Wow, I'm thinking from here on I do all my runs when I'm feeling least inclined, because for some reason they seem to turn out to be good ones.
This morning's run had to be postponed 'til after lunch due to the arrival of a new washing machine (a very, very rare case of the old one dying 3 weeks before the 5-year warranty expired!!). I was tired and cranky anyway, but waiting around for said washing machine made me more tired and more cranky, especially as "morning delivery" was in fact 1:15 p.m.
By the time the beast was installed and proven working satisfactorily, it was after 2, and I definitely did not feel inclined to run, but because that Soviet guard with the Kalashnikov and the evil eyes insisted, I decided to do "15 minutes or so" and see how it went.
Well, after 5 minutes I felt good and so upped the ante and actually pumped out a decent run, and felt great for doing so. Nothing perhaps to write home about, but a good effort for a training run at this stage of proceedings.
And the Soviet Gulag-guard (who I think I shall call "Oleg") even let me have a post-run snooze. He's not such a bad chap after all.
Deadish December 2012
