Doesn't time fly when you are having fun? Zimbabwe issued the first hundred trillion dollar note in the world, then finally admitted defeat and accepts foreign currency for transactions - not a moment too soon after teachers went on strike saying it cost more to get to work than they received in salary.
Christian Aid continues its work. And I continue my training. Running out in the dark evening tonight evoked clucking thrushes and startled sparrows - "I heard the footsteps, but didn't know humans could move that fast". I even ran past a deer that had come to browse on the road side.
It's a delight to be out running. It's a delight that we have the security to be able to go out running in the evening, and the healthcare to be fit enough.
Thursday, 19 February 2009
Monday, 2 February 2009
Preparing to run a marathon
The weather's getting colder and nastier, demands on my time are getting greater as we near year end, and yet the marathon on 26 April is getting inexorably closer.
My gym subscription is coming to its own. If the weather is OK (eg Saturday, and last Sunday) I can put in an 8 -10 mile run at a pace faster than I'd expect to run a marathon but steady enough to ensure I have the stamina to just carry on twice the distance again.
Yesterday (Sunday) it was not so nice, so I was able to go to the gym and combine aerobic workouts on rowing machine, climber and cycle with muscle building.
I won't let you down. I'll be fitter than I was at half my current age, better able to do the distance safely and I think I'm on target to beat 4 hours.
I won't let you down. I'll be fitter than I was at half my current age, better able to do the distance safely and I think I'm on target to beat 4 hours.
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