Day two – Monday April 12, 2010

Two days in and its already tough going! I don’t really know what happened today but I was completely wiped out by the time I got home from work.

I spent the best part of two hours on the couch when I got home hugging a pillow hoping I would nod off for a power nap. No such luck. The thought that at some point in the evening I would have to go for a run was enough to keep me wide awake. So as the clock ticked past eight o clock it was apparent that it was now or never, and this early in a training program I decided never wasn’t really an option.

So on a beautiful summery evening I embarked on my usual run route. In spite of the eminently favourable conditions, the going was, to say the least, tough. If ever there was a case of mind over body then this was it. My legs just would not respond to the demands I was making of them. Thankfully, my body eventually relented, clearly realising that there was only going to be one winner in the battle. The ease in covering the last few kilometres of the route really did make a mockery of the amount of work I had to put in the the first few!

However, after my stunning victory in the Battle of Not Bothering to go For a Run at All, it seems my esteemed foe may have won the war. Its now half nine and I’m exhausted and off to bed, hopefully now that guilty conscience that was keeping me awake earlier will let me get some shut-eye now!