August has been and gone

[Sweder]

Hi SW. Man I know what you mean about not feeling like a 'real' runner.
I kind of got over it when Andy told me I could run 100 miles per week but I'd still have a Guinness belly . . . I too started late - 2003 was my first year off the couch. I think this has some bearing on it - we have no photos of former svelt selves hurtling past hoards of puffing flounderers.

I also read the diaries and BB and JohnB and Mr Blue and I think 'blimey, I'll never be in that class'. BUT - and here's the good news - it doesn't matter. Not really. All the people I know who don't run think of me as a runner. Only today I was telling someone about last night's hash run.
'3 miles?' he said. 'Huh - that's nothing to you, is it?'
Kinda made me smile.