Living up to my name.

The 15ks are done.  It was a perfect day for running.  I woke up at 6 am and it was a cool overcast day.  Heat was not going to be a problem today.  I got up and watched about 10 minutes of the Manchester United vs. Spurs football game....part of me wanted to stay at home to finish the game......but (after watching a terrible Spurs goal) I was out of the house.  A quick trip to McDonald's to buy a bottle of water and 20 minutes later I was at the starting point.  I wanted to pace myself as best as I could.  I didn't want to run at my 5k speed.  I had a long way to go.  Once I was stretched I started running.  Well....I lived up to my name.......it was slow running at its best.  I took my time and finished 15ks.  In all it took me one hour and forty minutes of running but I finished.  The goal for 2012 has been completed.  I'm going to take a few days to recover and then I start again.  If you are reading this blog for the first time my goal next year is to run the equivalent of my front door to the Sydney Opera House (which is 1010 km) in one year.  I can't wait to get started.

Here are the stats:

 

KM 12: 7:08

KM 13: 7:02

KM 14: 7:27

KM 15: 7:21

 

Calories: 1419

Time: 1:40:43

Weight: 90kg (198lbs)

 

Tracks:

The hardest button to button - The White Stripes

Barely listening - Pilate

Washing of the water - Peter Gabriel

Buddy Holly - Weezer

London Calling - The Clash

Voodoo lady - Ween

Creeping out Sara - NOFX

Leave my body - Florence & The Machine

Rebel Rebel - David Bowie

11th Dimension - Julian Casablancas

Don't you (forget about me) - Simple Minds

Tell me in the morning - Cold War Kids

Electrical storm - U2

Dead leaves and the dirty ground - The White Stripes

Take it easy - The Eagles

Human - The Killers

Boy, oh boy - Streamer Bendy

Date with the night - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The hill - Marketa Irglova

Finding out true love is blind - Louis XIV

I put a spell on you - CCR

Take me out - Franz Ferdinand

Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves) - The Wombats

My body is a cage - Arcade Fire

Slow dancing - U2 feat. Willie Nelson

I only want you - The Eagles of Death Metal

In a little while - U2

 

P.S. The look of the blog will be changing slightly.  I will be moving away from stats and going more to completeing the 1010 kilometers to the Sydney Opera house.  Look for a new readers poll in the next few days.