Day 34 - Today's excuse...

It does feel like all I am blogging about is excuse for doing badly, but it's a reminder that it's not about speed, distance or time (And speed is in fact distance over time) but persistence regardless of the circumstances.

I was up till 2:30 in coughing fits until I could finally get to sleep, only to wake up at 6 with abdominal cramps, which turned out to be what I was dreaming about, woke me up and found it was actually my diaphragm locked up in a spasm/pulled muscle - I assume from all the days and nights of coughing terribly.

It took 2.5 hours for it to go away and then the kids were up and Max had to go shopping so bugger all sleep.

I'm booked into see a movie this afternoon and it would not get me home until after 6 so it was do it on very little energy or run in blackest night (since it's nearly winter here).

So I opted for a gentle run, intending to do the whole block but almost fading before I reached the corner.

There was a runner behind me at first and that embarrassment factor of stopping too early kept me going and on the first corner there was a couple of school aged kids in running gear so that kept me going until they were all out of sight.

Two stops on St Andrews, ran Watling to the Park, stopped in the park and then ran the rest of the way.

Tried to make each rest/walk a short one and made ok time that way.

Distance: 1.04 km
Time: 6:03
Average Speed: 10.3 kph