Hooray for Fridays!!

Had planned to do my usual PM run on Thursday while Courtney was at gymnastics, but she did not go, due to feeling a bit under the weather with a cold and being rather tired. (Know the feeling, had several friends over for dinner on Wed night and it turned into a bit of a late one!)
Thought about going out from home anyway, but the weather was cold and windy by the time I got home from work and I was just so tired that I couldn't do it! Told myself I'd get up early in the morning and go instead!

Friday 18/08/06:
Of course when the alarm went off at 5.30am this morning I was wishing I had gone out last night instead! But off I went, it was rather cold again, but I stuck to a slow, easy pace today.
This seemed to prevent the couple niggles I'd felt on Wednesday appearing and I had 101 things on my mind, so it was nice to just cruise along and go off into my own little world!

Brisk walk warm up: 5mins
Easy paced run: 33mins (6km)
Brisk walk cool down: 5mins

Have to say I have noticed this week that it is slowly, finally getting lighter sooner in the mornings! Yay! For the second time this week, when I turned the corner back into the main road that leads to my little sub-division, the first thing I noticed was that the sky actually looked blue, as opposed to pitch black! There is a huge Asian temple on the corner and it looks great with a bit of light behind it. Sure it helps that the weather has been clear and fine, but its the same in the evenings too, gradually staying lighter for a bit longer. At the very start of the colder weather, I doubted I would make it all the way thru winter doing my runs at or before 6am during the week! I've always been a PM runner before, except on the weekends. However, it was often a struggle, at the end of a long day at work, tending to and trying to spend some time with my daughter, doing dinner, getting her off to bed, etc and THEN going out for a run at around 8pm. I find the weather (in particular the wind) is far more settled in the mornings and provided you wear the right gear, you do get used to the colder temperatures. I know we will still be getting some very cold weather yet, but feel rather proud of myself that I have stuck to my guns and dragged my butt out of bed on many a day when it would have been easier to stay in bed for an extra hour!!!! :-) Besides, it means I can get other stuff done in the evenings, which includes blobbing on the couch in front of either Lost, E.R. or whatever little drama I'm allowing myself to indulge in at the time!

Really got to get my act together and download some photos from my camera and put some into my blog. Can't believe I've been doing this blogging thing for 3 months and haven't put any on yet - very slack!!