January 2019 ... here we go again!

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

13 January 2019                      18,127 steps                          no running                            weight 79.8kg

   Oddly, perhaps, I felt like running again today, but didn’t. That would have been six consecutive days which is something my physiotherapist warned me never to do. Well, in fact he warned me not to run on consecutive days at all, let alone five of them. Perhaps I’m throwing caution to the wind, but it somehow seems the right thing to do in the circumstances.

   Anyhow, it did seem sensible to take the day off, but I compensated with some gardening and quite a lot of walking again. I walk a lot anyhow, and I think this helps my running more than I have appreciated in the past. I certainly seem to be seeing the benefits just now.

   We shall see how keen I feel again tomorrow. Today was warm again, but perhaps not quite so bad. Tomorrow will see the hot, steamy sauna-like conditions continue, and as I won’t arise until the afternoon (following night shift) my scheduled run will be in the hottest part of the day, so I’ll just see how well I sleep and how terrible the conditions are. It isn’t that I’m dreaming up excuses not to run, it’s just a need to be remain sensible about it. One bad run due to a stupid choice is enough to derail me and kill off the enthusiasm I have built recently.

   But I’m keen.