June 17, 2007 at 11:55 pm
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I’ve just got back in from my run – it was a tough one. I’d meant to go out for a run with Shakti this morning but certain events, like the title of this blog post and then a rather large steak conspired to thwart me.
I’ve been going stir crazy most of the day and so despite having just eaten a large plate of chilli prawns and drunk most of a half bottle of ruby cabernet, I decided to push myself out for a run before bed. I don’t like running at dusk, its always light enough when I set off for me to think the river route would be a good plan but when I get to the other side it gets all dark and spooky. I kept feeling the presence of someone behind me, pushing me to a panic fuelled sprint towards the safety of the bridge. I had a stitch and was nearly sick by the time I got there. I felt sure that I must be on for a record time for the course but sporttracks doesn’t seem to be playing fair today, I was apparently a whole 2 minutes slower than yesterdays time. Mind you, no one ever claimed large volumes of red wine to be a performance enhancer.
So back to this morning….
I was in the middle of a dream when I was stirred by the sound of my door buzzer ringing repeatedly. I dragged myself out of bed keeping both eyes firmly shut. T’was Shakti so I released the door and went straight back to bed while she made her way up. It was 7.30 and I couldn’t fathom out why she’d decided to come round for our run quite so early. I hoped she’d just settle down quietly and let me finish off my dream in peace.
When she got in she was puffing like crazy so I rolled over and gave her one eyeball, my interest was stirred and I opened both eyes, then I sat bolt upright – all memories of my dream wiped out – don’t you hate it when that happens? Anyway, the vision in front of me is a woman in a skimpy t-shirt (no undergarment) and a pair of pants, thats pants in the knicker sense and not the trouser sense – there were no trousers! There were also no socks and no shoes. What the …?
Apparently Shakti had taken it upon herself to sweep her front garden and she decided it was perfectly acceptable to do this in a pair of high waisted pants. Of course, this is only going to end one way – the front door decides to slam shut and she found herself outside, completely exposed without phone, keys or clothes.
At this point I would have dug a waist high hole in my front garden and waited for a friendly visitor. Shakti decided she would sprint for a set of spare keys, thats a barefoot, bra-less 1 mile run through suburbia passing a busy bus route and the bus terminus. Good thing is, she decided she rather likes running, but only if she can do it barefoot and reckons she could even manage a marathon if someone swipd her trousers first.
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celeste wrote @ June 18th, 2007 at 3:40 am
Classic! Your poor friend! I don’t know what I would have done – although I will admit to going outside after forgetting to put pants on (that’s trousers). I was quite confidently walking down the road when I realised. I think the trick is pretending you are dressed like that deliberately.
Great run for your commute by the way. It does take much longer by foot than by bike – but is not nearly as much fun!! I’ll be interested to see if this becomes a regular thing. Could be an expensive option if you have to pay 8 quid on the bus each time. (Apologies – but no pound sign on my keyboard)
jeanne wrote @ June 18th, 2007 at 3:47 am
no no no!! that’s too much! hilarious. I live in an apartment building, but many’s the time I’ve ducked down the hallway to the clothes washer, scantily clad (me, not the washer). It’s only a matter of time until my door slams closed behind me. unfortunately for me, I don’t know any of my friendly neighbors.
and running on red wine and steak? hat’s off to you!
kieron wrote @ June 18th, 2007 at 9:18 am
Who’s bothered about remembering a dream when you’re woken by a woman in a skimpy t-shirt and knickers? (OK, that’s a stereotypical male response for which I apologise – sorry!)
Rach wrote @ June 18th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
lol – man, i can’t stop laughing. People in the office are asking what I’m laughing at. That is so funny! lol I hope Shakti has recovered from her ordeal!
Rach wrote @ June 18th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Your spelling is bad. How do you spell nickers? With a K perhaps??
kathy wrote @ June 18th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Hilarious! Of course, you’re going to have a whole new set of visitors finding this blog now after telling tales of semi-naked runners.
I think sporttracks might need reprogramming. Is there a red wine mode you could use?
jogblog wrote @ June 18th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
That’ll teach her to do housework at 7:30am on a Sunday 
Hi-LArious. I like the image of your friend running naked through suberbia, it has a kind of Desperate Housewives tinge to it. Please tell me she looks like Eva Longoria… What I like even more is the image of you (or what I imagine you look like) standing in a neck-deep hole in your lawn calling out to passers-by for help.
Nice move with the wine running. Did you know that Dean Kar… (whats-his-name) started the same way? He got drunk on his 30th birthday and ran 30 miles. I see a bright future for you filled with running commutes from suburban London to new jobs in Paris, Rome, Moscow…
PS You’ll have a chance to call me a pussy soon enough!
Hey, I have an individual but totally legit question for you, and since I can’t find any email link, I guess I have to leave it as a comment:
So the question is: you always have these cool maps of where you’ve run to and all that overlayed on satellite images. I’m computer-retarded. How’d you do that? And how’d you get your cool page layout also, by the way? So how do I become cool like you?
I like the general slant of this comment.
The cool maps come from a combination of the gps wrist watch (my weapon of choice is the Garmin Forerunner 305) paired with Sporttracks, a completely free and excellent training log that doubles as a google earth application. There are stacks of google earth spinoffs that will map your routes but the key ingredient is the gps. I would definately recommend it and I think you ought to be able to demand one for your birthday given the recent kitten giving.
My blog is courtesy of wordpress.org. I host it on my own server and have manipulated a template called Fyords which I think is an attractive 3 column design. I’ve just added my own photos to the header basically. You can use wordpress in the same way as blogspot ie hosted for you but I don’t think it offers you as much flexibility. I’m no expert though as I’ve never used it.
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