Sunshine for the early runner

I had put the running machine down, ready for a run this morning, but I woke up super-early to a beautiful sunny day. It was chilly enough for longs and a long-sleeved top, but I only had shorts and t-shirt to hand so I went with that… albeit with hat & gloves!

It was lovely being outside, though there was a point on the hill where I had a slight memory lapse… I didn’t remember it being quite that steep (it’s not!).

The return leg was at that same 9.35 pace that I keep seeing on this stretch, but I must have got up the hill faster than normal (including that steep bit!) because the overall time for the almost 2-mile circuit was 19 minutes & 9 seconds, faster than I’ve completed it in months.

There’s already pervasive cloud cover across the sky so it seems that I really made the most of the sun this morning 🙂

Warming up

I wasn’t super-enthusiastic about running this morning, but I had put the running machine ready last night and I couldn’t think of any compelling reasons not to get on it.

The feelings of coldness and stiff muscles soon evaporated when I started to run and my brain kicked in to dwell on some work challenges that I’m trying to solve.

One mile in just under ten minutes… and much warmer than when I started!