A new year, a new start

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

Slowly (sooooo slowly) I am starting to regain some confidence. This was my first week since falling ill last October that I've managed four runs in a week. They are still tediously slow, and embarrassingly short (my long run was 5 km :o) but four runs in a week are four runs in a week, and I am feeling much stronger now.

Paranoia has been a major cause of the slowness of my return (that, and the extra kilos that Santa gave me) - I expected my doctor and spouse to be worried of course, but I was surprised by my own paranoia at every slight twinge in the chest region, or soreness in the ankles (which was a major symptom of the virus that led to the heart condition). But slowly I'm getting over that, and feel now that longer distances - albeit at a very slow pace - are close at hand. If the next week or two go well I might even start training for a May Day half marathon. But we'll see. However long it takes, well, that's what it takes. The main thing is that I'm running regularly again and recovering my fitness and enjoying it to boot.

Sorry, that was a rather dull, dry entry. But never fear, if you wish to lodge a complaint, I have set up my own e-complaint department...