Better late than never

Better late than never by leecolgate at Garmin Connect - Details

This session was due yesterday, but I'm sorry, I was far too busy watching the London Marathon and blubbing.  I have a horrible feeling I could end up doing another one of those at some unspecified point in the future.  Especially if things keep going the way they are.

Today was fab.  It's the longest run (45 minutes) I have done for many, many months.  And for the first time, my smoke-free lungs were not tasked with dragging in frigid air.  This is the first time I have properly felt the benefit of being smoke-free.  No huffing or puffing at all, just breezing along with the breeze and thoroughly enjoying myself.

The pace was not brilliant, but I was being cautious on this first extended run, not pushing at all, and it wasn't a complete disgrace either.  I fully intend doing the 4 planned sessions this week as well as this delayed one, so by the end of the week I should have a fairly clear picture of my level of decrepitude.  It is worth noting (I think, anyway!) that I am doing almost a half marathon a week now, which fills me with confidence like you can't imagine.

I'm going to try to actually get up when my alarm goes off from now on and do these runs very early morning, as if I had a job to get to.  I don't yet.  But I have had a serious rethink about what I can get away with salary-wise and what this means career-path-wise, so I'm almost starting again from scratch, looking at completely different opportunities.  I do fancy working from home as a freelance translator for at least part of the week - if anyone out there has any advice on this - qualifications, professional memberships, how the hell to get on the ladder - I'd be really interested to hear from you!

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