March 2005 - Episode One: A New Hope

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Following the 5 mile plod with SP on Wednesday night I decided against a further tester before Reading. This is partly because there was still 'something there' after Wednesday, but also, as SP pointed out, there's bugger all to be gained from another 5 mile plod before the half.

So, I'm definitely going, on the basis that
a) this is, for me, a training run
b) I'm prepared to withdraw at the first sign of trouble

That said I'm getting unaccountably excited.
I think it’s the combination of an unknown circuit, meeting up with the RC crew again (Andy, Antonio, SP and possibly post-race, Nigel) and the amazing upturn in the weather. I awoke to gorgeous skies over Sussex - dazzling blue with sparse, high white cloud laced with occasional darker streaks, what my Grandfather used to call 'Battle of Britain' skies.

I spoke to SP about our injuries and the wisdom of going at all this Sunday. Then I read Suzie Q's post, and I felt her pang of regret at not being there, and I knew I had no option. Man, I love this stuff.

Good luck to everyone running this weekend, be it at the Reading Half, in the snowy heights of Calgary, along the tricky Hogsback, across the ridges of Berzio. Galloping through Galiçia, or running through a huge list of fine Southern Reds with your family.