50 mins/38:40 (3½ miles)

I made several mistakes today, although I have finally bought myself a hat.

The first mistake was to eat too much for breakfast. I decided to make up a variant on heuvos rancheros, one of my favourite hearty breakfasts. This was stupid because I wasn't really that hungry; I was just trying to use up food from last night's burritos.

The second mistake was to use raw spring onions on my over-large breakfast - I can cope with a small amount of raw onion with a meal, but apparently not first thing in the morning. I felt a bit ill most of the day. In fact, I started hiccupping ten minutes before my run. The hiccups went away once I started running, but they came back again once I stopped!

But the most enduring mistake this week is the old shoes. I am frankly amazed that I used to wear these all the time, because my legs are really sore from running in them for just a couple of days.

I'll try running in them again on Thursday, but I doubt I'll run in them again much after this.

Thursday will also be the first day when I'll try my hat out. The forecast is still warm.

Posted by Dunx at April 27, 2004 10:00 PM