A finely tuned athlete

After a fun Friday, a hungover Saturday and a profitable Sunday, I remember half-marathons still don’t run themselves and so I decide that tonight I’m going to go out for five miles and I put it on Facebook and I lied last time on Facebook and I don’t know how many times you’re allowed to lie on Facebook before you get struck by lightning or something so I decide not to take the risk that it’s only once and I spend all day trying to stay awake and I decide I probably need more to eat than fruit and soup and so I go to Sainsburys at lunchtime and buy a malt loaf, promising myself that I will resist eating the whole thing in one go and I cut some off at about 4 o’clock and oh my god, it’s gooeyness is so so nice and I put the rest in my bag and wonder if I can resist troughing the rest of it after my dinner tonight and I can’t wait to get home because my boss is being annoying and on my way home I start to think of excuses why I can’t go for a run but I can’t think of any, it’s not even cold and actually the malt loaf did its job and I feel quite energetic and I get home and feed the cat and get changed and head off for my four mile route that I’m going to have to add a mile on to somewhere and I get to the tube station and I’ve gone 2.5 miles and I think bollocks, I thought it was 3 miles to here, I need another 2.5 miles and so I continue down to Bakers Arms and I’ve still got another 2 miles to do and I’m not 2 miles from home and I get to Somerfield and think oh I should have brought some money out with me, I could do with a glass of wine and then I think no, I will have a drink tomorrow with Joggerblogger who is in Ye Olde London Town tomorrow and has requested the pleasure of my company and I keep going dangerously near my house but I’m determined not to go in until I’ve done 5 miles and I keep going and keep going and eventually my Garmin ticks over to 5 miles, hurrah.

Today’s route

Stats
Distance: 5.01 miles
Time: 55:53
Pace: 11:09
Calories: 437
Malt loaves: 1
Joggerbloggers in London: 1
Music
The Cure
Siouxsie & The Banshees
Faith No More
Simian
Calvin Harris
The Damned
Devo
Elastica
Hot Chip
Manic Street Preachers
Mark Ronson
Scissor Sisters
Stereo Total