Janathon Day 11.
I was feeling a bit sluggish this morning after a late night. Why do teenage boys start English assignments at 8pm the night before they are due in? Anyway, I got the motivational boost I needed this morning from reading that Fortnightflo had already been up, run, logged and blogged while I was still trying to wake up!
Off to the park again.
As I ran anticlockwise out of the car park I wondered what to think about today. Yesterday’s quandary over why I tend to run anticlockwise was kindly solved by HighwayKind. I now know that all athletics tracks are anti-clockwise (against the clock!) so my left turning habits can obviously be explained by my early athletic training?!
Surprisingly, I had no problems with my legs today, other than general weariness. But I spent a lot of time fiddling with my iPhone, its armband that’s too big and my headphone wires. I just couldn’t get anything comfortable. I’m definitely falling out of love with the nikeplus gps app. I have been seduced too long by its pretty coloured charts and ‘motivational’ voice feed back. After all, it sometimes thinks I can run through brick walls and it doesn’t seem able to count higher than 3. Every 3 days I get a message saying ‘you just ran 3 days in a row‘. It would be nice to have a little bit of acknowledgement that I’ve just ran 11 days in a row! Today, however I got some extraordinary new feedback from it. I was told ‘now that you’ve finished your run , go get a pedicure, those toes look decrepid!‘ Yes – no kidding, a bit impertinent I thought.
It’s therefore definitely time to get back to my faithful old shuffle and Garmin. The reason I’ve been using my iPhone and nikeplus is because my ancient slab of a laptop has died and I haven’t yet managed to get my shiny new netbook to sync with my Garmin. Nor have I got round to transferring my iTunes account. So, on todays run I added a couple of new priorities to the top of my mental to do list.
I don’t normally carry any water when I run 40mins or less, especially in the winter. Also in Hyde Park there are water fountains. Today, after 3 miles I was here (see below) at one of the Royal Parks beautiful new sculptural water fountains. I was hot and thirsty so it would have been pretty good timing if only it had worked.
4.58 miles 44.15 mins
playlist: 101 running songs
todays best track: ‘Rebel Yell’ Billy Idol.
Janathon Totals:
11/31 days run 40.06 miles 3766 calories (is that all?)
January 11, 2011 at 4:36 pm
I wish my legs would let me do that distance, and as for teenage boys, they are trainee men..designed ever to be a mystery to us!
January 11, 2011 at 6:34 pm
Well done on your run! As for your cheeky app … I think it’s been taking lessons from my Wii Fit! 😉
January 11, 2011 at 7:21 pm
God yes, isn’t Wii Fit rude sometimes! lol.
January 11, 2011 at 7:51 pm
I’m so glad I inspired you! Hilarious that it said that to you – I was thinking of switching from Runkeeper to the Nike + on my iphone, but I think I’ll just put up with RK! It might stop in the middle of a ru but at least it doesn’t insult me!
January 11, 2011 at 9:24 pm
Yes – keep up the good work making us feel bad about being slow to get running! I think all the running aps are much the same – depends which grpahs you like. They all rely on the iPhone gps which can drop out occasionally.
January 11, 2011 at 8:29 pm
Decrepid toenails are a sign you are a Runner so relish it!!!
January 11, 2011 at 9:28 pm
I know tell me about it – rather strange thing for voice feedback! p.s Hubbie explained what a south paw is (he is) and fingers crossed the joint care will work!
January 11, 2011 at 10:42 pm
I thought the nike+ app was meant to be motivational – sounds like it’s trying to get you to quit with comments like that! As for the teenager… some of us males write better under pressure??!? (I feel I should offer at least some defence!)
January 12, 2011 at 6:18 am
I have never used a nikeplus so I don’t know its merits but seems to put out some bizarre messages. I do like the dependable Garmin and also the Adidas Micoach . Like your choice of Billy Idol remember seeing him in Generation X a few years ago
January 12, 2011 at 9:17 am
I’m trying to convince my teen that he needs no help from his parents. Hasn’t worked yet. Stay tuned. Ever hopeful.
And since I became a runner, I’ve never paid such loving care to my toe nails.
January 12, 2011 at 4:40 pm
Just wondering why you were up late? Was the english assignment helping duty? Are the two connected?
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