5K – best yet
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.