So, when is it OK to run?

Water Running
5 minute warm up
7 by 90 seconds hard with 30 second easy
2 minute easy
7 by 90 seconds hard with 30 second easy
5 minute cool down

All with Jo for company so the session passed in no time

Tomorrow will be 8 by 2:30 hard with 30 seconds easy between reps, for me this will be in the hotel pool in Sydney.

When is it OK for me to run?

When being chased by a pack of wild hungry dogs

If my arse was on fire

If a bomb was about to go off

A bad man is chasing me

There is an earth quake and the ground is opening up behind me and if I don’t I’ll fall into a pit of molten lava

To get away from a swarm of killer bees

I stole something

When is it not OK for me to run?

To cross the road against a red light

I forgot to take the ticket after paying for the parking and have to get back to the machine to retrive it before some bastard steals it

I get into the pool with my glasses on and have to get out again to take them off, and it is an out door pool, and it was very cold this afternoon.

To get to my towel after getting out of the pool post pool run, 40 minutes after the glasses episode and the sun has gone down and it is even bloody colder

All examples of moments today when I started the little skip/run, then had to pull myself up short and start walking again. Why? because I truly forgot that I was supposed to be injured. Either I am getting very close to being better, or it has now been so long that I have lost that sense of “injury” and forget to nurse it.

Today was easily a 0.5/5 day, I have had about 3 of these in a row now, really feeling very close to normal these last few days.

Do you know what I miss the most about running? That lovely floaty head in the clouds feeling I used to get, when I am just cruising along and suddenly realise that I have not had a thought in my head for ages and I just feel totally relaxed and at peace. No amount of pool running is ever going to replicate that feeling.

Anyway, have to finish the packing, bathers are drying on the heating duct and I can’t forget to pack them. Catch you in a couple of days.

PS
You know the saying “you can’t have your cake and eat it too”

Why not?

I like cake, and if I have cake I will eat the cake. What else am I going to do with it, put it in a little glass case and admire it???

PPS
I heard from my Doc this evening, I have an appointment at 4:20pm this Friday