Apprentice

Weird day running wise. Weird but good. I hadn’t run since Monday and since then I’ve done a lot of travelling. Also, today I was considering not running either because I was going to give blood. Later in the day I found out that the mobile blood transfusion clinic had moved on from Clonmel so running was back on. I was still feeling pretty tired and could have easily nodded off but I decided to go for a run and try out my new shoes (Nike Pegasus + 2007) and Nike +. I was really expecting a bad run - new shoes, eating rubbish because I wasn’t expecting to run, feeling dehydrated and tired after travelling, not having run since Monday - but it was my best run yet. I ran the usual 5K (and a bit) and did it in 32:29, which I know is still in the slow beginners category but it’s a big improvement for me. The new shoes feel fine and Nike + seems pretty nifty but I do need to calibrate it a bit because it said my run was 5.74K.

I head off the Greystones for Encounter on Sunday. I’m really looking forward to it but I am nervous about leading this year, I was expecting that though, so it’s ok. Lots of packing to do.