What an athlete! I mean, what?! An athlete???
Aug26200812:04 p.m.
It was good once I was out, which I always find hard to convince myself will be the case at the stage where I am still surgically attached to the duvet. I hirpled around the fields nearby, sending flocks of crows skywards in indignation. Even went past the wheat field waiting for the combine harvester or, as it is known around here just now, the pond. Poor farmers, they must be weeping in frustration.
Ran/walked for about 40 minutes or so, more running than walking but more walking than I would ideally like. I am not worrying about that too much though as the main motivation at the moment is to get some weight off and frankly the old heart rate doesn't have time to come down below the training zone in the walking breaks. Which I am sorry to say says more about how high my heart rate goes than how short my walking breaks are!
As I passed the corner shop on the way home a man came out with his paper and half dozen rolls. He had something on his head. On his forehead to be precise. Something.........silver? I didn't want to look at first in case it was a really unusual birthmark and I would just annoy him by staring but I couldn't help it. As he walked by, I peered. At the silver price label stuck to his forehead which appeared to be advertising him for sale at £19.99. "Cheap." I thought, and headed home for muesli.
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jach222 'LOL Could be worse... could have been 'Buy 1 get 1 free'!!! Good running and and it is rather a smug feeling when you've been out early and run before anyone else has even peeled themselve out of bed! Well Done!' added 26th Aug 2008
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Skye_Trekker 'Your Edinburgh translation of ble-e-h-h-h is a lot more polite than my Glasgow one! Good for you still getting out and running that early in the morning - with the added bonus of a £19.99 bloke too... Nice :0)' added 26th Aug 2008
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nje 'You've got great willpower to drag yourself outo f bed to go running. Well done on the 40 minutes. Wonder if he's advertising himself on e-bay - a bargain.' added 26th Aug 2008
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smellslikeangels 'I would have bought him for that!!' added 26th Aug 2008
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tinabee 'Am loving the word 'hirpled' - just had to look it up to see what it meant!! Well done on getting up and getting out there. You can spend the rest of the day feeling good about yourself. The mind boggles as to how a price sticker has ended up on that bloke's forehead!' added 26th Aug 2008
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TISM 'Up and run ning at that time of day - well done you!! Thought you were going to say ran home for 'cash' there for a minute..... going to go and look up 'hirpled' now....' added 26th Aug 2008
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mumrunfun 'Wow. I'm gonna get up early then if that's where all the men for sale are..what do you get for that price tag??' added 26th Aug 2008
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malcolms 'I feel I have to ask the question which others have avoided......how much do you normally pay for men....?? That aside, well done on the running again.' added 26th Aug 2008
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shazzoah 'strange people up there! Just think it could have been 3 for the price of 2 if he had brothers! why did he have price sticker on his head?????????' added 26th Aug 2008
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Goughie 'Just caught up on al enries since your return. Great to be able to read your posts again, always bring a smile. Canada looks and sounds awesome - always great to see happy smiling kids. Good luck with the return to running and taking each day at a time. BW for the future.' added 31st Aug 2008
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Account_closed 'A Bloke for £19.99 ? Probably some cheap model, and not worth shelling the cash out for.' added 31st Aug 2008
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