Tuesday, September 12, 2006

what a difference a few weeks make

Wahey! Check me out! Is that some manly sweat or what?

And I'm smiling!!! Maybe it's because I jogged (please note - jogged, not ran) a mere 10.7kms this evening? Yeah, that could be it....

Yes, I have somehow managed to get round a full 10K without walking once. As I said, I was definitely NOT running London, I was jogging it. Perhaps even mincing a little at times. But I did it in 1 hr 1 min, so I'm guessing I should be ok for the race, ya?

I have to admit that I certainly did not intend to run (sorry, jog) so far tonight. I decided to try for 3 laps of the park before doing another little bit and taking a side exit out into a street we're thinking of moving to (the eagle eyed/London-knowledgeable may have spotted that Brockwell Park does not stretch to Clapham, but that's another story).

Anyway, I get to the gate and it's closed, what with the nights drawing in and all. So round I turned and hot-footed it back to my normal exit. Closed as well. Ran to the car park. Shut. Main gate? Shut. Turned round again, feeling the slightest trickle down the inside of my thigh, hoping it was just sweat. Reached the Lido, where thankfully the gate was still open, and made good my escape before the scary Scottish alkies descended on me like a scene from Shaun of the Dead. All that fannying about added an extra kilometre and a bit onto my run and left my knee feeling like it was going to pop out at any moment. Still, no bad, eh?

Of course I am happiest that I now can get proper sweat marks on my t-shirt like real athletes or the good-looking hero of American teen dramas. Mine was a perfect 'V' down the front when I stopped running but alas had somewhat spread by the time the photie was taken. Ah well, you'll just have to come and cheer me on to see what it looks like normally.

6 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:50 pm

    Hmm..you look suspiciously cheery for someone who supposedly ran so far.

    And why has craig stopped updating his journal?

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  2. I do not know. I have also not heard from him since I saw him weaving his way up Brixton Hill at 6am on Sunday morning... Perhaps he's done a Reggie Perrin due to the pressure of my natural athletic ability? (That will be lost on you as you're from Canadia)

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  3. Anonymous10:22 am

    Can you come up with a more international comparision?

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  4. Um.... Chuck Le Courvoisier, a Quebec lumberjack who couldn't cope with the stresses of life so decided to fake his own disappearance in order to start anew.

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  5. Anonymous12:32 pm

    So craig's jealously of your lumberjack skills has shamed him into hiding? Got it.

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  6. I think it's more the size of my axe rather than the way I use it that has him running scared

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