Juneathon 2009 Day 1
I hate my scales. Last week they said I was 9st 2, today they say I’m 9st 6. I haven’t put on 4 lbs in a week so scales, f**k off. But as if my scales lying to me weren’t enough to push me out the door, today is obviously the start of Juneathon III (and if you don’t know that, why not?) and as Juneathon is mostly about running, I decide I should go for a run although I want to get out on my lovely little Raleigh Shopper (which is now complete with basket and drink holder) for 7 miles.
I decide to just do the two mile route, partly because I ran yesterday and I don’t usually run two days in a row and partly (ok, mainly) because I’m a wimp.
I take my little quiet route where there aren’t any nasty bends but there are a couple of cars and I wonder why I’m scared of them when I’m running but not so scared anymore when I’m cycling and it shouldn’t make any difference as, if they can get round me when I’m cycling, then they can get round me when I’m running as I don’t suddenly expand to twice my width when I’m running, at least not as far as I know anyway and then I see the tree and think hooray, half way there and then I realise it’s not the tree, it’s just a tree and I have to go further before I can turn round and then there’s some dirge playing on my iPod and I realise it’s Radiohead and Thom Yorke’s singing (and I use the term “singing” loosely) about cutting a kid in half or something and then I get to the tree and I’m tempted to touch it and say tag before turning round and going back the way I came but I resist the urge and the tree remains untouched and then I start to walk and I say to myself stop walking and get running you wuss and so I do but then I hear a strange noise and I stop to see if I can see what’s making the strange noise that’s like a cross between a duck and a pig or something but I can’t see anything and then the noise stops and I’m still walking and so I tell myself I haven’t got any reason to keep walking now the noise has stopped and so I start to run again (and I use the term “run” loosely) and I can see the main road and I want to walk again and when I get to the pavement I turn up my iPod and skip through it to see if there are any motivational tunes on there and Terrorvision’s Perseverance comes on and I think that’s quite appropriate for a lightweight like me.
Splits
Stats (running):
Distance: 2.16 miles
Time: 23:39
Pace: 10:58 m/m
Calories: 202
Weight: 9 st 6
Lying scales: 1
Duck/pig hybrids: 1
Juneathons completed: 1/30
Stats (cycling):
Distance: 7.32 miles
Time: 48:29
Speed: 9.1mph
Calories: 202
Music:
Radiohead
Blur
Terrorvision
A noise somewhere between an oink and a quack is hard to imagine but perhaps where you now live pigs really do fly
Well done, one down only twenty-nine to go. I was wondering whether to go running or to the gym but you have persuaded me that its all about the running.
I am “blogging” juneathon on my thread on therunningbug.co.uk: http://www.therunningbug.co.uk/forum.aspx?g=posts&m=11739ⷛ
Nice work! Picture of said shopper and basket needed. I’ll go out tonight when I get in from the pit. The little person is excited about joining in this year. Must say thanks again for putting the work in to this years event and getting my ass back out running again. 😀
Emma, I tried to add your link to the roll call but each time I try to access it, it says I don’t have permission or something (when I add the link, I can access it fine from what you posted above).
Hmm, not sure what that’s about – I don’t really understand these things so when I can make links work etc it tends to be from luck rather than knowledge! Not sure if it gives any clues but for some reason commenting on here won’t work if I add the link in the website field of your comments form.
That Raleigh Shopper is awesome. Gonna my bike out for this month at some point.
Well done on first run, scales are the route of all evil – mine say I’m still over 11 stone and that is just bollocks! Don’t bother with them just see yourself toning up and getting fitter x
I concur with Eva, scales are evil, I don’t even have a set here.
Have you got the spangly handlebar tassles yet? We want to see a pic of your shopper in all its pimped out glory.
Yay for Juneathon! I’m disappointed you didn’t tag the tree though.
that bike is sooo cool. i love it. i’m posting my juneathon progress on facebook as my blog is finito.
I like to weigh myself after a long run to give myself the illusion that I’m losing weight. It’s a nice positive boost! lol