June.To run or not to run?

[Bierzo Baggie]

My own running.
Last week.
Tuesday. Round the river. It was cooler and so I pushed it. 36 mins.
Wednesday and Thursday. Nothing. Must face reality. 7am midweek or nowt.
Friday. Managed 30 minutes around the canal. OK, but it’s hardly marathon training.
Saturday. Out at 8:30. The same 2 hour route as last Sunday. Already hot and I’m soon running shirtless. Lots of folk about fumigating fruit trees.
Running time, 1 hour 57 mins. Felt a bit better than last week at least.

Am convinced that 2 hours running alone along roads is much harder psychologically than 2 hours on the trails, hills and all. Maybe it’s because with road running you feel obliged to keep going, not to stop, banging out the same rhythm mile after mile. Offroad, the terrain may be rougher and hillier but at the same time it’s somehow more laid back, less masochistic. The emphasis is on enjoying yourself...I think.

Sunday. No running tomorrow. It’s Lara’s christening at a little catholic church on the St James’ Way. But that’s for the baby diary....