May I Have This Dance?

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

A bad run to report. In hindsight it's perhaps not surprising - I'd had a hard few days at work whilst battling a lurgi, and our beloved dog Bella died unexpectedly on Monday, which put a downer on us as well.

I'm doing my best to stay motivated however - I've just finished re-reading Christopher MacDougall's "Born To Run", which was even better the second time around, and am now half-way through a re-read of Lance Armstrong's "It's Not About The Bike" which certainly puts all the problems of life into proper perspective and really makes you want to just get out there and give life a red hot go. Well, as even Armstrong found out, there are days when your body just won't handle it. I put in an ugly hour and a half but by then just sort of petered unexpectedly to a stop and thought to myself "well, I guess that's it" - I just couldn't think of a good reason to go on any further. I felt achey and miserable and tired and just wanted a hot shower and a decent breakfast, so that's what I did.

Never mind, next time will be better.

For those wondering, our Bella, a lovely Border Collie/Labrador cross died a little short of her 11th birthday from autoimmune disease, which struck quickly and savagely. The vet summised she'd had the disease for some time, but it was largely dormant until striking suddenly and lethally at her kidneys and liver. She had a short but largely happy life and we miss her heaps.

14.39km, 1h32:35 bleah

YTD: 762.4km