Pie

What a lovely day it turned out to be! As usual I was up early, looking out at the gloom and feeling saddened by the rain but, lo, the skies cleared and out popped the sun! We spent a delicious afternoon in the park with Nick and Nadine, being treated to culinary delights prepared by Nadine’s fair hands (with some onion caramelising help from Nick)…

And after we had feasted on these scrumptious morsels, Nick disappeared on his Brompton and returned not long after laden down with a whole tub of gelato!

Yum, yum, yum.

To balance out our feasting, we had ridden there on our bikes (around four miles in total), and then had fun trying to catch a frisbee for a while. I also found myself playing a run-up-and-down-the-hill game with Hector.

All this festivity meant my run got pushed back until this evening, probably a good idea given the heat, and I went for a quick one around the parks. I am now becoming familiar with the characters that emerge from the bushes of an evening, but never fail to be amazed by some of their antics. At one point I was very nearly driven into the hedge by an idiot riding around at top speed on a mini motorbike, ‘monkey’ bikes I think they’re called. That’s not what I called out after him. I got a bit of pace on and tackled ‘the hill’. I decided to use a technique I read about in Runners World, where you look at the ground and imagine you are running on a flat surface. It works! Really!

Juneathon Day 13

Sit-ups: 70

Press-ups: 20 – Nadine – who is a yoga teacher – showed me some very cool and very testing press-ups, I shall show you tomorrow.

Run

Time: 26 minutes 24 seconds

Distance: 3.04 miles

Average Pace: 8.41 (woo-hoo!)

Best Pace: 7.33

Calories: 278