Bye Sam

Not much to report on the running front. I did two small runs on Monday and today:
Monday 6.0km @ 31:00min (5:10 min per km)
Wednesday 6.7km @ 32:30min (4:51 min per km)

I've had a few niggles over the past weeks; sore back; tight hammies. Now my knees are a little sore. I'm not overly concerned. I think some of my issues can be tracked back to my severe lack of flexibility, and additional weight. I should do something about that one day...

Tomorrow I have taken the morning off to do two things:
1. See the Doc.
2. Take my old mate Sam to be put down.

He's almost 13 years old. Despite lots of drugs, he's in increasing pain - so the kindest thing is to say goodbye.

A short one

It's been a funny week.

My little fella was sick this week, followed by my wife. I didn't manage to get out for a run until Thursday lunch time (8km @ 39:00).

I ran with a girl at work on Friday lunch time also. She is quite a tallented all round athlete, and mainly runs shorter track races. Her coach now wants her to focus on 1,500 metres. We ran the same as my Thursday run (8km @ 39:00).

I feel the 'dreaded lurgy' may be catching up on me now. I wanted to do a long run on Sunday (well, long for me), but may complete it today, just in case I'm not up to it tomorrow.