Day 86 - Another mile time trial

June 6, 2020 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

As is usual on a Saturday, I started my morning with the online parkrun quiz. These quizzes are going to run until parkrun is back on again. Today was Quiz 12, and I’d say we still have a good few to go yet!

After the quiz, I headed off to do my mile run for the Crusaders virtual relay. This week I’m on a team with Olwyn and a guy from the club called Gary. They’re each doing the 3km and 5km legs, which left the mile for me (thankfully). My legs were very tired this morning, and I almost gave up halfway through, but I was happy to finish with 6:48, just ten seconds slower than my last attempt a few weeks ago.

In fact, it was such a nice, sunny morning, that I detoured into the field beside the Lee for my cooldown and decided to run in a way that spelled out the word “hello!” I’m not sure what came over me but I guess I’m just at that stage of lockdown where literally anything is entertaining! Fiona did similar in Kilboggat Park, but she spelled out the word “burger!”

On my drive home from my run, I spotted two guys carrying the pipes from a church organ up the road. Previously I would have found this to be very strange, but I’ve seen so many weird things recently, that it didn’t seem too out of place. It got me thinking, though, about the number of things I’ve seen recently that I’ve never seen before in my life. Almost nothing surprises me now. Or at least I’m open to the idea of a lot more things being possible!

I got a photo beside my sunflowers this evening, as they’re almost as tall as me. Little did I know that later that night, after this photo was taken, the top of this sunflower, my best one, would snap off in the wind! I was very sad when it happened, but immediately put it into perspective. I still have six lovely ones still growing, and there’s a lot worse happening in the world right now! It’s just a pity that it withstood the windstorms of the past few days, only to break on a night that appeared to be more calm. I might try taping the top back on to see if I can rescue it!Read more