Who turned the winter back on?

I decided to get some new running gear for the summer and thought I’d try out Simply Sweat as their prices seem reasonable for active wear. A lot of my first choices were out of stock (something I hope they rectify soon) but I managed to pick up two vest tops (Nike and Reebok) and a pair of Nike capri pants for about £50. I did want to pay by PayPal but each time I tried, it came up with an error message (something else I hope they rectify soon). Delivery was very quick though and the postie delivered my parcel of new running gear within 48 hours.

I was going to wear one of my new vests on today’s run but on looking out of the window and seeing horizontal rain, changed my mind and so on went the new capris with an old top.

As it was pissing down raining a bit, I decided not to go through the fields and up to the foresty bit as originally planned but to stick to pavements and so I plotted out a three mile run and set off.

I was happily speeding along gracefully and gazelle-like when I came to the road by Tesco where I had to stop for aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages while cars went past (excuse no. 1 for going really slowly) and I got to the island in the middle of the road where I had to stop again to wait for a clear bit (excuse no. 2). I eventually get across the road and resume my graceful gazelle-likeness.

No more road-based obstacles thwart me but the wind I’m running head-first into is giving me a facelift and slowing me down (excuse no. 3) and then I get to a road and a woman driving a horse trailer turns up the road and stops and so I stop and I’m wondering if she’s going to carry on going up the road or is she reversing or what but she doesn’t know what she’s doing and I think make your fucking mind up, twatface oh good, my favourite kind of driver and she eventually decides what she’s going to do and I can continue on my run (excuse no. 4) and I go through the field where they’ve put about three million more gates (this may be a slight exaggeration) that I have to stop and open (excuse no. 5) and I go past a new stile and I didn’t think you could get new stiles, I thought they were all from olden days and I get to the top of the hill and Thru the Gears comes on and I zoom down the hill as fast as a peregrine falcon (this may be a slight exaggeration) and I go round the corner and run past the house until I get to three miles, then I turn my Garmin off and shuffle back sloth-like.

Stats
Distance: 3.00 miles
Time: 35:13
Pace: 11:45 m/m
Calories: 315
New running vests: 2
New capri pants: 1
Excuses for going really slowly: 5

p.s. Don’t forget to enter my competition to win a copy of Born to Run by Christopher McDougall (see yesterday’s post)