Newton's Law

Today's run: 6.4km in 43 mins 7 secs

I studied physics at high school. One of Newton's Laws said that an object at rest will remain at rest until acted on by a force. Well, as far as running goes, I had been well and truly at rest for the last month.

My excuses are as follows:

• We had drenching rain every day for at least a week or so, followed by lots of just plain heavy rain after that
• I had a cold
• It was half-yearly-exam marking and report writing season at school, the busiest time
• It's dark when I get home and there aren't too many safe places to run

And so I had remained at rest. The force that acted on my today was that my uncle was visiting, the same one I am doing the City to Surf with. He was in a similar boat - very little running over the last while.

So we gave each other a bit of HTFU and went out for a run today, which turned out to be one of the nicest days in the last month or two. Only a 6.4km run, but he runs a little faster than me so I worked quite hard to keep up the pace, which I suppose does me good.

Now to remain in motion!