Picking up from where I left off

I finally got a run in yesterday woop woop. It wasn't before work as planned rather optimistically by me, a mix of staying up to watch Phil win the Masters and the fact it was Monday morning led to me packing my bag with my gear rather than putting it on at 6.30am. With the sun shining I strolled into work, 2.17 miles according to mapmyrun, in a record 35 minutes. It dawned on me that if I walk to and from work on a daily basis I will clock up over 20 miles a week, this has taken me 6 years of working at KB to work this out! I'm glad I have as it is certainly good training for the trek and free! My plan of learning Mandarin easily hasn't quite gone to plan mostly because the buses down out the delicate pronunciation which I will need to perfect as much as possible to avoid potentially offending the locals. Worryingly there are several phrases which have varying meanings governed by the tone of your voice whilst saying them. Hmmm must find a quieter route to avoid tinnitus.
Back to the point of my post.. after a days work I waited until most people had left then hurried to the ladies and changed into my running tights and top. Armed with my new gadget for holding TuPod and disguised with sunglasses and a cap I set off down the hill from work and soon got into a stride. That was until I got a stitch and had to walk for a minute until it has subsided. Unfortunately given that I work at the University rather a lot of people from work walk the same route and I saw two people from my lab on my way. Luckily I was able to divert briefly from my intended route and put in a sudden burst of speed to get away from they asap! Nothing like vanity to suddenly make you work a bit harder. 25 minutes later I dragged myself up the stairs and flopped onto the sofa. I felt great! I fully intended on noting this last night on said blog but we ended up having a power cut for 3 hours so that was that, luckily I had just had a shower and dried my hair- phew!
My legs were absolutely fine today so walked into work once again to keep them loose then walked home clocking up another 4.5 miles. Excellent stuff, now I can tuck into a Blue Riband without the guilt :)
Off to pack my bag for another run tomorrow after work, lets hope it materialises!