Morning Run 22km (getting it done...)

dannewton just finished a 22.14km run, that lasted for 135 minutes.
This run helped dannewton burn 1770.0 calories.

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Description from Strava: Bleurgh!

Today was hard work. Especially when compared to last week. I woke up grumpy and tired, and with the threat of heavy rain I really couldn't be bothered to head out today.

But I knew I'd be even more grumpy if I didn't get it done today!

Todays run was scheduled to be 25km... and I didnt fancy that. Instead I thought, what about just completing 10km... thats about an hours worth of running... that will do. The rain is forecast for later on, so if I leave now, there is more chance of completing it in the dry.

With monumental effort, I dragged myself of the sofa, put my shoes on and headed out. I suspect the reason for the tired grumpiness is the lack sleep recently. I think in the past week 5 of the 7 nights I've not managed more than 4 hours. That just isn't good enough... the body need rest, and I keep staying up too late considering I often have to be up at 6am

I really need to work on that!

After getting outside and moving for 20 minutes, I started to feel a little bit better, a little be more 'alive'. The fresh air always helps! Exercise helps too, and as I was feeling more energetic, I started to think about doing the 'long run' I had planned today for 25km. Still wasn't sure about that but I knew I 'needed' to run 22km to reach the 50km target set for the week.

So I turned of the bypass and headed back down the path alongside the river as I've done in previous weeks. I kept going until I hit 11km, and then tuned and headed for home in a much better frame of mind. It turned out to a decent run in the end, and I'm glad I forced myself to complete it. I'm also glad I managed to finish it before the rain hit. I'm currently say here eating my lunch (chicken burgers if you're curious) and the rain is lashing down!

I hope it stops soon as it is the 'Hoen Tour' event in pokemongo this weekend, and I was hoping to go for a walk for a couple of hours to look for shinies and also do some of the new Primal raid things

I know its only a kids game, but it reminds me of when I played it when I was younger, plus I also enjoy the walking around, its generally quite a relaxing experience... in fact I think I can see some clear skies in the distance, better start getting ready!

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About the Athlete: Living in the UK, I am an intermittent Runner, but always striving for more consistency. When I'm not training I can be found photographing insects or listening to really loud angry music (which is the best type of music obviously!)

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