A Short Interlude

Maybe this short interlude was a bit of a mistake, because I have an awful lot to say now!.

I had meant to be away a little bit longer, I thought it would take a couple of weeks at least but I've been doing a lot of reading, a lot of thinking and I've felt that surge of optimism that has engulfed most of us Brits of late - it was called the Olympics.  Somehow there is more hope, more light, more sun and a feeling that anything is possible, just hope it lasts a while.  Makes you wonder, if it lasts just a couple of weeks and you times it by however many people there are in the country, just what could we all achieve together?

I hadn't run for over a week . . . no time, no will, no energy.  I began to feel my bones settling back into their starting positions, it seemed to hurt more, the unfitness campaign.  Joints stiffened, muscles shrunk back to the 'couch potato' mode.  Pounds began to sneak back on and I noticed waist bands getting tighter.  I decided that if I didn't want to have to start right back at square one I needed to start running again, so, I got back on the machine tonight.  I did 5 km - now how long did it take Mo to do 5K, around 13 minutes I think, I took nearly 41 minutes tonight!.

I think that's what I struggle with really, I don't see any improvement, I know there was - from no running to 20 miles running, but it never got any easier.  I know it's not meant to be easy, I think that has been endorsed over the last couple of weeks, you really have to give it all to achieve a goal but I would really have thought that at some stage I should be able to run 5k without hitting the wall?.  I think if it's at all possible I'm going to have to get some kind of professional advice with the training - I never feel as though I'm building.

But then maybe the whole thing is a bit daft anyway.  A friend the other day commented that I should go for a long walk, it was far more sensible at my age.  Do you think that's right, should I just get myself a small dog to walk and take up knitting?.  Isn't life about challenge, pushing boundaries and if you look at the ages of people who run the marathon then I'm not that old! . . . am I?  if there is one thing I hate, it's people who have settled for their lot and moan continuously about it, at least I will be able to say that I tried.  Anyway, I'm hoping that I can find the time to start running again regularly, I'm aiming at the Norwich Half Marathon in November which isn't really that far away.


Now, this blog, I was getting a bit worried that it was becoming more about things other than that which it was started for but, having read a fair bit about writing and writing a blog, the whole idea is that a blog is real, it's a living, breathing piece that moves on and changes and so of course it will become about other things, I hope that running will thread through it for as long as I am able to get out there and move but my life comprises of many layers and it shouldn't be a problem to write about some of them here.

So, onwards.  I'm in need of a training schedule for a half marathon in November and ok, I accept, it has to involve running.  I must find a regular time to do the running, it will probably have to be lunch time most days but I need to get organised.

It's now just over a month before the marathon ballot is decided, after that we will be able to try and get a charity place, once that's done we will make it a double challenge, the half marathon and then hopefully the London Marathon but if not we'll do another Marathon.

For now, it's late and I have to be up early so I will be back.