It was a beautiful day today so I decided to go down to the local rugby parks to do some speed work. They've got a 400 metre track marked out around the perimeter of the parks. I decided to take my dog, Swizzle, along for company plus she loves racing me around the track. When I arrived I spent a little while jogging around the track to get warmed up and then began to do some slow stretches - I pulled a muscle sprinting last year and I'm a little bit paranoid that it'll happen again. While I stretched, Swizzle explored the surrounding area and decided to mark her territory by peeing on the marquee which had been erected for the recent half marathon. Next thing I knew the groundsmen came over and gave me a right old ticking off about allowing my dog to pee on his tent, blah, blah, blah, and then told me to get off his parks. If Swizzle did a thimbleful that would be the max! Anyway, end of marathon training and Mr Jobsworth felt important and powerful. I did manage to sneak in a few 100 metre sprints (well these days its more like 'reasonably fast runs') so it wasn't completely a waste of time.
By the way, if you are a novice at Marathons and want some great advice then check out a few of the items on the sidebar to the right of this post.
That stinks! Thanks for the links on the side, I'm not up to marathons yet... but they'll probaly help with half-marathons!
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