Marching right along 2014

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

The day after my return to the running world I undertook a 27km walk around Sydney Harbour with a workmate. Called "The Seven Bridges Walk" it draws a rough circle around Sydney Harbour and as the name suggests, crosses seven historic and iconic bridges, the Sydney Harbour Bridge being the last of them. This is mostly urban walking, with only a small section through bushland and so not exactly what you might call difficult trekking.

The thing about it was that it left me very sore and tired ... I mean, thirty years ago, Mrs MCLMM and I routinely tramped through icy Tasmanian wilderness carrying heavy packs up and down mountains and frequently covering over 30 kilometres in a day without too much effort. Sigh. That, as I say though, was thirty years ago. Now it seems like a major accomplishment just to walk about the streets for a few hours.

Never mind, despite all that I am back running again, and regardless of the age-related difficulty that seems to present, I am happy to be back. Today's run was again a short one out of respect for my ageing body, but I feel it won't be long before I'm covering a useful distance once more, and have half an eye on the Sydney Half Marathon in May as a useful goal to aim for.

30mins, 4.6km

Track du Jour: My shuffle-play music thing managed to pump out Chris Rea's "The Road To Hell (Part 2)", Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven" and AC/DC's "Highway To Hell" all in succession, which all seemed rather confusing if not inappropriate running material, however it was the next track that seemed to settle the argument, albeit in a somewhat bizzare manner. I am certain my running style cannot at any point be considered dance-like, unless it be of the drunken variety. But it seemed to sum up my mood at being back in the running clobber again, so here is David Bowie, I think for the first time as an MLCMM TdJ...