Midweek: just get out there!

Barely scraping two runs in two weeks is definitely not the way to prepare for your first 10K event. But even just putting my training gear on to go to work this morning felt magnificent. It seems weird to miss the discomfort of exertion, but miss it I have done. Let's hope I'm able to keep it up this time.

So yeah, last week was written off after Monday's run, as I caught some kind of bug that ruined me for a few days (mainly via the gift of a prolonged, intense headache plus general fatigue) and then another weekend away happened (no parkrun). So today it was awesome just to get out. I didn't care where I ran — I just wanted to run.

In the end, I did just 4.5K before the combination of my pace (5:15/km) and the heat (21°C) saw me cave at the bottom of Side and seek the shadows. Despite my route being mostly flat with a short stretch of downhill, it was exhausting. I ran from work, through the railway tunnel to the Telegraph, around Central Square South(?) and the Boiler Shop, then along part the Life Centre and the Arena. Staying at that level, I passed the poor-excuse-for-a-heliport (honestly, it's just some random wasteland with the odd H painted on it) and ran a little further westward before dropping down to the business park and heading back along the river. The trees provided a bit of shade along Skinnerburn Road — preventing the skin-a-burn, geddit? — but it was barely noticeable, as the heat was relentless. I was glad to eventually get back to the office and step into a shower four degrees cooler than I take in regular weather.

The hot weather looks likely to continue this week, but I hope to get out again in the evenings. Let's see...

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