Achy of shin and ankle, I didn’t much feel like going out today. It was quite a stressful day and all I wanted to do was veg out after work. But that’s what I always do! So I went out into the misty rain, squalling about across the fields in the big winds, pretty wild for July. My feet were wet right away from the grass outside the house. Running shoes ain’t waterproof. I did just the five mins walk to start then went back and forth along the lane nearby, under the relative shelter of the trees. This time the running minutes flew by so quick. I wanted to extend it a bit, but stuck to the programme. By the end I was out of breath again, which felt good – really using the lungs.

My thoughts were unusual on going to bed, end of Day 1. How so, I can’t really say, but I felt different, like something had shifted. I felt more tired today than usual, with heavier limbs. After the stretching and after supper today I felt so very tired, and got angry very easily. One of the reasons to jog is to see if some of the ground-in anger can move at all. Move where I don’t know. Hell, I don’t know what I’m doing, but let’s give this a go! At the very least it is good to move the body in a quicker way…

I wonder how day three will be different, schedule-wise. Also: do we get a day off?