Matt Gets Running

So, first it was icy on the pave­ments. Then it was Christ­mas. And then I was ill. As a result, it’s now been eight days since I last went for a run. Plus, with the amount I’ve eaten, I’ve prob­a­bly just about dou­bled my body weight in the last week…

Bleurgh.

So, is there any good news?

Well, yes. For a start, I’ve got this week off work, so I’ve got a lot of day­light hours I can use to get back into the swing of things. Plus, I finally bought some jog­ging bot­toms today, so I can wear some­thing warmer than my shorts when I finally get back out there!

I don’t know much about run­ning when you’re ill. But I fig­ure after a week off, and not feel­ing on top form, the best thing is to start off with some­thing easy, to rebuild the momen­tum. So, I may go out and do a really short run tomor­row — maybe just three or four kilo­me­tres, nice and easy.

And that — apart from get­ting a good night’s sleep tonight, and lay­ing out all my run­ning gear ready for when­ever I want to get out of the door — is as far as my cold-addled brain has got so far. More tomor­row. Hopefully.