August and new beginnings (again)

[Charliecat5]

Melancholy running.

I use to have a collie dog… I loved that dog.  She was called Jess, because that’s a proper collie dog name.  I always wished I'd called her Melon tho’ so as to have had a meloncollie dog.

Since Sunday I have run every day including today.  And it has been really tough.  Made tougher by the fact that I haven’t had a drop of ale since Saturday (cold turkey) and have crashed my calorie intake to get back to a reasonable running weight.  

I set out to run three miles tonight… the route chosen because it was flat (well as flat as you get in Lewes - still 70 metres of elevation).  I had to rest up twice which meant penalties.  1-minute rest equals an extra 0.1 miles.   In the end it turned out to be 4 miles (0.6 of that was penalty miles).  But it was slow and I needed to rest.  Time on the feet – good.  Junk miles – not so good.

Tomorrow is a day off (up early, home late), and then Friday I am going to attempt Blackcap.

On a positive amongst the frustrations, I went running last night with Mrs CC5.  We drove and parked at the top of Firle Borstal and then steadily climbed up to Firle Beacon.  I ran a little further and did a couple of loops so ended up running 4 miles to her 3.  It was lovely to be out together and I was impressed what a good runner she is starting to become.  Steady but determined – she doesn’t stop.