August 4, 2006
Running, Beer and Motivation
I have committed to cutting back on the alcohol, in order to get the diet back on track again. Therefore this view of the brewery is the closest I'll get to a beer for a while. It's the sight I get on the last few hundred yards of my run, just after I've crossed Barnes Bridge. Beautiful stretch of the river.
It's a bit overcast this morning and the photo looks a bit dull but it gave me an excuse to try out this new photoshop tutorial I found on Photojojo. The tutorial shows you how to select areas of the photo based on their colour and then alter the levels to either increase or decrease exposure. Quite good fun, but I suppose the skill is in subtlety and I'm not sure I possess much of that.
I struggled on my run today, I had intended trying out a new variation on my route which would have come in around 9k. Once I'd set off though, I felt like a furnace and ended up cutting it short and finishing after only 3.5k. I don't know if I'm still feeling tired after last week - I went a bit giddy and increased my weekly distance from a typical 13k to 25k. I'm certainly sleeping well anyway.
Maybe I'll try my new route out tomorrow.