Not temperature wise as it would appear to be summer like weather at the
moment with the outside temperature soaring to 5 Celsius. No, I have
come down with a cold, more commonly termed as man-flu. So I didn't run
on Friday as i felt quite bad. A little 3m jog with the dog on Saturday
was tough going; although he had to have some exercise as we went to
Rochester for the day and he was left along for most of the day. Spent
most of Saturday evening on the sofa in a sleeping back freezing my
wotsits off !!. Once I'd had a bowl of porridge at about 9 I was too
hot. Went to bed at 11 and slept the night through - woke up this
morning and decided there would be no running today. There are not many
times in the 16 or so years running that I have missed running because
of a cold; maybe I'm getting old (or perhaps wise)
We had a nice
day in Rochester yesterday, a Dickensian market in the castle grounds,
and a walk around the city itself, whilst it was not too cold I could
not get warm myself.
Last weeks cancelled Luton was a bit of a
disappointment to say the least. After 12 weeks or so training for a
marathon and then have it cancelled at the last minute is a bit gutting.
Whilst it is easy to say that there is a good base for VLM next year,
not having run a 20 for a few weeks now good training seems to be fading
fast. I had planned to run a long one today. Never mind.
I was
looking at the half-marathon at Wicksteed Park on January 1st. Notably
starting at 11:11, 01/01/11 - I should enter it really as it will give
me a goal and kick-start good training again.
Got a mention on
the Marathon Talk podcast. Responded to their email via facebook to
comment on what we would be doing as the marathon was cancelled.
