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RE: No-Excuses-Vember
A good week, even if it had to be extended by a day to get the miles in.
Tuesday - 3 miles fartlek. Time to mix up the pace a little. The Offspring on the mp3, to try and induce adrenaline in the sprint intervals. Trouble was, with an improvised mp3 holder tucked into my tracksters, I had to repeatedly grope around my crotch area to pause and play the music at the right time. Proper mp3 holder on the Christmas list.
Friday - tempo run over the same route. Job done.
Saturday night, an old friend and I were ambushed by a bottle of whiskey and fell into some sort of time machine. Spent a lot of Sunday feeling less than 100%, and ended up postponing the planned evening easy run. My excuse was that it was better to catch up on some sleep than flog myself unnecessarily. A good thing about Less is More is that there's always a day to spare, so you can always catch up if you need to.
Just back from a lovely 6 miles easy. A really beautiful night, starry and breezy yet mild. The mp3 ran the full gamut of the BBC's podcast stable: 1Xtra Drum 'n' Bass chart, the News Quiz, and then Huw Stephens. Along with Tom Robinson's podcast, this is a great listen which throws up all kinds of obscure music, much of it nicely paced for easy runs. TdJ: Portals, "Onwards", a yearning, psychedelic instrumental that I can't find anywhere on the web (although there are several other bands also called Portals). The running felt smooth and easy, and remarkably I finished more than 4 minutes quicker than the same route this time last year. Got to be good news. Just need some consistency now. But the habit is returning.
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