a little bit further along that long road to fitness

Managed two miles tonight in my secret moorland training camp. Yay! target reached.

Contended with failing light, with mist/drizzle (mizzle?) and a sharp headwind on the flat and downhill sections, but luckily behind me for the uphill. Oh! and an undone shoelace for much of the second mile

I think the "bad" weather helped. I have never been a hot weather type, but the drizzle was ice cold and kept me cool all the way round, so none of the usual crap apart from a few jumpy visuals after - also right eye wouldn't look right for a while. I only had shorts and a T-shirt - no poncey jogging bottoms for me - no way!

Been a fairly busy day all round. Feeling good now - buzzing. Won't be able to sleep easily. Shame because it's one in the morning already.

Hopefully three miles next time.

The long road to fitness

I went for a run this evening out on the moors. There's a triangle of road that is exactly a mile round so it's easy to assess how (un)fit I am.

I hit the MS wall at one mile. Uhthoff not far behind - my eyes starting to play tricks. I just couldn't lift my feet at all.

Next time I go out, I will aim for two miles.

Two years ago, I was going out for two five mile runs every week, involving hill climbs, the lot. I also wondered why I couldn't see properly as I was running or why my leg was going numb in the shower afterwards.

I feel surprisingly un-fatigued now and it's quite late. Just sitting in my tingly cloud. Must try to go out again before my personal trainer comes on Thursday.