September...

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

...was of course a great song by Earth, Wind and Fire. Which has nothing to do with running. Hmm, so far this muse isn't really flowing that well.

I'll start again.

September! Spring time down here and bloody welcome it is too. Some warm weather again, a bit of sunshine and... sadly, no running

In fact, the end may well be nigh for MLC Man. I took my dodgy feet and knees to the trusty GP once more and he kind of sighed heavily and said that my feet were "not 18 anymore" (I pay good money for this kind of insight) and that I'm "not getting any younger" (good to know I've finally conformed to societal norms), and then he finally hit me with "whilst the osteo-arthritis isn't exactly badly advanced, it is irreversible, and high impact sports like running will only hasten the deterioration".

This wasn't exactly unexpected news - I've been walking lots lately because running is too painful, and even the walking is getting uncomfortable at times, so I figured something was amiss.

So the plan (such as it is) is to ramp up the walking and toss in the occasional jog and just test the water for a while. But that "irreversible" bit got to me somewhat. I hadn't realised it was quite that hopeless. I mean, I'm only 44 - planning to live to 120, so I'm not even half way yet, and already my feet are settling into early retirement. Not happy, Hortense, not happy.

I asked for a second opinion, but he just have me the same one... I probably should have gotten it from someone else

In fact the GP was the third opinion I'd got. The first two were even less encouraging :mad:

Maybe I'll just become fat and lazy and drink lots... oh, too late...

Nah... one way or another I'll return to some decent level of fitness. Even if I have to walk all the sodding way.