The last two weeks have been hard from a running point of view.
Two things have happened:
1) My runs are getting longer and so taking more time. My short runs are 6 miles and long ones about 8 miles. That means I’m out for between an hour and an hour and a half.
2) Work has been very busy. Increasing the amount of time at work means less time for running.
The result has been that I’ve not enjoying the same frequency of runs that I have been. Or the amount of time to write on this blog.
Given the fact that the days are getting shorter, I’m going to have to either run in the dark – which means running in well lit areas i.e. roads, or run during the day during work time. Work being busy means much less time to run and there’s nothing I can do about that really. Work has to come first if I want to eat and pay the mortgage (which I do).
Running along roads in the dark doesn’t sound too unappealing to be honest but I haven’t got any nice routes that are obvious. I guess I need to get onto Google Maps and plan out a couple and stop moaning!
So far the weather has been glorious the last couple of weeks, but I know that’s changing. I hope my enthusiasm for running keeps up when it’s cold and wet!
Only time will tell…