What the runners saw: Day 2

Today was a 'run with Ian from Uni day'. We met outside the most imposing building at the University of Sussex, the Sports Centre. It fills me with dread every time I have to go there because it's the hall of unpleasantness where our exams are annually held. Thankfully our run was taking us away from the University and into the very beautiful Stanmer Park and the happy, happy place that is denial land.

We set off up the hill and within about a quarter of a mile I felt my life was over. Stanmer Park is exceedingly hilly and where I live in Surrey, it's fairly flat, so to be subject to hills straight on seems to induce respiratory failure and almost fatalish cardiac arrest. That said Ian was very patient (my legs are about half the length of his) and we eventually made it up the hill to the halfway point. The views from the top of Stanmer Park are absolutely stunning, I will run with my phone next week and take a picture to show on the blog. You could see a couple of fields filled with poppies and from the height we were it was a truly awesome and beautiful sight. In fact it induced Ian and I to mutter something about mid-life crisis, materialism and picnics.

We quickly left the scenic plateau and headed back into the woods to begin our descent back to reality. Immediately we came across a saw propped up against at tree. This prompted much speculation as to the whereabouts of the owner of the saw, and more to the point his psycopathology. We didn't see any body parts laying around, but I did do a quick scan just to check. I am still perplexed as to why you would leave a large saw propped up in the woods, very strange indeed.

I really enjoy running down the hill after 2.5 miles of climbing it's a killer on the knees but so good to be able to run and enjoy it!

Psycho bit: A quote I read on a blog, made me think.... Your brain is hard-wired with thousands of years of built-in defense mechanisms. When you are pushing your limits in work, family, exercise - anything where things can get really tough - watch for your brain to present you with a great excuse to simply quit. Everyone will understand. It was just too much. It was really out of your control.

Or, you can choose to keep running.

Keep on running!

Miles run:5
Flies swallowed:1
Flies not coughed back up :1
Mad Saw Men:0
Total Juneathon miles: 9.
Comparison Janathon miles:3 ahahaha!!!