Post Office run
I got home last night to find a card from the Post Office saying they had a parcel for me. Hurrah! New running kit! Damn, I was going to go for a run over the marshes tomorrow and do the route up the river and get four miles in, as I’ve been an idle cow for weeks now. Can I leave my new running kit in the PO all weekend and wait until Monday to get my grubby little mitts on my shiny new stuff, therefore allowing me to go for a run along the river? Na, can I fuck. I’ll get up early to avoid the queue that goes round the block and run up there and back.
My new alarm clock fails to wake me up at 8 and I don’t get up ’til 9:30. Ooh no, the queue’s going to be massive and it’s raining and I’m going to be standing outside in a queue for about an hour getting wet. Can I leave my new running kit in the PO all weekend and wait until Monday to get my grubby little mitts on my shiny new stuff, therefore avoiding getting soaked? Na, can I fuck.
So I brave the elements and run up to the Post Office, bit feeble though and have to walk some of it. I’m praying on the way to the god of Post Office queues that the queue’s not too long and, bloody hell, there’s no queue! Result! I get my parcel and run/walk off home with it and inspect my purchases. I am now the proud owner of a nice black and red rucksack which is tiny and isn’t going to hold much more than my gym membership card and a t-shirt and I’m going to spend the rest of the day working out how to adjust the straps, as at the moment they’re set for someone who’s about 26 stone. It looks nice though. I am also the proud owner of a fluorescent yellow long sleeved top. Oh yes, very stylish. And a pair of trousers that don’t have any pockets so I don’t know where I’m supposed to put my keys. Hmm. And the nice people at Start Fitness have given me a pair of gloves and a water bottle. Thank you nice people at Start Fitness.
Stats:
Miles: 2.01
Total time: 24:41
Average pace: 12:17 minute/mile
Average speed: 4.9mph
Max speed: 7.4mph
Total calories: 175
Weather: 44F
Music:
Siouxsie & The Banshees – Cities in Dust
Scissor Sisters – Might Tell You Tonight
Scissor Sisters – Intermission
Graham Coxon – You & I
Graham Coxon – Leave Me Alone
Soft Cell – Where The Heart Is
🙂 I always seem to manage calling in at the post office when everyone is out for their dole money :-/
Looks like we got the same parcel.
I’m now sporting a luminous yellow top and a tiny wee rucksac.
Hello by the way!
I have luminous yellow top for running but before that i used to wear a workmans luminous top. My wife called me a pyikee!
Hi Angela, thanks for visiting! I checked out your blog, it’s cool. I like the pic of your rucksack, it’s inspired me to post one of mine 🙂