Saturday, 27 August 2011

I went running!

I went running!  Me!  I have always been terrible at running, but I thought I'd give it another go recently because a friend of mine said that he looses an immesnse amount of weight by running, which would be good for me because I've put on a bit of weight, while subsisting in a miserable manner for a while.  Anway I thought I'd give it a go...but it did not go too well.

I set off at about 7, I went out along the back of Tongdosa, it was a nice view.  Lots of farm land, I was looked upon by various Koreans as an oddity, probably because I am white, running...outside (they only run in the gym) and not wearing the running gear (because all Koreans have sports clothes for sports).  I ran for a bit, slowed, then ran again and went on like that, but I rounded a corner and I took a breather, but then I heard a dog.  I looked around, but it was difficult to see because it was getting dark.  Then the dog came running out, it gave me a mighty suprise becuase it was a suprisingly big dog, some sort of mastif.  It came running forward, which was not something I expected, so I legged it, it did come to a stop though, it was just on an obscenely long chain. 

I kept running for a bit longer and found a 'sports centre' out in the middle of nowhere, it basically amounts to a astroturf pitch for football and tennis.  So I turned around and went back, this time as I went past the house with the dog, I just fucking pegged it.  Finally when I got home I realised that I had blisters on my feet, what!?  Then I realised, oh yeah that's because my shoes are falling apart.

I have gotten to the point with my clothing that it is starting to fall apart.  I could, I guess buy some more clothes while I'm here, but as a run low on clothes it will be easier to leave stuff here and transport less.  Also I really hate shopping.  So far, my shoes are falling apart - I should do something about that.  Trousers falling apart etc - meh.  Ah well.

Once I get some more shoes maybe I'll give running another go, but this time a different route.

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