Alone with my thoughts

As the other half was due to go to the gym last night I ran alone again, this time I broke the rules a little and went with my MP3 player.

Now I know most people would frown on this practice but I read an article, written by an elite athlete, in the April edition of runners world about running with music and figured I should go back to the practice.

I used to run all the time on the treadmill with a personal stereo and I always found it useful however the whole safety aspect of running with music on the road has always put me off continuing the practice outdoors.

However I found that as long as I kept the volume to a reasonable level I could still hear the traffic around me, I wouldn't have been able to have a conversation with anyone but I could hear oncoming traffic ok, besides which I always run on the pavement so it only became important when I was crossing the roads.

I still needed a couple of breaks - but only 2 really short ones for a change, I also ran 4.5 miles instead of 4miles so I guess the breaks were negated in the end.

I plan to go to the gym tomorrow to give me a break from the "three in a row" running and then run again on Friday - possibly during my lunch break if I can get a quiet spell.