‘Orrible run, still did it though
Well, as the title suggests, this morning was my worst ever effort. It started badly upon ignoring all pesky thoughts telling me to stay in bed, I was up and dressed but got halfway down the stairs and my nostrils were assaulted by the foulest of smells, dog diarrhoea 😫 Three piles of it. So I set about cleaning that up, all gloves and disinfectant. Twenty minutes later I was heading out the door.
I’d decided last night I would try a new route which consists of a much longer, steeper incline than I’d attempted before. I pressed play on the Beyond C25K programme to hear a cheery Steve Cram tell me I’m working on short interval bursts of speed at 60seconds normal run pace, 60seconds sprint. Well, the new route was a terrible idea as it was uphill for most of the way and trying to increase my speed was impossible so I got out of breath and frustrated very quickly. Also I was convinced I could still smell dog poop so kept checking my hands and was paranoid there was some somewhere, I think the smell had just ‘caught’ in my nose hair or something 🤢
Finally I came to a downward part but by this time I felt p*ssed off with it all. I walked for five minutes thus annoying myself further. However, after this I ignored the instruction and just ran home at my usual pace.
I got up, I got out and I ran. It wasn’t perfect but it was still a win in reality - Here’s to our perfectly imperfect runs my friends!! Have a great Monday!
PS - dog in question is absolutely fine and waggy tailed this morning, I’ll be keeping an eye on him all day but rest assured he is happy as Larry x