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Missing March ... and, er ... February. - Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 22-03-2010
Hello.
Boy, where did those last few weeks go? After a superlative January, in which I clocked up more than 150 kilometres, I was all fired up to continue the running mayhem through February and March, but instead a string of events manifested itself which reduced my February mileage to somewhat less than 150km (
) and my March mileage to zero. If, that is, you don't count running between panic-stricken chaotic episodes and fighting the tide of angst-riddled maelstroms of uncertainty and powerlessness. Suffice to say that my RC-quietness has been the result of a combination of work, both paid and unpaid, and minor, but time-consuming disasters, such as floods, tree branches punching holes in the roof, gale-force winds ripping the sides off my shed and even a power surge destroying my computer (and, on that score, let me assure you that surge-arresting power boards don't necessarily bloody-well work!)... and well, the next thing you know, 7 weeks of my life have disappeared somewhere in a misty fug and the running shoes have gathered enough dust to render them indistinguishable from the box of old photos and Christmas cards I also keep under the bed.Anyway, perhaps unusually for me, the imposed lay-off has not dampened my enthusiasm at all, but like some perambulatory acnestis, it remains an itch I cannot scratch. Not, at least, until the current season of insurance claims, real estate transactions, weddings, funerals and other property and family-related Himalayan-like matters have been well and truly sort out.
Sad to say I haven't even caught up with everyone's postings here, so I've no idea how well the Brighton / FLM / Connemara et al training has gone. Hopefully I can catch up with some of that over the coming days. Sadly however, it looks to be another couple of weeks at least before the chaos settles and I can get back into some sort of routine myself.
Anyway, I must get back to doing some (paid) work, time from which I have had to crib to write this much.
Adieu, fellow run-lovers.
RE: Missing March ... and, er ... February. - marathondan - 22-03-2010
Good to hear from you MLCM, even if your running progress has been... sub-optimal. Great news though that you are keen to get back out there. I hope you can get back to a relatively more sensible pace of life soon, and pick up where you left off a couple of months ago.
BTW, you haven't missed much on the training front over here...
RE: Missing March ... and, er ... February. - Sweder - 22-03-2010
You keep your running shoes under the bed? I'd never get away with that, though I like the idea that you can slide out of your pit directly into your runners
Good to hear from you. Sorry life has decided to give you a kicking, but as Dan says you've not missed much here apart from the return of SP to the running fold, Dan's inexorable march to costumed greatness and a sorry catalogue of injuries.
RE: Missing March ... and, er ... February. - Seafront Plodder - 22-03-2010
Glad you've not lost your mojo MLC, I did begin to wonder.
RE: Missing March ... and, er ... February. - stillwaddler - 23-03-2010
So sorry to hear about your catalogue of woes MLCM, maybe a little running would introduce a little oasis of calm for you. Dust the underbed fluff off your trainers (well, they'd be fluffy by now if it was my house;-) and have a trot out in the sunshine. Great to have you back.