Run: 09/09/2011
 I've mentioned before that I have entered the Cardiff Half Marathon. It takes place on 16th October 2011 and I really do need to step up the distances to get there! Tonight was a bit of a (psychological) breakthrough for me... I'd been struggling over recent weeks with motivation etc and recently Albert (the guy who got me in on my first half) started to run once a week with me to give me a bit of kick. It's so much easier with someone with you. Chatting away, if nothing else, makes the time and distance go so much quick. Having him alongside, I've been able to gte back into what we call 10:1's: 10 minutes to run a mile and then walk a minute. A half marathon is 13 miles and, by the end of this month, I really want to be at 10 miles. Well tonight I got half way - 6 miles. See here. Nothing great there as I will often do a 8 mile run but this time it was the distance I did in the time. 6 miles in 60 minutes is good for me and that's what I did tonight.If I can keep going at that pace should do the half in 2.5 hours which, for a chunky munky like me is pretty good!! Between now and the end of the month is the biggie. Got to get to 10. Once you get to 10 (they say) then a half is a breeze. All a long way from how things ended up at my 1st and last half!! 1 Comment | About the blogger:
Dave started blogging when, as a family, we went to live in India for 3.5 months in '08. You'll find out all about that story by going to our old blog here.
Dave overdid it a bit on the old blog in India with posts going up most days, so since returning to the UK, he has taken a bit of a break but feels now it's time to blog again! (July '09). Blogging is a weird thing and a bit voyeristic at times (!) so why do it? Surely life blogging in the UK will never be as exciting for people as it was in India? Well, the main reason for beginning to blog again is that we are pretty naff at the normal kind of communication! We have a number of good friends that do not live in the UK too and this is just one way we feel we can touch base with them. Feedback is that they are happy (ish) with that too! The final good reason for starting again is that the one person who has hassled me back to blogging is my older brother in China who runs a great blog about his bizzare life in China which you can view here. I guess if I am honest it's him I have in my mind when I blog so, for his sake (as I know he will read it!), if for no one elses...here goes.... Dave ;-) Categories:All ArchivesJanuary 2012 Life mantra:
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away." One of the last notes left behind by Gandhi in 1948, expressing his deepest social thought. |
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