head full of work.

Early enough to do my yoga set, then sit in the teahouse with a coffee, reading an old copy of New Scientist, and then sit playing my guitar whilst drinking a second cup.

All of which was a huge diversion tactic to put off going for a run.

Cognitively kicking & screaming, I eventually ventured out of the door.

I wasn’t in the right frame of mind for it to be a particularly fulfilling run, so instead it was just hard graft (which you can see from the pic below).

Mind you, I did at least notice that it was a lovely warm day… and that a whole series of people returned my passing greeting

1.97 miles in 20 minutes (I’m still not sure how the same route can vary in distance by so much from one week to the next!) and still back before 8am.

Reminder of some reasons not to run:

Don’t have time, don’t feel like it.

And of some reasons to run:

Sleep better,, lower resting heart rate, more positive, more alert, think both more clearly and more creatively, cognitive input from the local neighbourhood, more to write about, better able to run next time.

Today’s run was slow and hard work, but in a comfortable way… that is, I wasn’t gasping for air at any point!

2.01 miles in 20.48