I had another nice quiet day to get some writing done today. I’ve also listened to a lot of music and got some annoying overdue admin jobs out of the way.
Back to parkrun tomorrow, and then a weekend sorting a few things out in the house.
Today’s earworm playlist:
Mud – Tiger Feet
George Michael – A Different Corner
Duran Duran – Violence Of Summer [The Story Mix]
Duran Duran – All You Need Is Now
Stormzy – Crown
I went to Pendle parkrun again this morning. I didn’t feel that slow but was quite disappointed with my time – will have to get back to less tough parkruns over the next few weeks to try and get faster.
In the afternoon, I went for a nice lunch with the in-laws, and have had a quiet day otherwise.
Today’s earworm playlist:
Miley Cyrus – Mother’s Daughter
Meat Loaf – Modern Girl
The Proclaimers – (I’m Gonna) Burn Your Playhouse Down
Sam Cooke – Wonderful World
And a bonus track that Geth was humming earlier:
The Lancashire Hotpots – We Love The North
A nice quiet day of writing today with the chart on in the background while Geth was out shopping with his mum. Boardgaming with the in-laws again this evening!
More of the same tomorrow (plus actually going to parkrun for once).
Today’s earworm playlist:
Stormzy – Vossi Bop
Mark Knopfler – Local Hero
Rod Stewart – Some Guys Have All The Luck
Rod Stewart – Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?
Traditional – The Irish Rover
Still sleeping late, so unfortunately there was no chance of parkrun this morning. I’m still feeling like I have a lot less ‘day’ due to this sleep issue, so today has been a bit of a whirlwind of trying to catch up with things so that I can attempt another early night.
Fingers crossed for tomorrow morning!
Today’s earworm playlist:
Fleetwood Mac – Dreams
Duran Duran – The Reflex
Duran Duran – Tel Aviv [AIR Studio Version]
5 Seconds Of Summer – Easier
No review post today. UKGE has been fairly full on!
Geth and I got up early this morning to do our Birmingham parkrun of choice, Perry Hall, which I logged last year. It’s still as lovely and friendly as ever, although it is getting bigger year by year. I was nearly two minutes slower than my previous time at Perry Hall, but I did have new running shoes to break in this morning! It was also a nice choice to celebrate my runniversary – four years today since I started running.
Once we were back and showered, we headed into the main hall in the NEC to do the bulk of our shopping for the weekend. Geth was a bit disgruntled by the experience, as it’s marginally busier on the Saturday and all of the good bargains have gone – we usually do all the shopping on the Friday, but of course he was Keyforging yesterday so we had to reschedule slightly this year.
Geth has decided to brave the very busy Bring & Buy section, and we’ve got tickets for a ‘Star Trek vs. Star Wars’ show later this afternoon. Still lots to do here!
Today’s earworm playlist:
Calvin Harris and Rag ‘N’ Bone Man – Giant
Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’
Gunship – When You Grow Up Your Heart Dies
Gunship – Rise The Midnight Girl
I skipped parkrun this morning as I’ve got a few aches and pains that are playing up (and besides, Geth was off to a boardgaming event so he wasn’t going to parkrun anyway). As such, I’ve had a very nice Saturday of not being out in the rain. I’ve listened to a lot of music, haphazardly played some of my own on my ukulele, and got a bit of writing done.
I’m really enjoying this quiet weekend. More of the same tomorrow!
Today’s earworm playlist:
Jonas Brothers – Sucker
The Proclaimers – Letter From America
Mark Ronson and Lykke Li – Late Night Feelings
Thought Beings – Hazy
The Midnight – America
No review post today as I’m having a quiet day before a race tomorrow!
Geth and I volunteered at parkrun this morning, then went for our traditional post-parkrun-volunteering-on-a-race-weekend breakfast in town. Once back home, I spent the afternoon getting some writing done.
Just a quiet evening now before the race tomorrow! I’m doing the 10K (which probably won’t break any records given that I’m still recovering from London) and Geth is doing the half marathon. I will let you know tomorrow how it all goes!
Today’s earworm playlist:
FM-84 and Ollie Wride – Running In The Night
The Midnight – Gloria
Gunship – When You Grow Up Your Heart Dies
Lil’ Nas X – Old Town Road
The Midnight – Crystalline
It’s a weekend without a long run in it! I’ve not had one of those since…early January? It is quite nice to have my weekends back again!
I did do parkrun this morning, though. I felt free to bomb it round without worrying about conserving energy for long runs, so I managed a respectable sub-33. Four minutes slower than my PB from last summer, but also four minutes faster than the shakeout parkrun I did at Highbury Fields last weekend!
I was tempted to head into town for Free Comic Book Day, but in the end I decided I’d rather hibernate (it’s cold for May – we had a bit of hail at parkrun this morning). As such, I’ve spent the rest of the day catching up with admin and writing, which is going to be a bit of a theme this weekend!
Today’s earworm playlist:
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – Shallow
Charles & Eddie – Would I Lie To You?
Sam Cooke – Wonderful World
Geth and I first ran Highbury Fields parkrun in November 2017, as I have previously mentioned during a whole series of Phone Box Thursdays (there are a lot of phone boxes along the walk from the Thistle City Barbican – our favoured London hotel – to Highbury Fields).
It’s not flat, but the inclines aren’t too troubling if you’re used to hills. It’s a five-lap course, and because I’m used to much longer distances after four months of marathon training, the laps felt really short when I ran it for the second time this last Saturday.
It’s also a really lovely park. One of the many novels I’m working on is set in Islington, and I have a lot of scenes with characters going for walks around the pathways!
There are other London parkruns I’d like to do at some point, but because Geth and I always stay at the Thistle (and so Islington is kind of our base whenever we’re in town), I think Highbury Fields will always be our default.
Running a marathon tomorrow. Eek.
I’ve been planning and preparing for this for so long that I can’t believe it’s actually time to go do this thing. I’ve had a pretty-much-perfect final day of preparation though! I went for a shakeout run at Highbury Fields parkrun this morning – I was in two minds about doing it, because I didn’t want to sap my energy for tomorrow, but I’m really glad I did because I had a great run and it’s given me a lot of confidence for the race. It also made me aware that my watch had randomly switched itself back from miles to kilometres, so I’ve been able to fix that. I would not have been best pleased if I’d only discovered that after I set off tomorrow.
The rest of the day has been spent eating and making arrangements for eating. Geth and I discovered a nice new breakfast place where I was able to have pancakes, and we booked a table at an Italian restaurant so that I could eat all the pasta (and all the garlic pizza bread, and all the mozzarella salad, and all the ice cream…) this evening.
People have been unbelievably generous and my RNLI fundraising total on my JustGiving page is racking up nicely! Thank you so much if you’ve donated – I really, really appreciate it.
I’m very nervous, but I’ve got my plan, and I know I can do this. See you on the other side!
Today’s earworm playlist:
Annie Lennox – Walking On Broken Glass
The Midnight – Crystalline
The Midnight – Days Of Thunder
The Midnight – Gloria
Duran Duran – Late Bar
David Guetta and Sia – Flames
And a bonus track that Geth was humming earlier:
Bill Conti – Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)