Mileage: 10 miles
AM: 3.75 miles PM: 6.25 miles
Dare I say it, but I feel better! Hallelujah and all that. Okay I am not perfect. I am totally bunged up and I sneezed more times today than I normally do in a month, but I feel better. It's a bit of a relief. I am sure it'll come as a relief to those precious few readers I have left as well! I'll try and limit mentions of man-flu to every second sentence now!
My run to work felt good, so I decided that I would go to club tonight as well. Gail was out with her pals from the charity shop where she volunteers, so I had to get home to walk Jack. I was finishing later at work than normal so I ran home really quickly, grabbed the dog, jumped in the car and took him to training. I even dressed him in one of my old club vests so he looked the part. Everyone appreciated the effort. If my phone hadn't of run out of battery then there would have been photographic evidence - he looked cute.
I took him for a brief walk round the meadows, which was a fairly impressive sight this evening (again I wish I had my camera). Tonight was a warm, sunny, late spring evening and it was as if the whole of Edinburgh had descended onto the open grass fields of the Meadows. Cricket games were surrounded by football matches, plumes of BBQ smoke breezed across the fields carrying the smell of sausages and the laughter of students already well passed their daily recommended alcohol intake. Jugglers, musicians, and dancers fluttered and skipped between groups of sunbathers, book readers and those just watching everyone else. The music of bands and guitar solos rang through the air. There were sophisticated well thought out picnics with blankets and champagne flutes, as well as less thought out ones of drunken men drinking Carlsberg and peeing behind walls. There were children playing, dogs barking and chasing balls, and adults dashing after both. Most incredibly, all were happily sharing the same small fields of grass. Encased by a pavement pulsing with runners, cyclists and walkers the whole sight of the Meadows could only be described as an urban festival, like a painting of happiness and activity that had come to life. I am not sure I have ever seen the Meadows quite like it. It was fantastic.
Amidst all that our club gathered to be told that tonight's session would be mile reps. I only ever planned to do a little bit of speed work just to get my legs turning over, so I decided to take Jack with me on the warm up mile, which he did really well, and then do some 2 minutes fast/2 minutes slow over a lap of the Meadows, but without the dog. I was pleased that Jack managed the mile, because as my MDS training steps up I intend to bring Jack on some of that training as I will need the company over those long slow runs, so it was good to see him running.I hope he liked it!
After I'd finished my little session I got Jack back out of the car and we went and watched the rest of the club finish off their session. We chatted to people between reps and those tapering off for races this weekend. On a lovely evening like this it was great to be out. Although, I hate missing training and not doing the session with everyone else it was still good to be at the club getting the chat and banter.
Finally, as it was such a good night and Jack was still full of beans I decided to take him to the beach. A quick stop off at Tescos for water and food and off we went. Jack loved it and was out in the water chasing stones and shells that I was throwing in for him. Eventually he realised that they always sank, so he stopped chasing them. He did, however, drink too much sea water as on the way home he threw-up in the back of the car- lovely!!
I hope this weather holds up! Although not too hot for Sunday please.
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