“…point to the fact that time is eternal”
18:32 11.5 miles 1:23:53
1 7:14 2 7:22 3 7:17 4 7:15 5 7:15 6 7:24 7 7:24 8 7:24 9 7:18 10 7:28 11 7:02 11.5 3:33 Average 7:18 min/miles
I was supposed to be meeting Crazyboy and Boyracer for a run tonight. I’d text them earlier today and they’d agreed to run the 7 mile route rather than the usual 5.4 miles. However… Crazyboy text to say that he was having a bad day in the office and wouldn’t be able to make it in time, then 5 minutes later, Boyracer text to say he was in Irvine with a car that wouldn’t start, was worrying about his final teaching assessment in two days time and… you guessed it, wouldn’t be able to make it! Do I smell?
Having impressed myself with my motivation this morning, I had to dig deep into my reserves to oust the ‘don’t run’ daemon tonight. I decided I would head out with the intention of doing about 7 miles and just see how I felt. I carried a bottle of sports drink as I was worried about my hydration throughout the day having run this morning. I felt terrible at first, but looking at my GPS I realised I was running at sub 6:50 pace… that’d be why then! So I slowed right down and tried to relax into a nice easy rhythm. For once I got the pacing right and felt great so I extended the run, continuing on the cycle path to Howwood. It was great on the path, but when I turned onto the roads I discovered a wind that I hadn’t been aware of previously. That wind was in my face the entire way home as you can see from the slower split times from mile six onwards. I was determined not to push till the last mile or so, and hence the times increased.
The cycle track was really busy tonight so for once I have something more interesting to witter on about! The pollution has clearly become very bad in the Paisley area. Two cyclists came past me wearing face masks (could they have been made by ‘Oxygenius’?). I could understand this on the roads, but on a cycle track? Seriously now, do I smell? Anyway, they looked like late 80’s British acid house band The KLF. It left me singing ‘What Time Is Love?’ and ‘3am Eternal’ for the next half a mile or so before I ran past a girl smoking a cigarette, a cigarette which smelt like it didn’t just contain tobacco! Suddenly I felt a bit high, and started thinking that perhaps the face masks were entirely justified… ah justified, cue Tammy Wynette on vocals for their 1992 number 2 hit, “They’re Justified and they’re Ancient…”
“…All bound for Mu Mu Land” Readers!
