April 2009 – The Final Countdown

[Sweder]

I really enjoyed reading that; it's given me renewed hope for a (possible) return to Big Race. The 'less is more' strategy is one I whole-heartedly endorse for the 'more mature' marathoner. The idea of a strict, pre-programmed restrictive strategy (safeguarding against temporary insanity & the resultant inevitable blown gasket) sounds right for me; I may well try this out at Bewl.

Evening, pre-bed running would be fabulous if only I could get home in time. Some of my favourite local runs have been conducted on the hazy edge of dusk. Stretching, tiresome though it undoubtedly is, will remain part of my apres slog so long as my knees threaten to ping off my legs, leaving the wobbly limbs to roll up in a comedy/ cartoon stylee like spring-released window blinds.

Your last line made me smile.
It can be just as hard to accept that you've run your last marathon as it is to commit to the next.
My own jury's still out.