26th April A tale of two runs

 On Wednesday night, under an almost cloudless sky I met up wih my running buddies from Stonehill Runners to set off on what should have been a gorgeous 6 mile jolly through Newstead Abbey and around Annesley Lakes. Please note I said should have been. I dont know what it is but since I chickened out of the Chicken run a few weeks agao I've struggled with running; both physically and mentally. 

So much so that I could probably go as far as to say I haven't really enjoyed it. I think part of that is that our groups have been pretty small recently and consisted of runners who are much quicker than I am. Thus I have always been bringing up the rear of the group. On Wdnesday I wasn't just struggling to bring up the rear, I was struggling to catch my breath and after 2 miles of the proposed 6 I realised I had had enough and so quit and enjoyed a rather more sedate and certainly less out of breath walk back to the car.

And then today to put my pathetic performance into perspective, Sabastian Sawe made history at the London Marathon by becoming the first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race. It is perhaps more of astonishing feat than Roger Bannister breaking the 4 minute miles. He didn't so much move the goalpost for such an event as end up on another pitch entirely. 

Now the only question is if I ran in the same super duper Adidas carbon plated Adizero Adios Pro Evo  would I be any quicker? Sadly the answer is no.