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Well, the running programme now calls for 5K training runs. Officially, there are no stops, but I find myself having to walk to cross roads or even having to stop for traffic and I still have a tendency to stop the clock for a minute or two about half way round, but I am just back from the first of these runs and my gps watch says that I ran or “jogged” 98% of the way. It took me 31 minutes and 56 seconds. This is a new personal best and if I keep it up, I should be running under 30 minutes by the time of the world wide festival of races (http://www.worldwidefestivalofraces.com)
Although these runs are laughably slow, they were unimaginable for me just 10 weeks ago when I was struggling to jog for two minutes. It is amazing how quickly the body adapts and develops if trained right. I am enjoying it too. It was light when I set out and dark when I returned. The evenings are becoming cool now and the sky was quite lovely as the colours faded through a million types of subtlety and a big, creamy yellow harvest moon emerged from behind picture-book clouds. I was in a private and wordless place, just pounding along at peace with the world – feeling the joy of everything moving, breath panting, blood rushing and being alive.
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I was held up so ran a much shorter distance than usual and scored a new PB for 1500m – nothing to write home about, but the running is becoming easier each time, as well as faster.
It was a beautiful evening, but it already feels that summer has gone. The sky was full of shower clouds. It was becoming dark before 8pm, though the moon lightened the scene and there was a blustery, cool wind. The sky was in cold tones, with the colour sucked out. Lovely, but not a summer evening really.
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