Dear all,
I have to catch up since Saturday, so again a lot to tell you today. Let’s start with Saturday, the plan was to go to Meadowhall. I went there with Ceren, Lukas, Matthieu, Abiguelle and Anne-Nary, so me and the French. I had to find a tie, as Lukas celebrates his birthday tomorrow and he wants to go to a party on Wednesday where we are all going to wear a blouse and tie. As I am not really fond of ties, this was the first tie I bought in my life. I bought another new blouse as well and this is the result:
I was really tired afterwards and decided to stay at home with Kelly and watch a movie, instead of joining the French to a bbq. Sunday was a bit boring as I was just at home, read my book and watched the Tour de France online, with at the same time the commentary of Radio 1. It was a bit problematic in the beginning as I could not find any site that granted me access to their live videostream, as there is no official British broadcaster through the internet, but a small request on Twitter gave me the answer. A stranger from Amsterdam helped me out, thank you!
I had a bit too much coffee during Sundayevening (sounds familiar, as my Dad has this sometimes) so it became a hell of a night. I started with playing some sudoku, to get sleepy, but that did not work. My eyes got tired, though my brain was busy as a highway. I decided to let the music playing till I would fall asleep, but that did not work either. I began to sing with some songs and Lukas reminded me today that he heard it… finally I fell asleep around 2 am.
Today, I had to do some work for Katja again, on the Terrorism and the Rule of Law project. I did some final research on the Organization of American States, though their website is a horror, as most websites of international organizations. I finally found most documents I needed and finished around 2 pm. I saw that the rain finally stopped outside and it was time for my delayed run, as I did not run on Sunday because my back hurt.
It was lovely weather and the rain was again dripping of the leaves. It was time for a similar, though a bit different route, to let my legs still get used to the hills and to increase my training distance at the same time. In the beginning, I still felt my back and that was pretty horrible. Though, as it always goes with a good run, the further I got, the better it went. I took a new path, though it was totally overgrown and I had to make a shortcut over a meadow.
Back in the city, I felt like flying and showed everyone how good runners from Loopgroep Bunnik are…. All the way in Sheffield I wore my runningshirt with proud and there were actually some people that were staring at me….
I do not know what I met during my run, but when I came back home, I had a little wound on my leg. But that is part of the risk and it was dry already when I saw it. The shower did not reopen it, so it is fine for me. I have some extra kilometers that I could add to the Summer Challenge. 12.65 km in more or less an hour combined in a hill workout with some interval training is a result that satisfies me.
Tomorrow it is time for Lukas birthday and time to finish the work I have to do for Katja for this week. It is also almost time that Wouter is coming over. So I have a nice schedule, not to busy, but sufficient things to work on and to look forward at!
Steven
Ik vrees een doemscenario: eerst wordt een netter blazer gekocht met overhemd, vervolgens een keurig bijpassende pantalon in dezelfde krijtstreep gevolgd door een paar zeer nette schoenen… en dan nu een stropdas! straks lijk je niet alleen een kakker in wording… straks ben je het! :O