Running for cats

In the past I have been known to do my early morning 1.3 miles and then run on to the nearest Sainsbury's Local to buy essentials for breakfast.

This morning I ran that very same route, but not for my, or my family's, breakfast. No, this morning the little white cat that has somehow adopted our house as its principal place of residence had run out of cat food, which we finally succumbed to buying for it a month or so ago, after resisting for even longer.

I have to admit that it is the first time I have run to buy cat food for a cat that I don't actually own, but who's to say it will be the last.

I've worked out that I will probably have to do my run at 4.45 a.m. tomorrow morning to stand any chance of fitting it in. That will be a nice challenge. At least it's not winter and it should even be light bv then.

How to feel lucky

Another sunny cool morning, another mile and a third.

I read a great article yesterday in one of the national newspapers on how to be lucky.

This proved very useful to me today when a large oil tanker, which I had thought was parked, plowed into the side of my car while I was waiting to get round a van who was blocking my route on a petrol station forecourt.

After I climbed out of the passenger side door (mine was no longer able to open more than a few inches), I thought that I could easily feel very unlucky at that point in time, or I could choose to feel lucky that the accident wasn't much worse, particularly if it had taken place on a fast moving road.

I chose to feel lucky, and you know, it worked!

MapMyRun & Crowded House

My mile a day route has now been measured on MapMyRun at 1.34 miles, actually a little longer than I originally thought, which is a good thing.

MapMyRun is kind of a new discovery. I say kind of because I have looked at it before but never really used it. I have now downloaded the iPhone version onto my iPhone (strangely), and have also ordered an armband so that I can run with my iPhone. That should be interesting.

I have to mention that I went to see the fabulous Crowded House last night, not for the first time I might add, and they were superb. I was actually almost as sweaty as I am after a run. I absolutely loved it. If you get a chance, do go and see them.

The photographs are here!

As I had a bright and early breakfast networking meeting this morning at 7.00 a.m. and then had to catch a train to London soon afterwards, I bit the bullet and headed out for my mile at 5.30 this morning.

It was a very slow run this morning as I took my camera with me and stopped to take various snapshots along the way to show the sites I see on my most often used route.

I have posted the shots up on Facebook on Run a mile each day 4th June photos.

I want to finish today's post with a quote from The Path of Least Resistance, one of the best books I've read so far this year, and I've read quite a few really good ones.

The quote is, "By your presence on this planet, you make possible creations that would otherwise not be possible."

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Ran a really enjoyable 5K with Nicky this morning, before breakfast again. We managed to run in the only cloudy bit of the day, after the early morning glorious bright start and before it got even hotter when the sun intensified.

Did you know it is National Running Day in America today?

One of my thoughts I had today was to encourage those of you who are following the Run a mile each day Facebook page to post photos of sights you come across on your daily runs.

I guess I should probably start the ball rolling.