February 2016

[Sweder]

I honestly don't have the energy to punch out an account of this morning's madness. Happily my good friend* CharlieCat5 has already done so. Feel free to read all about that here. From my POV it was all about enacting some bizarre version of Riverdance, arms and legs going this way and that over five relentlessly gruelling miles.

*Psychopath

After the shock and awe subsided we started the Twitten run. Our number included such running luminaries as 5ussex Girl, Tom Roper, Arch Duncan and celebrated Oscars-snapper and ace Moyleman Tog James McCauley. OOTR is still nursing ailments so he took up position* in Ground Coffee, offering us advice and encouragement as we floundered past.

*slouched on a comfy seat

Somewhere around the 8th or 9th uphill sprint I realised I'd run out of gas. This probably came as some relief to those behind me. The last few climbs were completed on autopilot, rubber legs somehow hauling my carcass up the slopes. 5ussex Girl deserves a special mention for completing the jaunt dressed as a well-known Children's Charity Bear.  She did remarkably well, the hirsute suit offering much-needed warmth in the thin sunshine. 

I sugested she contact the Naked Runners. 'I didn't run naked, but I was a little bear'
It's OK, I've got me coat.

Photos below.

   

This is as much running as I've done in sequence since the knee op. Thursday, 5 hard miles in the hills, yesterday's 3 mile ParkRun and today's 9 miles or so. I'm shattered, of course, but a pub lunch at the freshly revamped Rainbow at Cooksbridge should restore me somewhat. 

February has started well.