Cold and Hard

Although I was in fairly high spirits yesterday, I somewhat rushed my run as I was desperate to get back home to indulge (well watch others indulging) in my other major past time, Astronomy.

Yes, I'm a stargazer and wanted to watch the BBC Stargazing live programs.  So going out and running myself ragging whilst there is a crisp clear night that we could be spending over in Wiltshire photographing galaxies was quite frustrating.  Somehow I need to get myself back into early morning runs and maybe join the @6amclub on twitter.

I think the 6am'ers may be onto a good thing there as I think there might be a psychological advantage to running as it's getting lighter.  I struggled to get out today between jobs and decided, somewhat foolishly to head out after the BBC programmes.  It felt hard and cold with the sun as a distant memory and the cold dampness making my bones ache whilst the pavement started to crinkle and glisten underfoot. 

Aside from the coldness, the other mistake I made tonight was having a large  HUGE bowl of pasta only around 2 hours before I set out.  The running is making me constantly hungry and so I thought this carbo load would be good.  Turns out I could practically feel it bouncing around still.  Not that plesant as I was trying to up the pace a little

I may try a transition tomorrow and shuffle my day a little so that I can run late afternoon, aiming for an early start on Thursday. 

Still, no matter how that last one felt, it doesn't take away from the fact that I'm up to 91mile so am getting close to the first century mile marker!  It does make me feel gutted not to have gotten into the London Marathon though.  This mileage would have served as a fantastic base to build on.  Let hope I can keep it going for Edinburgh and start to push the long run up a bit through Feb.

Run number 016: 8.8km
Run number 017: 5.04km