I had a pretty positive run this morning — an agreeable 8°, steady pace, with enough energy that I could pick up my tempo a couple of times in the last stretch. Alas, when I got home and pushed ‘Stop’ on my timer, it became clear that something had already stopped my timer when I…
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Yet Another Chilly Slow Day
Back to my regular route this morning, 3° and medium breezes, and my muscles just never really opened up. Breathing whoofy rather than gaspy (I guess that’s a kind of progress?), but the time was only 10:52.
Casual Early Morning
I took a bit of a detour this morning, so the time isn’t a record of a mile directly comparable to other miles. The weather was cold, with a bit of a breeze; 4°, and I ran it in 11:14 (but again, this reflects a longer distance).
It’s Not Me, It’s You
I noticed today that during my early-morning run, I didn’t think as much about how much I hate running. This is a worrying sign that I might be inching toward becoming A Runner. The possibility rolled around my thoughts as I ran, and after a very short while it became clear that I do still…
Out of a Hat
I’m not sure what I did with the time for my Tuesday run, but it wasn’t anything unusual; call it 10:45. Wednesday’s was 10:40 in misty 4° weather. This morning felt better (4°, no breeze or rain) for most of the mile, but still came in at 10:45. I think the whole thing is random.
Icy Running
Sunday morning, at 0° and with very thick frost, I ran a 10:57; this morning, -2° with frozen mist and a shoelace that came untied, the timer says I ran 10:10. That can’t be right, of course; even with a refreshed spring in my step after stopping, I was taking small cautious strides over patchy…
Sodality Saturday
Off to a meeting of the leadership Council of the Sodality of Mary, Mother of Priests, at St Mary Magdalene, Munster Square. It’s a bit hard to leave Margaret behind when I’ve spent all week at work, and she only arrived back from the USA Monday morning; on the other hand, most Sodality events take…
Four of Seven
Missed yesterday — just slept too late to squeeze in a run in time before chapel — but ran again this morning, which makes five of the last seven days. Wahoo! (Ugh.) Knees felt a little wobbly at first, but otherwise okay. 10:44.
Wednesday of Noughth
Ran again, three days of five(!), 10:46. It felt more leisurely, mild head winds, but a good time.
Charles Cramp
I had a whopping, nasty charley horse last night (this is why I didn’t run this morning), which reminded me that my British colleagues have to manage without this evocative, specific diagnosis for a leg cramp. I thought that I had blogged about this deficiency in British English before; I remember discussing it in the…
Public Painting
David notes that a coalition of French museums have released images of their paintings — 150,000 paintings — into the public domain. He’s concerned that they didn’t make it easier to bulk download the images, which I suppose I can sympathise with a little bit. But as an impecunious academic researcher who has recently published…
One More Time
I ran this morning, too. That’s two days in a row. Don’t worry — I’m not turning into that guy (I don’t think); I just felt vexed about having fallen from my 10:30-ish plateau to this 11:00-ish plateau, and exasperated at not improving my breathing. Really, after three or four years of regular running I…