Me!

Me!
After the Brighton Marathon 2010

Sunday 9 October 2011

Back on track

Week 6 'Hard' by leecolgate at Garmin Connect - Details - link to map and stats

I had a fairly abstemious evening, for me for a Saturday, attending 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead' at our local theatre. Directed by and unexpectedly starring my super-talented sister. I thoroughly enjoyed it and even managed, I think, to work out what the hell was going on by the end. My theatrical tastes are distinctly low-brow and so much of the dialogue had nothing to do with driving the story that I was deeply perplexed for a lot of it. Bugger only knows how they learned the longer speeches, of which there were many, with absolutely no plot-link to contextualise or otherwise assist. They did, though, and the performances were all great.

So a sober if a late night. I slept in this morning and having taken 20 minutes just to find a parking space when I left the shopping till later yesterday, I went shopping first and then did today's run. I do prefer to run first thing, if only because there are fewer people around to witness it. In particular running through the park on a Sunday exposes me to multiple football matches and their associated crowds, with massive potential embarrassment fo all concerned.

As I always do, I survived the run and the shame. And the stats are showing that I've nearly covered a marathon distance so far during training - 25.8 miles, in about 4 hours 20 in total. The general trend is also for my pace to improve. And I can have the volume on the music lower than I used to, as my breathing is distinctly less wheezy than before.

Half way through the play last night I felt I might have had what Allen Carr refers to as the 'revelation moment'. I have been feeling like a smoker not currently smoking - a mild but constant feeling akin to panic, and really craving cigarettes. I now ALMOST BUT NOT QUITE feel like a non-smoker, sure I will never smoke again. I really hope this lasts after I return to work tomorrow!




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