Sad to say that I’m still struggling with health and injury
but at least I’m still able to run, albeit slowly. Decided to give running a miss last Sunday and go for a cycle
instead. I joined a Southside running group for a six miler on Monday and ran
5miles with the other crocked Bella Harriers on Tuesday, Wednesday was my rest
day and I took Thursday as a half day annual leave. After a trip to Rouken Glen Park to take some photos, I struggled
around 4miles of Glasgow’s south side in the late afternoon sunshine. That said, my pace was actually a lot
quicker on Thursday than it had been on Monday and Tuesday.
After a few drinks on Thursday night, I struggled through
Friday and decided to have another rest and run on Saturday. Of course, despite feeling well below par, I
couldn’t resist the lure of the parkrun and my new target of completing 100 at
the Glasgow event.
As I warmed up, I felt my hamstring twinge and my initial
goal of running a little faster than last week was replaced with a ‘just get
round’ target. Even that was hard
enough as, once again my body kept telling me to give it a rest. At one point, I actually slowed my pace to
get away from a couple of runners who were on my shoulders.
In the final 200metres I noticed that Ewart Gray was encouraging
Sarah Fraser towards the final line and decided to try to out sprint them. I’m glad that I did, not because we were
racing against each other, but because Garmin revealed that I had completed my
93rd Glasgow parkrun (my 108th parkrun) in a time of
23:28. One second faster than last
week!
It’s amazing the difference that a second or two can make to
your spirits. I’m glad that I had run
it and enjoyed my warm down before heading to the Burrell for coffee and
conversation.
Mucho thanks to all the volunteers and my fellow racers,
including those that were running their first parkrun, for making the event as
special as ever, a great start to the Glasgow Holiday weekend.
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