Choice

Carl Beeston last night. It was never going to be spectacular, but I got out there and did a job. I would have preferred to have rested up, particularly as the knee seems to have got worse with all the attention I've been giving it (stop rubbing the darn thing and it probably won't be so sore) but the training programme called for 6 miles, starting slow and getting quicker if not too tired. The element of choice provided by that "if" was enough for me and I took advantage by starting slow and staying steady. At the end of the day a little over five and a half miles at an eight thirty average was fine and I have to just put it down as miles banked. Knee very sore overnight though, so may contemplate a longer break to give it time to recover. Looking back on Sturminster Newton now it doesn't seem such an awful performance. Lining up amongst all the Dorset Doddlers, Littlehampton Harriers, Micklethrumpton Muckle Trucklers and the like it was never going to be easy and I was only about a minute and a half off my Malvern PB. Not too disheartening. An encouraging start to the sponsorship collection yesterday too. There are some extremely generous people around and I've no intention of letting them down...... whether the knee holds out or not. Total mileage to date: 613-ish. Weight: generally around 12st 12.