….but we’ll make it I swear, wooaahh, despite the wear and tear.
That’s quite enough of that. I can’t stand Bon Jovi, the ridiculous, hair-rock, no talent, ass clown.
I haven’t been updating the blog recently mostly on account of the fact that Kata and I moved home this week and it is utter chaos. We are living out of boxes and I only got internet connected yesterday. So that means there is a lot to update on. Firstly, as per the title of this blog entry, I am now halfway through The Most Runningist Year Ever. That milestone (day 183) was reached on Friday. It passed without ceremony unfortunately. The plan was to run to the pub at lunch time and celebrate with a pint, but through some people being too sick to run, others saving tem self for a big race on Saturday, and some forgotten P.E. kit, it was abandoned. Instead I went for a 5km run around Inverleith Park after work and in the dark. Ah well, never mind, no matter. I feel a bit sad actually that I am now closer to the end than I am to the beginning. I know that the entire point of a challenge is to complete it, but I don’t want it to be over. It feels like no time at all since I started and I’ve loved it. Sure, there have been bad runs, but there have been great runs too. There are now no more significant milestones until the end.
Also as per the title of this blog entry, I have a sore ankle that I can’t run through. I am now into week 3 of sore ankle. I’ve just been manning up and running through it, but it’s not going away. I need to ice it and elevate it and I will try to do that. I bought a new pair of shoes at the weekend because my Mizuno shoes are in a really bad way. The heel in particular is worn away to nothing. It’s possible that the worn shoes are either causing or at least not helping the sore ankle so fingers crossed my new shoes help. I went for a gait analysis at Run4It and they suggested a neutral shoe like the Mizuno, but not the Mizuno, so I now have a pair of bright orange Saucony Ride 7. I’ve been out for one run in them so far and they seemed good. Bouncy. But maybe anything will seem bouncy after the worn out pair I’ve been wearing for so long. I am sorry to see those shoes go, I achieved all my PBs in them, but they have to go. Hopefully I’ll break a few PBs in my new, orange shoes.
"Orange Citrus" apparently
Finally, I didn’t get through to the next stage of the Asics Target 26.2 Challenge. Apparently as a first timer, I was too similar to the runners in the sub 3:30 group. Essentially my story wasn’t interesting enough. As a magazine, the story of “Decent Runner Gets a Bit Better” wasn’t good copy so I’m out. That’s fine, but it’s amazing how quickly I turned! From just being happy to be through to the boot camp (top 47 out of nearly 3000) and grateful from the experience, I now feel a bit bitter. All logic is against this, there is no reason to feel bitter, but I do. I do feel inspired now to be the best runner I can be not just for myself, but to prove something to others. Again, illogical, (Runners World and Asics don’t care about me) but that’s how I feel.
Marcothon is going well. On day 7 now and I’ve ran 5km every day. Mention for Abby who in order to keep up with Marcothon, went out for a run at quarter to midnight one day! That’s dedication.
