Book review and banging house.....

Over the past year I've made an effort to try and read more books, so I have.
Many books about many different things, then people hear you are training and inevitably people buy you books about running. Lynn's mum buys me great books, books that I would never choose myself and some that I leave on the shelf for ages and then pick it up and can't put it down!

For Christmas she bought me a book by 'Haruki Murakami' 'What I talk about when I talk about running' I mentioned this to Andy, he's read it and was interested to know my thoughts. Both he and I are coming from completely different directions, me just starting my running journey and Andy who's incredibly experienced and knows everything!

As a novice runner it's great to hear experience's that other people have had, the periods when you run a long distance or you are running for a long time, the 2 aren't always related at my stage, yet. The thoughts that you have are sometimes dark, doubtful, tremendous highs, just mixed.....but after reading the book it gave me some reflective answers. I tried to pool the good thoughts and experiences from his long career of running and working and enjoyed his explainations. The description when running 'like a river flowing...ect' good thoughts.
It's important to remember we are lucky to have choices. (Sorry, all got a bit emotional there!)

Well, my curiosity and bloody mindedness was getting the better of me, the longest run so far has been 15 so I though I would try 16.

Route: Home, Archway, Holloway Road, Islington, Camden Passage and onto the Canal, down to Limehouse Basin (8 miles) and return the same way.

I did it!

I was obviously pleased, for the first time I wore my ipod, listened to old tunes for the first hour and a half, they became a little mealancholy and weren't helping so then found some banging house! I don't know if they helped but they took my mind off things.

I don't know if I'll wear it again, I'm just trying different things. More seriously, I quite enjoyed it, it's better knowing the distance and route, the last long run, I ran out of miles and had to run in a circle for 2 miles, not good.

I took 3 gels and drank 2 x 500ml of water, could of done with more water.

Time: 2:45 Distance: 16.00 Average 10:30

Summary: Pleased to have covered the distance, it was slow yet satisfying.