Early Days as a Penguin

. . . it's going well, I do feel somewhat lighter - of course the sun is shining which helps and there is a very long way to go but for the last three days I have looked forward to running, which is new. This morning I did have a little wobble, I had planned to go out. Confidence was on the floor, it was very, very hot, I still have a cough and I put the running gear on, looked in the mirror and thought 'you look ridiculous' I tried all the excuses I could think of, cough, hot, feel stupid, I'll do it on the machine but Andrew just said very quietly 'I think you need to go out' of course he was right and out we went. My last thought as I went from walk to waddle was 'you're a penguin' instantly the smile came back, it can't not really can it? when you see yourself as a Penguin.

I did around 2 miles in 25 minutes but it really wasn't about how far I went or how fast I went, it was that I went that today made me a winner. I have come home to get on with my normal Sunday routine, endless jobs that I won't get to the end of but it doesn't matter because today I'm already a winner.