Running from Zombies

Monday: Claire abandoned me for the uni library so I decided to do an outdoor run..and I’m so glad I did. I decided to do some work first and so didn’t get out the house until about 11am, by which time the sun was shining and it must have been 13 or 14 degrees. I did a great 8.5km in 54 minutes along the canal path. Having never run this far along there, only cycled it, I had plenty of time to take in all the sights that I never get to see when I’m going twice as fast on the bike. It really was a great experience.

Tuesday: Scribs joined me for what I’m now calling the weekly charity run (“taking the poor and needy out for exercise”). Accomplished 5.3km in 38 minutes.

Wednesday: Absolutely knackering run today. A very nice 13/14 degrees outside with a bit of a breeze – great running weather imo, but my shoes were a bit off on account of me attempting a negative split (running back faster than I ran out). Because the Nike+ sensor couldn’t pick up my increased stride length on the return journey I found myself at the end of my street but with the Nike man telling me I still had 500m to run. A quick sprint round the block (after a hill climb I’d like to add) left me exhausted. Slightly disappointingly, the [supposed] 8.5k still took me 58 minutes. I might have to take the Garmin out again and get a 5k marker on the canal route.

Saturday: My first outdoor archery competition of the season and, while not really requiring phsyical stamina (it was only 4 dozen arrows), it does take a bit of mental focus. Suffered a bit with a shoulder injury which I think I got on the Friday evening (a tear in my deltoid) but still finished with a score of 319.

Total Run: 22.3km

As you can see, I’ve had very little time for both running and blogging this week. My dissertation is handed in (finally) but now I have exams for the next 2 weeks. I haven’t got as far as writing my blog posts ahead of schedule like I’ve done before so I’m going to have to call a break to my usual Wednesday and Friday posts until the end of the exam period. Usual posts will recommence the week beginning 11th May. In the mean time I’ll still be tinkering around on here. You might have noticed the new Behind the Scenes page, which I’ll be finishing off in my free time.

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