What the ****?
Jun0820118:49 p.m.
Seriously, what is going on here? I'll never understand this running malarky.
Today - I have been lethargic, apathetic and had a general feeling of 'can't be arsed' all day. Started when I got up, carried on at work and I still felt the same at home time. I had taken my running kit to work so I could run home but I really didn't feel like it, the wind was blowing, the sky was cloudy, and my mood wasn't right. So, I rang Mrs K for a lift home.
Mrs K - didn't answer her phone so I started to trot off thinking she would see I had called, will call me and then will come and get me. Well she did, when I was three miles in and top of the hill. By then it was too fricking late!! By the time she got to me I would be pretty much home so I told her not to bother and carried on running down the hill. I got stopped at the railway gates (I always get stopped at the railway gates) and during that 'rest period' I realised that I was on for a PB, IF I wanted it.
5 miles - done, in 54:27!! And this when I really didn't feel like it, couldn't be bothered, wanted a lift home and if I had the money for a bus as I would have got one. So why was this run probably the fastest I have ever done it? Maybe I just wanted to get home quicker? Who knows?
Still, I did it because I
Never ever give up
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Nick 'Well done, Phil! You know it makes sense!' added 8th Jun 2011
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pelican 'good run and how the hell do you manage to answer phone on the run.' added 8th Jun 2011
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Hat 'So much of this running malarkey, or how we feel and what we can manage is psychological isn't it. You said your mood wasn't right...The 'can't be arsed' feeling...And yet you had a great run so your body was fine, it was all in your head - gotta find ways of turning the negative self-talk round...Easier said than done though! Blah! But you did it! So well done and I'm glad Mrs K didn't answer her phone! Maybe she should never answer her phone! ' added 9th Jun 2011
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seeannierun 'Good on ya! Running is mental. Fact. I'm about to leave work and go for a run too. I don't want to either. Blergh. I'm sure I'll feel better for doing it. Annie x' added 9th Jun 2011
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