Back in the saddle

It was with no small amount of trepidation that I started out on yesterday's weekly run on the Downs. Having missed three consecutive weeks of training, I was sure that my fellow runners would leave me for dust! I was pleasantly surprised, however (more like amazed actually), that together with running buddies Julie & Ann-Marie, for the first time I managed to make it round ‘Route 1’ (2.3 miles) without stopping and in my fastest time yet! I guess that a week of holidaying and indulgence was not such a bad thing after all! (I'm trying to ignore the stiff muscles that I woke up with this morning!). Not being the most (ahem) sporty of people, when I first embarked on this training 'journey', I was haunted by memories of school PE lessons spent running around freezing cold cross-country pitches in the driving rain. I'm happy to say, though, that a few months into it, my exercise fears have not been realised and I'm actually beginning enjoy the challenge (yes really) and the opportunity to get fit. I only have to treble the distance I’ve run so far – that can’t be so bad can it??