Stoptober 2012

[Sweder]

Weighed in again at midday, after a decent cooked breakfast but also after a 6.5 mile run. It was going to be a gentle 3 miler but I got carried away in the watery sunshine. Wonderfully slippery underfoot, the downs offer a real challenge on mornings like this. I looped the Downland Ten field on the way out, still intending to cut across the apron of Wicker Man Hill. As I reached the turn-off I was well into some Talking Heads, so pushed on up the hill to Blackcap.

   
Elevation Map

I should have taken a camera to snap some wonderful animal action along the way. First up were the magpies, always squawking about something in the sheep field. Today two of them were perched on the backs of sheep. The woolly ones seemed oblivious, munching away as their riders scanned the area, masters of all they surveyed. Later we came across a herd of ox-blood cattle. These hulking beasts resembled a gang of doormen resting up after a heavy night, lurking in the long grass, wholly disinterested in our passing.

My calves moaned a bit towards the end, the only sign of this being my fourth hard session in five days. I'm noticing my core kicking in when the going gets tough, a benefit of recent exercise. And the re-weigh? 91.5 kilos, a difference of 0.4 kilos. That's a bag of sugar in old money, quite a difference, even with a man-sized brekkie on board.

Track du jour: Life During Wartime, Talking Heads