Back again after abandoning this blog for years.
Some of my running in the intervening time is reported in here:
I'm happy to report that Ragnar and I are just back from our first run of 2025. I'm not really one for NY resolutions but am tentatively thinking of aiming for 2 runs a week, without beating myself up if I only manage one sometimes. (Or none if injury or sickness should intervene.)
I had to hunt a bit to find my running belt (stuffed behind the sink in the van). And the right lead with a clip at both ends. And what to wear? In the end I seemed to get it just right - a single shell cotton windproof bodywarmer over the t-shirt and thin sweatshirt I was wearing indoors. Leggings. Woolen gloves and a buff over my ears.Took it really easy, reminding myself to slow down (not that I was going at any speed to start with) as much as possible. Slow running is different from fast walking in that you lift your full bodyweight off the ground at every step. So even if your progress may well be slower, the benefits are still there.
Ragnar soon got over his astonishment at this new mode of movement and stopped jumping up and down in front of me to settle into his position a couple of metres ahead till we got to the bits where I could let him run loose. No breathing problems. No complaints from my legs.
Down past the NAM and back.
