if I can do it, so can you (maybe)
Dulwich 5km parkrun consists of 3 laps around the park. I have been targeting this run for a month. I did it 5 weeks ago, before I started my Berlin buildup, and I want to see how much I have improved. Also, I did it this time last year, so it will be a good indicator against where I am now vs last year.
This week’s morning runs are made more exciting by the divebombing seagulls. They are little shits! Swooping me every time I turn my back. Humans are so low down in the pecking order in terms of fighting ability (unless armed with a weapon), that I refuse to be bullied by bloody seagulls. I stubbornly stick to my same morning route.
I reckon I have a high pain threshold. It is impossible to really know. But running marathons, for a large part, is learning to deal with pain. In the race, in training, walking down the stairs with achey bones and tendons. I go through pain, then see if I can take a little bit more.
Last year I ran my personal best at the Berlin Marathon (blog post here). This year I am doing it again, but this time I am going ‘ALL IN’. I […]
A very uneventful few weeks, dominated by toothache. A crown I had put in a few months ago is pushing another filling down onto the nerve and causing a lot of pain. One Tuesday I was at work and it was so bad that I remember cutting my thumb with a saw, and that pain being a relief, distracting me from the toothache. Exhausting level of pain, an scary. One morning my little girl was doing her cutest level best to cheer me up, and she couldn’t get so much as a smile out of me. It is sorted now.
Tuesday goes great, I am flying in training and very happy with myself. Wednesday goes badly.
