Annual Update
So, I'm becoming slack. Monthly turned to quarterly turned to annually. In my defence, I've been extremely busy running round the country breaking peoples networks.
Scotland.
Lovely place, full of lovely (if somewhat difficult to understand) people. I have taken as many trips to Scotland in the last four months as I have in the rest of my life before this year. Some business, some pleasure. And I'll be going back for the Commonwealth Games with a bit of luck. Still, it's a fair trek from home, half of the card readers in unmanned train stations don't work, and the private hire cars are unreliable gits, although you can always find a taxi.
On transport... Yet again someone had enough of it all and heaved themselves in front of a rush hour train, turning a 90 minute commute into a 5 hour trawl. Downside - I was stuck in a train seat risking DVT and dehydration. Upside - I was sat next to and opposite pretty ladies, who were reasonably susceptible to idle banter, and I was sat, not standing.
Out for a run tonight - I need the exercise almost as much as I need the solace of the empty road. There's nothing more relaxing than belting down a country lane with a decent playlist on the iPod. Due to the location of my house, I'm right on the edge of empty country... a few farms and not much else. It's like running a few years after the apocalypse. Pretending other pedestrians are zombies livens it up and gives the sprint sections a hint of randomness. Might see if I can smash my 5k record again...
Scotland.
Lovely place, full of lovely (if somewhat difficult to understand) people. I have taken as many trips to Scotland in the last four months as I have in the rest of my life before this year. Some business, some pleasure. And I'll be going back for the Commonwealth Games with a bit of luck. Still, it's a fair trek from home, half of the card readers in unmanned train stations don't work, and the private hire cars are unreliable gits, although you can always find a taxi.
On transport... Yet again someone had enough of it all and heaved themselves in front of a rush hour train, turning a 90 minute commute into a 5 hour trawl. Downside - I was stuck in a train seat risking DVT and dehydration. Upside - I was sat next to and opposite pretty ladies, who were reasonably susceptible to idle banter, and I was sat, not standing.
Out for a run tonight - I need the exercise almost as much as I need the solace of the empty road. There's nothing more relaxing than belting down a country lane with a decent playlist on the iPod. Due to the location of my house, I'm right on the edge of empty country... a few farms and not much else. It's like running a few years after the apocalypse. Pretending other pedestrians are zombies livens it up and gives the sprint sections a hint of randomness. Might see if I can smash my 5k record again...
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