When I woke up this morning I was determined not to fall into the lazing around the house all day trap that I seemed to fall into yesterday.
So as soon as I had had my breakfast (Muesli and a banana) I went to get dressed into my running gear! I did the same as yesterday and viewed Janathons day 4 route from last year and did virtually the same route! Certainly takes any decision making away! Yet again it was raining - I think I should rename this challenge rainathon, but hey ho I was on my way and it had only just gone 10 O' clock! I was proud of this accomplishment! I found the run quite difficult, not sure if it was the wind, rain, my breakfast sloshing around or just having tired legs that did it but I suffered and kept running! It was a uneventful run although my earphones kept slipping out and annoying me, reminding me why I don't listen to music very often when I run! I saw numerous other runners on my travels, and it did pass through my mind whether they were fellow janathoners. I ran 4.29 miles which can be viewed here. I was pleased to make it home to dry out and felt quite smug that I had done Janathon before lunchtime!
As I have set myself mileage goals for different types of exercise I decided that since my swimming was still standing at zero I would go swimming and get in some much needed practise. I was feeling slightly apprehensive as the last few times I have been swimming I have been ill afterwards with flu-like allergy symptoms. After researching on the Internet it appears that wearing goggles too tightly can cause nasal irritation resulting in these symptoms. Today was the first day I was going to experiment with my goggles, trying to hit that spot where they successfully keep the water out without compressing my nasal ducts! After a couple of lengths I managed to get them comfortably tight! I was amazed that even with it being during the school holidays the pool was fairly quiet and I had one of the zoned off swimming lanes to myself! I managed 50 lengths (25 metre pool) in total (4 warm up doing breast stroke and 46 doing front crawl). So I now have 1250 metres (0.78 miles) to add to my totals!
I found it tiring but then again it has been nearly 4 weeks since I last went and with all the over-indulging over Christmas what do I expect?!! I got home, had lunch and waited ... and waited ... and waited for the sneezing to begin! Hey Presto it's a miracle! It seems the advice on the Internet was actually correct! Although I won't get too smug about it until I have been several more times with no adverse reactions! Later in the afternoon it had stopped raining so I took the opportunity to take the dog for a walk. Unfortunately it appears that my Garmin can't cope with Janathon and has gone blank on me! I don't have the exact walk miles I did until I can get (if indeed I can) the Garmin reset, but it was about 2.2 miles.
So all in all a good Janathon day! It's Friday ...
Running Miles today: 4.29
Time: 41 minutes 47
seconds
Average pace:
9.32
Walking miles today : 2.2 (To be confirmed)
Swimming miles today : 0.78
Total Janathon Running miles: 13.11 / 80 running miles
Total Janathan Walking miles: 9.20 / 30 walking miles
Total Janathan Cycling
miles: Zero / 130 cycling miles
Total Janathon Swimming
miles: 0.78 / 10 swimming miles
Total Janathon non-mileage exercise: 1 hour
Circuits
Total Janathon mileage: 23.09
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