So it's day 1 of the great bathroom renovation bonanza. I was really hoping to do today's run first thing this morning and get a shower in before everything kicked off. But we were given a 6 hour delivery window from 7 until 1 and I was not IN ANY WAY EVER going to get up before 6.30. There are limits. And with today's session being 40 minutes, I clearly couldn't get up and go without the risk that they'd show up while I was out. (No update e-mail first thing, natch. I eventually went online and found they were planning to arrive around midday.)
Last week the company we purchased all the bits and arranged the labour through (I'm not going to dignify them with a promo, I may big up the man actually doing everything afterwards) changed both our project manager and the installer. This is what we feared and semi-expected from them given previous experience with them in other areas. I then received a call to say the installer would be with me, when he already was, and that the bits would be delivered, when I already knew. This does annoy me, because it totally fucks with the value and impression of project management, a thing very dear to my heart, career and wallet.
Anyway, the new installer is a lovely bloke and I'm very hopeful things will all go smoothly. Pics of "before" and some progress during the day are at the end of this post. Which brings me back to the title of this post. I eventually got out about 5.20 this evening. This would, I thought, be a bit less hot and humid. And this may well be the case, but I was still a wheezing, sweaty old mess by the finish. With no shower to leap in on my return. "Wet Ones", let me tell you, do not refresh in quite the same way. I really enjoyed it anyway, and the confidence boost from yesterday's successful long run has lasted - today, for the first time in a while, when the little wrist-mounted GPS nazi beeped, vibrated and shouted at me to 'Speed Up' (yes, really, it does this), I managed to do so. Pace-wise, I matched in these 40 minutes what I struggled to do over just 30 the other day. Most pleasing. Photos now.
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