Amazing how some events just unfold.

Alaistair posted on my last blog asking if I ever did tempo  runs. I confessed ignorance to him, as to me running is putting one foot in front of another till I run out of gas. Anyway, he kindly responded with some helpful advice  - so many thanks. I am also today (thanks to Mr & Mrs Amazon) the proud owner of “Run less run faster” – just can’t help but like the title!! So there is no excuse.

Well, no excuse apart from the weather. Still 23 degrees here as I tap  at the keyboard.

Struggling to keep to my three runs a week I headed out tonight at 9:30 pm – technically after the sun went down, mainly as we had a late meal -  for a short loop round the village. This is my 5k loop. I tried to follow Alaistair’s advice and start slower and build the pace up., but in fact ended up doing three miles at roughly equal pace. 8:49, 8:51 and 8:47. This was a pure accident as running along country paths under trees it was too dark to see the pace on Mr Garmin at all – I just tried to keep it going. Actually ended not far of my best time for the route, but again by chance as I tried to keep the pace steady for the first mile.

So I now have a book, advice from Alaistair, and a few colleagues at work are pushing me towards a marathon –if only for the fundraising potential. Slightly odd reason you may think, but I started in practice 20 years ago today (sudden thought – that makes me sound like the miserable old codger  I am)  and in a smallish town like ours you get to see a lot of people in 20 years. Also I did get snippets of advice from Martin the mentor, but he has been strangely absent from these pages for a while claiming to be working. Anyway I shall keep  them all at bay till I have read the book. At least then I'll know how to talk about running even if I can't do it....

Here’s hoping for a break in the weather soon, but hope you’re all managing to keep going in the meantime.

Fingers crossed for Andy Murray tomorrow.

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