7am? What’s one of those then?
It’s been a while since I’ve been up before 8am but this morning I was up before the fake sunrise had finished doing its fake sunrise thing and I decided I would go for a short run. But when I looked out of the window it looked a bit foggy and I wondered if it was real fog or just some kind of countryside early morning in late September fog thing and I wondered if I went out in the fog would I get run over if no one could see me and I thought about going to the other fields that me and Shaun walked over the other week but I decided just to do my three mile route and by the time I left the house the fog had gone and I set Cyril to pace me 11 minute miles because I thought surely I can manage three 11 minute miles? and I got to where the cows should be and the cows still weren’t there and I think flipping hell, it’s like the marshes, one minute the cows are there and the next they’re not and it’s like they’ve disappeared Paul Daniel’s stylee or something and it’s not fair and cows should always be there because that’s what fields were invented for except fields with sheep in and fields with pigs in and I get to the field where there aren’t any sheep or cows or pigs, only the occasional dead mole and it’s nice and bright but not hot and I remember why I like running first thing but a proper first thing and not a 10am first thing and I get to the next field and there’s a man walking towards me and I wonder why there’s a man in the field and I think my t-shirt has ridden up and my belly will be wobbling about and I don’t want to pull my t-shirt down as that will just draw attention to it so I suck in my belly the best I can and as the man gets nearer I see it’s not a man but an old lady wearing wellies and she’s got a big smile on her face and I smile and say morning and I think she says morning back but I’ve got my iPod on and then I get to the road and there’s cars going past and I think it must be the rush hour and I don’t want to get run over but when I get on the road there’s no cars and I get past the tree and I’m getting tired and I want to stop but I do a deal with myself and promise myself that if I can get to the road without walking, I can walk the rest of the way and even turn my Garmin off so it can’t out me for being a lightweight but I stop to walk and I think nooooooooooo walking, and I start to run again and then walk again for a few steps but I make it to the road and I stop my Garmin and walk the last half mile back.
Stats:
Distance: 2.52 miles
Time: 27:32
Pace: 10:56
Calories: 261
Fields with cows: 0
Fields with sheep: 1
Old men who are really old women: 1
Joggers needing to take their glasses out with them: 1
Music:
The Cure
The Shining
BRMC
Cardiacs
7am? No, it’s not ringing any bells…