- Distance: 5k
- Time: 29:15
- Pace: 9:25 / mile
- Album: Radiohead – In Rainbows
This run felt hard quicker than I’d hoped it would.
I’m not sure what I expected to feel. I slept little last night. I took a transatlantic flight back from London to Boston today, but still hit the pavement within a few hours of arriving.
Tomorrow morning, I plan to run my commute. It’s a similar distance, but I’ll have a backpack with laptop in tow. I expect I’ll struggle. Not quite sure what I’m letting myself in for.
It did feel good to accomplish that despite the circumstances. In Rainbows was a fitting soundtrack. A cloudy cool Boston afternoon, accompanied by a rhythmic, melancholic, almost hypnotic soundtrack. It reflected both the greyness of the city and the slight disorientating feeling that jetlag gives you. My feet were pumping, just about.
I didn’t realise until the walk back that I’d left the shuffle button set and had played the album out of order. I noticed when Weird Fishes ended up as the closing track. It was playing when I walked past a strange sight on the MIT bridge, someone had left ten or so dead fish left scattered in two groups on the pavement. The album didn’t feel any weaker played out of order, which is testament to its strength.
Rishi Modha 