Off-season 2015

[marathondan]

Hey, I went for a run. Third one since the marathon. Just 3 miles pre-work around the arse end of Bracknell - a term which encompasses most of the town. But it's something.

Last night I was reading a GCSE science textbook (more of which later), looking at the heart, the lungs, cell respiration, and so on. I looked down and considered my own under-utilised organs (stop it) and felt that it might be time to blow the dust off the old cardio-pulmonary system.

I posted yesterday about the excuse of not having free lunchtimes, hence not getting out for short daytime runs. So the only answer was to carve out a similar patch of time at one end of the day, and set the alarm half an hour earlier. I've spent months banging on about just getting up and and getting out before I've had time to change my mind, and this worked a treat. It helped that it was a clear, bright June morning, rather than dark and pouring with rain.

I can't help thinking that, even when there are no goals and no plans on the table, 2-3 outings a week would be a great boost to physical and mental health.