Off Season 2018-19

[marathondan]

The first long run to Windsor didn't happen; everyday life got in the way, as often happens. Managed to sneak out for a circuit of the medium length woodland loop in late afternoon. It occurred to me that dusk would be falling, but by the time I'd got changed and stopped  to put toppings on pizzas before I left, the nightfall situation was rather more advanced. Not ideal for running in tree cover, but I know the paths like the back of my hand and found my way without any falls or branches in the eye. As it wasn't a super long run I'd intended to push the pace up to about 9 min miling, but what felt like a good effort level was rewarded with rather slower than that. I'll blame the mixed terrain and poor visibility, but yet again I'm reminded how the combination of age and sporadic training are slowing me down. On the audio was the Physics World podcast and some gentle banter about the discovery of helium 150 years ago by observing emission spectra. As a physics teacher without a physics degree, I need to be absorbing* more of this stuff to enable me to talk around my subject.

Data for the first half of the year have been lost (and I don't care - must really be getting old).

Jul: 82 miles, Aug: 128, Sep: 47, Oct: 16. 2nd half of year to date: 279

Didn't remember October being that bad - time to get back into good habits.

* (no pun intended, if any physicists are reading)