Where do I re-start? by philk

Getting bored with these blog titles now.

10 miles! - was really only 8½ . I honestly thought it was 10 but obviously not. Mrs K and I went to Southsea so she could do 2 miles and I could carry on to home and do 10. Did the first mile of run 3 lamp posts, walk 1, that took 15 mins. She turned back to the car and I reset the garmin and carried on. It was a little breezy on the seafront which is why it took me 36 minutes to do the first 3 miles! Got out of the wind after that and it was a little easier. I did take a walk at 5 miles, but that only because, in the middle of nowhere, I bumped into a friend of my daughter and stopped to chat to her for a minute. It then took me a few seconds of walking to actually get jogging again. Carried on, made a few minor adjustments to my route as I went along and then the problems started. First, I was stopped by some prick who wanted a light for his fag! Almost as soon as I got going someone stopped me to ask for directions, to a place we could see from where we were! Then I was asked if I had change of a tenner by someone else. Look, if you see a fat sweaty old bloke puffed out, running towards you, wearing shorts and a flouresecent yellow jacket, wearing an ipod, do you really think he has a lighter/map/money on him? Of course bloody not!

Miscalculation - mapped out my route last night, checked it this morning before we went out, then forgot all about it. I had it in my head this was a 10 mile route but something at the back of my mind was telling me it wasn't. I had measured it, checked it and I knew I was right but got  close to home and the Garmin said I had only done 7 miles. I knew that was wrong, I must have forgotten to restart it after one of the idiots I met earlier. Carried on for a while past my house then turned back. Had something to eat and drink and a bath then sat down to see why I thought I was wrong. The route I had mapped out was still on my desktop, I had forgotten to do a lap of the park!

Funny bit  - funnier if you were there but here goes. In the last mile there was a jogger 100m ahead of me. Coming towards us were two women on bicycles and they were taking a Jack Russell for a walk/run. As they approached the guy ahead of me the dog went mental barking at him and jumping around his feet, this made the jogger hop, skip and jump his way past. I knew it was going to do the same to me but I was ready. As I approached it ran towards me yapping like a mad dog, I suddenly roared at it and raised my arms as if going to attack it. The poor thing shit itself, leapt 2 ft in the air, twisted around and ran back to hide behind its owners bike. I laughed so much inearly fell in the creek! Not sure what the owners thought, they were saying something but I was past them by then.

COC - slight problem. Ellie found it on my desk and chomped on a few bits. I know you won't believe me.

Mmm, syn free chips and eggs just landed in front of me. Luvvly jubbly.

Never ever give up