Random running and remote races.

[Bierzo Baggie]

Haven’t abandoned the running completely. Since the last of the February frolics I’ve been running between 15 and 25 miles a week. Anything “pre-planned” on the lines of “Monday 10k, Wednesday 5k, Sunday a long one, etc..” is nigh on impossible so I get out (sneak out) when I can. This might mean an hour or so on a Wednesday morning, nothing at the weekend, a quick half hour here and there. And all with the football at the weekend. And what about the football? Well, it’s been nowhere near as destructive as I first thought. In fact I’ve come to the conclusion that for running hills it’s actually a plus factor with the “explosive” nature of sprinting and kicking a ball around strengthening muscles in the right places. I hope .

Took a couple of knocks in the last game though (knee and hip) and will probably sit it out for a couple of weeks. So in the meantime …it’s back to the running. Did my first race of 2006 yesterday afternoon. It was the Cacabelos 10k. A report to follow…. (a bit shorter than Sweder’s I suspect ).