Did well today.

I definitely wasn’t feeling like a run after work today.

But I did it. I chucked on my manky old trainers (I actually love them and can’t bring myself to throw them out). I got on the treadmill and ran a couple or so gentle miles.

That’s 12 days on the bounce. And…

Tomorrow is Friday! Woop woop!

It felt like a very long day today. On my drive home I wasn’t particularly looking forward to going for a run. The initial plan was to go for a little pootle around the village, but as I got nearer home and rain began to fall, the wind was picking up and it was getting dark.

Plan B. Treadmill.

I pressed go on the treadmill and thought I’d do my regular 3 miles at a nice easy pace: 11min/mile. But after a couple of minutes It dawned on me it was going to take ages so went for a progressively faster pace every half mile, completing the last half mile at 8min/mile pace.

3.5 miles in all. It also felt good to get a bit of a sweat up despite not really feeling it.

Coolio.

It feels good to get to day 10.

A busy day at school followed by a meeting at the end of the day. So it was a nice gentle 30min treadmill run: 3.1 miles.

Tonight: Manchester United vs Charlton Athletic.

Come on you Addicks!!!

Monday always feels like one of the toughest runs of the week, so it’s always good to try to mix it up. Plus getting it done as soon as possible is a bonus.

So it was laps of the school field at the end of the day.

Each lap is 0.7 miles if you hug the edge. 5 laps. 3.5 miles in total. Boom.

It was a beach walk this morning.

Followed by today’s 3 mile gentle run around the village at lunchtime.

This lot were very interested when I ran past.

The run was followed by a lovely chocolate and banana smoothie.

‘The Locked Attic’ by B P Water

I was really liking this book right up to about three-quarters of the way through…

I liked the structure, it jumped back and forwards in time, but worked really well.

I liked the characters; it moved between Stephanie and her son Danny, again this really worked well.

I liked the opening; a strange explosion at a power station that brought the characters together.

Then I got three-quarters of the way through it…

The explosion at the beginning? That was it. Nothing more about it. Questions left unanswered.

The title: The Locked Attic. It was barely mentioned, and only appeared in the last few pages, and then it was all a bit ridiculous.

Really good in places. But ultimately disappointed.