tag:dreamwidth.org,2012-09-29:1731059Couch to 5kCouch to 5kCouch to 5k2015-01-15T12:20:06Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2012-09-29:1731059:93935rmcf@cb4.euRachel ColemanWeek 7, day 12015-01-15T12:20:06Z2015-01-15T12:20:06Zpublic0Posted by: <span lj:user='rmc28' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://rmc28.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://rmc28.dreamwidth.org/'><b>rmc28</b></a></span><br /><br />Sunday, I did a lot of walking.<br /><br />Monday, I was tired and a bit achy from Sunday's walking, so I thought I'd take the day off running and run Tuesday instead.<br /><br />Tuesday, my toddler was ill, so I worked from home and took care of them, and then it was really cold by the time my spouse came home and could take over, so I couldn't find the get up and go.<br /><br />Wednesday: last possible day to run and still get in 3 runs this week. But argh! lunchtime commitment! evening commitment! I managed to carve out time for a run by running to get my older child from afterschool club, changing at work, and leaving my daybag with my spouse to bring home by bike. This is one of the advantages of us working for the same organisation in the same building, but I don't really want to do it regularly (certainly not when it's cold in the evenings).<br /><br />I was a bit too cold for my liking, and though I warmed up once running I never got really hot. I coped a bit better with the solid running; I'd planned a slightly indirect version of my usual walk to afterschool club, with a couple of additional loops nearer the venue. I don't know if it was just because I was running towards a goal, but I felt less urge to stop and walk than I did on Saturday.<br /><br />The worst bit is the busy road I need to cross near the end; I didn't want to wait at the crossing I normally use because I wasn't at all sure I'd be able to start running again if I stopped. There are two sets of lights close together - the usual crossing and about 200m further on a junction with pedestrian cycle on the lights. I ran past the crossing, looking for a gap in traffic; I wasn't thinking very clearly by then, being tired, but I thought "if I get to the junction and still can't cross, I'll turn around and run back until I find a gap and there can't be more than a couple of minutes left anyway". And just then a gap appeared and I got across and about 90 seconds later the run was over, thank goodness.<br /><br />So next run will be tomorrow lunchtime, and the third run will be Sunday late morning. <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=c25k&ditemid=93935" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments