Couple of runs

Today’s run brings up just my third run for the month. The whole family including myself were a bit unwell towards the end of last week. I thought it was cleared up on the weekend, but after a big day on Sunday I was pretty tired and drained, which renewed some lingering symptoms. I tried to get out over the last few days, but it just hasn’t worked. The worst part is I feel like I’m wasting all this easy to get up for, early morning daylight.

All I managed since the last post were:

Sunday Run 6km
Still just a shuffle around the back of Waniora, which despite not being entirely flat, is about the flattest terrain I can get unless I want to drive somewhere.
The run was followed up with doing the lawns and running around with the kids. Later in the day we went to the supermarket with them and they both started carrying on like pork chops so I “took it outside” with them. I ended up power walking them in the pram for about half an hour while Jodie finished the shopping.

Today Run 6km
Ran a Lighthouse loop today. It had been warm all morning and I headed out at midday, but at least there was some cloud cover while I was out there. It felt tough for much of the run, although the pace was quicker than the shuffle that I should have been doing. I dangled the carrot that I would walk up the Matthew Flinders Drive hill to keep me going, whilst trying to make myself forget that walking up that hill was pretty much the same as running on the flat anyway. Still, it’s a change of pace for the legs. The final km home was really good after that. I felt strong, and was travelling at a good pace even though it’s a bit of a climb up Lighthouse Road. That was promising.