Tuesdays Troubles

Hi blog watchers.

Today it was tough going again. And today's blog is called Tuesdays Troubles, because I know that when nagging sister and everyone else read this, then I'm going to be in big trouble.

One, for not taking it easy at the barbecue and two, for not trying harder today, even though I am still suffering from the effects of the weekend. That will teach me, when I am in training. Always have the option to say 'No thanks, I have had sufficient'

But that's by the by. So today's run not as good as my personal best, it was a tad breezy out there this morning, and the temperature was lower that yesterday. So I felt confident that I would do really well. I put my tunes on (my brother has given my my mums old mp3 player, with all her favourite tunes on there, to keep me focused) and open the door and out I go. Put the stopwatch mode on from my phone and start. But when I start running, oh boy, my legs hurt, that was because I did not warm up properly yesterday! But at least I didn't have a headache today. I felt every step, every aching muscles in my thighs and calves as I landed each step, and stretched for the next.

Again I was saying to myself, 'I will just do a short one today, as I'm not feeling particularly brilliant' But those still quiet voices just started in, 'No, Old Girl, you can do the long run, if anything extend it, not shorten' I suggested to myself that I just best shut up and get on with doing the 2.61 miler.

Nobody was in their gardens wanting a chat, no little dogs needed patting on the head, no neighbours wanting to stop me to say they will be sponsoring me, which means no long resting time and no excuse about what ever the time is going to be!

I got back to my house and grabbed my phone to check the time, it was 35:18. Not as good as a couple of days ago, but not as slow as I imagined it was going to be