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RE: Diary of an injured runner
Approaching the end of another dry summer. Ride my old mountain bike most days to a nearby swimming pool . Lucky enough to have access to a 50m open-air pool which is very quiet at lunch-times so this is when I go. I’ll Swim lengths for no more than half an hour but unlike running and football it’s something I can do better now than I could 20 years ago.
I like the bit when I walk across the grass to the pool, maybe there’s nobody else in the water and the sun is shining. For a moment everything is perfect and I’m that bloke from the Giorgio Armani advert. Then I realize I’ve still got my socks on or that my speedos are on inside out!
Swimming is a most excellent aerobic work- out for an injured runner but it’s a bit boring.
Delve into “notebook two”.
Irritatingly “notebook one” is missing. I have recorded weekly figures from November 95 to September 96 copied from the original but nothing else.
Notebook two does not make easy reading even for a seasoned running freak. Here is an excerpt from page one.
(September 1996)
Sun 22: 45mins, park. 9km
Mon 23: 53mins, Toral. 10km
Tues 24; 30mins, park. 6km
Wed 25: 35mins, park (3 sprints 40 sec) 7km
Thurs 26; 55mins, Parte Alta (los barrios) 11km
Fri 27: 50mins, Parte Alta-Endesa-park. 10km
Sat 28; 30mins, park. 6km
Sun 29: 95 mins, Lombillo/Molinaseca. 19km
Not many laughs to begin with then and two conclusions:
1. 8 consecutive days of running probably represented an early burst of enthusiasm and one that would not be repeated again until early April 1997. Usually I was running between twice and 4 times a week.
2. I was still unsure how to use a semi-colon properly.
Please be warned that there are several years of this before things start picking up..
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Diary of an injured runner
