Maybe it's because I'm a bloke, or merely that I'm a child who's never grown up, but I'm a chronic sufferer of GAS. That is, Gadget Aquisition Syndrome. And to my delight, I find that, to help with my training, there is every imaginable type of electronic device to locate me, measure my vital signs, record every step, and race me against a virtual competitor on my runs.
Star Trek fans will recognise these items as wrist-mounted Tricorders. However, I need good justification to persuade the Financial Controller as she's familiar with the symptoms of GAS. Let me have your suggestions.
Pitsford Water (the third largest reservoir in the UK) was the location of yesterday's Day 4 run. A beautiful location in the Northamptonshire countryside, a site of Special Scientific Interest, and home in summertime to common tern, great crested grebe, and warblers. And I ran around (without stopping or walking) all of its 6.91 miles in 1 hr 15 mins.
I can't believe it!
It wasn't nearly as tough as I'd thought it was going to be and I was still managing to do better than eleven-minute miles. The running conditions were good: overcast, interesting and varied scenery, tarmac and cycle-track surface, and an ability to gauge approximate progress around the reservoir.
If you haven't yet taken a look at the great work that Care for the Family does,
please take a look now. Thanks.
Since I moved my running from the treadmill to the real world (8 days ago) I have run a cumulative 31 miles. Today is an official rest day, and from tomorrow the training ratchets up a notch....
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