After running 20 miles on the machine yesterday, I was unsure how I would feel about getting back on it again this morning.
But after the inclemence of yesterday, the day that dawned was beautiful and with sun streaming through the window it was hard to feel anything other than upbeat. With a hasty espresso to wake me up and a banana for sugar, I got straight on with it.
I started the machine at 6mph to give my legs a chance to warm up but quickly realised they actually wanted to go faster… I kept running onto the front board. I increased the speed to 6.5mph and while I’m sure I could have run faster still, I thought prudence was well advised. I actually experienced no discomfort at all, so the training must be having an effect.
I regretted not putting the fan on though… the combination of the heating, sun and my activity quickly brought me to a hot sweat, but I didn’t want to stop so I just had to endure it.
After yesterday’s Kiss FM session, this morning I opted for Radio 4 and endured some politician getting a browbeating from the presenter. It was clear that the presenter just wanted a percentage number that could be used later in the news, but the guest was having none of it and managed to get away clean from the more telling elephant in the room.
He pointed out that there has been a 45% increase in public spending within local authorities since 1997 and that councils would easily be able to create efficiencies without cutting front line services.
Whether or not this is the case, this is like saying that ‘we think they’ve been pouring money down the drain for a number of years but we’ve not previously done anything about it because… ‘
Slightly hot under the collar, for more reasons that one, I completed 3 miles in 28.24, average speed 6.3mph.