Christmas cheer and festive misery

Took Christmas day off as was partly expected due to the family festivities. However, the festivities were not like the Christmas turkey, and were competely overdone. So instead of yesterday spent running a charity 5k, it was instead spent in the foetal position on the couch, and in turn led to my first dry St. Stephen's day since I was 15. And it should be known that I love drinking on St. Stephen's day. 

After two successive days off you could be

 forgiven for thinking that I should have felt fanstastic on my first run back, but today was spent feeling like I was again hungover. But after about 15 mins, the run did become slightly more enjoyable, despite the cold wind that was raging about the place. Ran by the alcohol factory and since I knew better than to wear the HR monitor the pace was fairly snappy by fat bastard standards (46:22 for 6.55 miles).

Only other news for the holidays was the new

 arrival to the O'Connor clan. Jack is quickly establishing himself as a legend, and is likely to prove good company on more than a few runs.

Like pillows on my feet

6.5 miles, 45:05

Finally got my new Nimbus 10s on, and they were like pillows on my feet. Didn't realise how good it would feel to get into a new pair of shoes, which makes me think I've been lucky to get away pretty much problem-free with injuries running on shoes that probably have too many miles on them. Also helped to distract from the throbbing pain in my head from my hangover. Not sure why I only seem to run sub 7 pace when I am hungover, think its probably just that I want to get it over with...not taking it as a reason to drink more though, I do that too much as is. Looking forward to the long run tomorrow