Illustrations

  There is something very odd about going out for a run at sunrise on a Sunday morning, and meeting drunk (looking) people who apparently are just on their way to their homes after a night out. They were rather

  Since running in the middle of the day during a heatwave didn’t seem to be a problem for me yesterday, I decided to do it again today. Big mistake! It was horrible! Really not a good idea indeed.

  Despite a heatwave going on here, I went running around noon. It wasn’t as bad as I expected, but then, it was a ‘bird watching’ run, so a very slow one.

  So, to get my heart rate up, I don’t even have to go outside. I don’t even have to move, actually!

  It’s hot. Very hot. So I went running at 5 am. And what did I see? Cats!! I counted 10 cats! So this is what goes on at that time of day: cats own the neighbourhood!

  So, on the days that I don’t run, I like to relax and read a bit about…. yeah, you guessed it.

  Imagine my surprise, seeing this car with a gigantic inflatable unicorn pass me by during my early Sunday morning run. Very odd sight.

  So what do I do on days I don’t have to run, you wonder. Well, strength training! Which concludes the first week. 93 days to go, oh!

  Remember all that stuff I bought a couple of days ago? Well, today it was time to test an energy gel. It’s sensible to test these things, because you could get nauseous, and you don’t want that happening during