April showers.

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

Conditions were near-perfect this morning for a decent hit out and so I took off at 9.a.m. following a night of decent sleep in warm, pleasant conditions with the morning commuter and school rushes over and the streets pleasant and calm.

I won't lie, this was still a tough run, but I was determined to complete at least ten kilometres. The distance wasn't perhaps so onerous, but the hills were undeniably difficult. This wouldn't be such a concern except that my next two major running appointments are a ten kilometre race on April 19 that includes four brute hill climbs, and then a week later a scheduled climb in the vertiginous, savage mountains of the South Downs in Sussex with those two take-no-prisoners men-of-iron Sweder and CC5.

So, whilst I completed 10.5 kilometres, it was a rather modest time (1h08m) and the hills definitely had me nearly weeping. It was a beautiful day for running however and I'm mighty glad I covered the intended distance. I hear a couple more hill sessions a-calling my name for the coming days. Let's see how well I respond.