Today was a regular appointment at Hampstead Hospital for WMAS related stuff. I go so often that I know the Receptionists’ names – they are Yvonne and Roger. Unfailing polite, but utterly bewildered as to why my appointments are like phantoms.
This morning in the coffee shop I mentioned to Mr JCR that I was bit concerned because I had neither received a confirmation letter nor the usual text message reminders. Phone them he urged, just in case there’s a problem. And of course there was, for the fifth time in succession, I had apparently cancelled my appointment. And cancelled the one for tomorrow that I didn’t know anything about. So ruddy frustrating as I had done no such thing and thus my plans for a slightly longer run were curtailed as I spent an extra 90 minutes waiting for a non-existent appointment to be created.
Not in the best of moods, I started my run home, through the delights of Kentish Town and a bypass of Somers Town (arse end of Euston station – famous/infamous but not in a good way). It was cold, I was peed off, and the route wasn’t brilliant. Job Done – except it wasn’t as I found out when I got home, I looked at my run plan and blow, bother, dash I should have done 11kms today and I didn’t.
So that’s a bit more to do tomorrow then. Oh and I have to return to Hampstead Hospital in May – and I just know that appointment will get cancelled by the mysterious force that has cancelled my previous five appointments. Roger and Yvonne will remain as polite as usual. Today, evidently not my day. Better give it a better go tomorrow.
Playlist
Get Up And Jump – Red Hot Chilis
Ghost Town – The Specials
Gimme Some Lovin’ – The Blues Brothers
Girl – The Beatles
Girl From Mars – Ash
A Girl Like You – Edwin Collins
Girl On The Phone – The Jam
The Girl Who Wanted To Be – The Manics
Girls and Boys – Blur
Girls on Film – Duran Duran
Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll – The Killers
Glass Onion – The Beatles
Glory Days – The Boss
Gnik Nus – The Beatles
Go For It – Stiff Little Fingers
Go To Hell – Nina Simone
Go Wild In the Country – Bow Wow Wow
God & Satan – Biffy Clyro
God Only Knows – The Beach Boys
God Put A Smile On Your Face – Coldplay
Stats
Distance 10.40km
Time 1:18:07
Average Pace 7:30 (min/km)
Elevation Gain 42 metres
Alzheimers Challenge
Kms Done 268km
Kms To Do 1750 km
Team Rhomboid Torture/Challenge
2 sets of 10 reps – squats (with vampire kettlebell)
2 sets of 10 wall press -ups
2 sets of 10 lying knee raises
7 reps of hollow rock holding 10 seconds
Utter failure on wrist exercises…