Fab Feb

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

If my forum entries lately seem to have been more about beer than running then that's because... I've been drinking more than running... well, hang on, no, that's not really true. But while I am running, I am also going through the most diabolical form slump, with a total inability to find any speed or stamina. So it's a case of (literally) plodding through shortened runs until I work through this bad patch. Urgh. I don't even want to think about it.

Hence the numerous more positive references to beers

However, to be positive about my running for the moment (and isn't it weird how this came about almost immediately I posted here saying how wonderful everything was and how confident I had become about my running)... um, anyway to be positive about things for the moment, I am at least still determined and optimistic and actually perservering. These slumps in the past would more than likely knock me out of running for weeks or months at a time.

Rewarding myself with a beer after a run could have something to do with it of course. If I don't run, I'll generally have a coffee Nothing wrong with coffee, and I'll sometimes have one before a run, but the thought of a cold beer as a reward gets me on the treadmill or track more often than not.

Which is OK so long as you don't run in the morning before work I guess

I'm off to see the lovely, but evil Rebecca for another dose of hell-fire physio this afternoon. Hopefully she'll work her magic and I can put in a decent run tomorrow.

I'll report back then.