Second day of another back 2 back. We were back in Ballina, back with Cezary, Daria and their two boys. We always enjoy time spent with them. If it’s in Ballina or here. True Friends found cause of running. We met them last year when Cezary was organizing 1st Ballina marathon and I was just starting my running adventure. Year ago… that was my second marathon, first one where I had to run loops. At this stage I was still asking race directors if the marathon route is flat. Ballina wasn’t like that at all. First, small loop – nothing out of ordinary but the remaining 5… hmmm. That was another story. Each lap with ‘huge’ incline. Whole course probably with about 250 metres. Year ago I was really scared. Was afraid that I won’t be able to finish. This time that same route looked different. Not as bad as before. Incline? Yes, but not ‘huge’ any more. Just regular uphill. Route hasn’t changed but my view has. Back then I was really focused on running, this time we were enjoying visiting Cezary and Daria. Happy to run another b2b but that wasn’t the most important thing…
…a day?
1. Woke up 5 minutes before alarm. Decided 5 more minutes of rest… Forgot that last Friday I have changed the alarm to ring 30 minutes later. So, was late already.
2. Had to be fast… Couldn’t do my exercice. ‘Will do them in the evening’.
3. New office is so far. Ok, it’s M50 and I’m trying to get as early as I can. Little traffic.
4. Very tired. Didn’t want to run.
5. ‘Why the hell I’m running. Still whole day of work ahead of me.’
6. 2 miles in and ‘I’m so glad that I’m running now.’
7. Endorphines. Nice.
8. Over 12.5 km later and I was energetic. Ready to attack the day.
9. Solved couple of cases.
10. Waited for lunch break. Over 8.5 km.
11. Energy bust again. To excercise at home, unfortunately not to get 3rd run.
12. Happy day.