This tea talk is all very well, but it does rather remind me of the scene from
Four Weddings and a Funeral where the crashing bore is relating tedious details of the tea industry at the wedding reception ...
"There are over 400 different varieties of tea, and that doesn't include all these so-called fruit teas..."
So, getting back to the far more exciting subject of running...
Er, somewhat abstrusely, I was rather pleased to see Andy is getting stuck into writing his book. I'd had some of the wind knocked out of my sails today and needed to read Andy's bit of upbeat positiveness and optimism to get my head back into gear, especially on the subject of rapid perambulation.
Like it usually is, it was only a small matter, but the timing and manner of its delivery was rather deflating. At work I happened to bump into the guy who after the Point to Pinnacle run last year convinced me to have a crack at it again this year, the idea being to form a corporate team of 4. Well great, that's been a major influencing factor in my training thus far this year. But blow me down if he didn't today calmly announce that not only is he not going to run it this year, but by the sounds of it, had never intended to! How things change in a few short weeks.
Anyway, it really doesn't matter that much. As much as it may have been fun to enter as a team, my primary aim is to set my own goals and run a personal race. Even so, it was good to read Andy's new bout of enthusiasm about both his book and his running, which helped pick me up a bit.
And to get down to the fleet-of-foot nitty gritty... well this is something of a step-back week for me. An old friend is visiting from out of town this coming weekend, and so it'll be two days of wineries, pub visits and restaurants. And therefore, no long run on the Sunday. So instead I've scheduled three short mid-week runs this week, two of which I've now completed satisfactorily. Only slight concern is the earliest hint of some shin soreness, so an easier week is probably prudent anyhow.
So this week is a bit of a mixed bag thus far, but all in all it's been a great running month to date, and I'm still basically very happy with my lot.
But don't get me started on tea...
March maundering.
