27th March If I could turn back time


Back in 1989, the never ageing Cher posed the question 'If I could turn back time', a song whose lyrics talked about the feelings of remorse due to bad deeds and the willingness to reverse time to make things right.

If I was able to do that, it would be all the way back to Sept 2019 which was the last time I managed to attend the 5km Markeaton Park run, located in the suburbs of Derby. Now that might seem to be a very long way, not to run, (although it sometimes feels like it),  but to travel in order to run considering where I currently live, but it is right on the doorstep of the location for our three times a year synod. 

And so I am able to travel down from TOM's, run the race / plod round the park, and then arrive all hot, sweaty and shirtless at synod, much to the wide eyed amazement of the car park steward on duty. 

If I could turn back time, slow it down and perhaps even stop it, I might have run a little bit quicker than I did on previous occasions I have attempted this little jolly because this was my slowest attempt out of four.  But as we all know, or at least I try to stress, it's not about winning but taking part, and I managed to 'take part' for considerably longer then the 225 people who finished ahead of me, but amazingly for less time than the 125 plodders who finished behind me.

This was only my second park run in the past two years. Hopefully I don't have to wait quit as long for the next one. And hopefully you all remembered not to turn back time last night but to actualy turn it forward an hour.

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