Running IV

After covering 17km in 3 days, surely a massive personal best for me, my body hurts. My calves are aching and tight, and my feet have been pummeled, my arches ache even to walk and my blisters are truly vile. Today I took the day off, and I will likely take the next two days off as well, getting injured right at the start of my illustrious racing career seems unwise.

Still, I hope this necessary R&R time doesn’t cause my newfound enthusiasm to wane. If the calorie counter on Strava is to be even vaguely believed, running could be the final piece of the e’er-mysterious weight loss puzzle. As much as it pains me to say it, running is kind of great - it gets you out of the house, you get fitter and healthier, you get to feel better about yourself, it can have a certain meditative quality - I already feel like I have learned a lot about myself during the tail end of some of routes.

And also there’s a certain someone that I have to annihilate at park run in June.