Morning,
Last night we managed to get the cat (Bitsy) off a little bird she had brought in - it was breathing heavily and looked broken - after a while it calmed down and seemed to straighten up a bit - so we took it outside - and it seemed to run off....
Later we managed to get a tiny tiny mouse off Bitsy - and we released that too! When we got up this morning - it seemed they must have found the bird and brought it back in again - it was very dead this time - its feathers were everywhere. It is such a shame and me and Andy are so soft fussing and worrying about these little creatures - trying to feed them before we let them go, but Bitsy is just too good at catching them. The kittens love it when she brings them in too - I just hope they are not as good as Bitsy at catching them when they start going out!
Anyway....I woke up at 7am...my alarm was set for 8am so I could get up and do the parkrun - and I didn't go to bed until 1am. As I woke up early - I got up - Andy was already up. I felt a little icky, but got ready and went and did the run. It felt really hard starting off and I thought I was running slowly - and I must have read my watch wrong as it also seemed to say I was behind my normal time. I managed to run all of it apart from stopping for about 3-4 seconds once. As usual it all feels awful as I was going around but feels better the closer you get to the end. Unlike last week I was able to speed up a little near the end - overtaking a girl that had been ahead of me the whole way. As soon as I finish, instead of thinking this is awful - I think - That was Awesome! hehehe
I am waiting for my official time but according to my watch, it should be just under 33 minutes! I did the Bushy Park 5km a few years ago and that was my fastest 5km ever at 32.32. Still slow for most people - but that is now what I am aiming to beat.
Hope I'm not disappointed when the results come in....
So - time was 32.44 - so beat my time again - last week it was 33.22 - and later changed to 33.25. I thought after last week I'd struggle to beat it! Lets hope I can do it again next week. Ultimate goal is 30 minutes or under!
This is the half-way point....
This one is coming in at the end!
relief.........
Helen and Paul came around at about 6pm....and we had a great night as usual, catching up, playing pool and generally laughing! Helen is on a downer about running - thinking she actually doesn't like it and might not run again. This is because she went out and had a rubbish run that left her feeling pissed off at the end. I'm trying to persuade her not to give up on it - she hasn't done it much and I think she is expecting too much too soon. I don't want to lose my running buddy!!!
