May as well ... 2014

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

Thanks for all the comments folks, much appreciated as always.

A combination of some serious insomnia (for which I have resorted to professional therapy) and a heavy workload resulted in a little over a week without a post-race run, which wasn't good, but I was back into it this morning with a pleasing pre-dawn jaunt around the streets for a half hour of playing tag with the garbage trucks before catching the pre-dawn train to my pre-dawn work start time. Ah, but then the run got me through the day. It really is worth the effort, garbage trucks or not.

So that's about all I have to relate of the MLCM running world - precious little, but as always, a step-back week (more of a step-off week really) is often... helpful.

Meanwhile the weather here is worth reporting about - the warmest May ever recorded here, with daily temperatures in the mid 20s. The birds are nesting already, spring bulbs are popping up, and the local hardware store's special display of winter heating options stands bereft of customers. This would all be quite normal if it were the northern hemisphere, but of course down here it is very nearly officially winter, yet we're still getting about in shorts and singlets. The real shock however comes at 5 p.m. when quite suddenly it gets dark, because it feels as if we should have another three hours of daylight to go. Most weird. Everyone is commenting on it and no-one can recall an autumn like this ... ever.

Global warming? Oh, yes.