Ok, it's Sunday night and the end of week 3. Only 14 weeks to go. Actually, it feels like a good way off still. I registered for the Sydney Marathon on Friday night. It's paid for and locked in. Fantastic! Also a bit scary but mostly fantastic!
On yesterdays run I pondered what kind of walking stick I'll get if all this running wears down my knee joints to the point where I'm a hobbly old man with very bad knees. I think I'm torn. It's gotta be wooden. I know that much. One idea is that it should look like a stick that was just picked up off the ground on a walk through the bush with lots of knarled chunks sticking out. Strong and natural. It should not be particularly straight, thus deceiving the onlooker into thinking it might snap in half at any moment. If I can't have one of those then I'd like one that is varnished and shiny and a deep brown. Regardless of the sort of walking stick, it should have some weight on it so I can hit out at young whippersnappers if the urge takes me - I hope I'm not a grumpy old man with a walking stick but just in case, the hitting power of a walking stick needs to be taken into account.
Right, so that's walking sticks sorted out then!
I ran 18kms on a cool but sunny day today and it was a nice easy going run. 18kms is not a scary distance anymore. It'll start getting a little daunting again when I start going anywhere further than 21kms as that's the farthest I've run. Thoroughly enjoyed todays run actually. Great weather, the Yarra by my side to keep me company plus some great music.
Tunes listened to today while I ran:
1. The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out (the classic jazz album from 1959 - I had no idea that jazz can make good running music until today!)
2. Coffee Break Espanol - Lesson 7 (a spanish language podcast)
3. My Morning Jacket - Circuital (their new album which is starting to sound alright)
Week 3 distance covered: 49.25 km
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