New Year's Eve run?!

So it was New Year's Eve, and I was all set to go help a mate finish off his stove install when another mate, Alex, asked if I was up for a run. Err, no, not really was my initial response! Mainly as I was going to be spending New Year's Day doing a 4.4 mile kayak trip down the River Avon and thought that was quite enough exercise for this week.

So at 14.53 off we went for a run! As before, the times for this run are only as accurate as the time shown on my phone, but they'll do for now. I am seriously starting to think about upgrading to a decent/modern phone so I can track my progress better, and have ready access to Ebay, but I'll have to see what I can find before actually doing it as I'm tight (my current phone's still PAYG!).

Running with Alex on this route is rather different from before. Mainly because we were going a bit faster, and having someone to chat to can take your mind off the running a bit. I was also feeling the cold more today, despite it actually being warmer. I had looked out the window and decided to just chuck a t-shirt on over my base layer, rather than the slightly fleecey long sleeved top I wore before. This turned out to be a bit of a mistake, as my chest felt cold for the first half of the run. This then makes breathing hard going, which is less than ideal. But I guess these are the sort of things I have to learn about if I'm ever going to manage the level of training I need.

Thankfully, we soon returned home again. I knew we'd been quicker than when I went out on my own, but I was a little surprised when I worked out how long we'd been. The last run was 42 mins. This one was down to 35 mins, which was much less than I thought it would be! Not stopping to fart about taking photos was probably a minute or two of that though.

Given the differences in time, I'll have to start keeping a note of which runs I do on my own and which ones with someone so I can work on getting the gap down. I don't think I could've gone that quick by myself as yet, but with practice I will be able to.