March Or Die

[Sweder]

In response to the question (?) in the thread title, I seem lately to have opted for 'Die'. 

Apres Moyleman has seen a running wasteland. Bereft of endeavour, without a drop of running mojo, the post-event blues have taken on an ominously darkened hue. My chest infection has morphed into general physical decay. The highs of Twitten running, Bevy Parkrun and evening jaunts in the hills are as dust floating in the Shanghai smog. I'm in a rare old funk. 

As ever, this place provides solace from the daily dross. MLCMan, CC5 and BB have kept the home fires burning, providing a beacon of light for those of us lurking in the gloom. My plans to take to the banks of the Yangtze, to knock out a music-fuelled solo Parkrun, have been holed below the water line by our hosts. My primary duty today, aside from dealing with a tsunami of overnight e-mails from the west, is to conduct a breakdown planning meeting. The show closes tomorrow afternoon, triggering a flurry of orgasnised chaos as we look to evacuate the building in a fraction of the time it took to build the thing. A meeting of key players - organiser, logistics (me), contractors, venue and health & safety manager, to review and adjust the operational timeline, is essential. Having put forward three possible times for this meeting, agreed by all other parties, the venue have countered with a 1pm start time, slap bang in my scheduled running slot and wholly inconvenient to everyone else. Bah. Welcome to China.

Keep up the good work, everyone. I'll be back with you next week, albeit somewhat out of shape.