50 Up

Saturday brings a momentous occasion that I am sure many were doubting I’d ever reach. In fact no one doubted it more than me. This is the moment of my 50th Parkrun.

I decide I would like to break new ground for the occasion so we head out to Kingsbury Water Park near Sutton Coldfield to do the deed. All goes well and I don’t even celebrate my 50^th by getting injured. The run moves MD on to 46 but I don’t believe they do the t-shirts for dogs.

The afternoon is taken up with a Derby home match while Sunday brings another run as we head up to Clumber Park to do another Trust 10k.

The improvement in my fitness is shown clearly with my time at Clumber of 49:17 compared with 48:31 in June...

(Sunday 26^th August)

Simply Not Meant To Be

Today is a momentous occasion, it is Doggo’s 15^th birthday. I, sort of, celebrate it with a pub lunch. He would have liked that, had he not been stuck at home.

L is in Leamington meeting up with Son although yet again there is a fatality on the line (this always seems to happen to her) which disrupts her journey. It wasn’t her train involved by the way.

I pedal home quickly with the intention of getting the lawn cut before heading off to pick up L from the train station. Unfortunately (for the lawn) but, as it turns out, fortunately (for me) L gets home earlier than expected and distracts me with a better offer. The lawn can wait.

She also forgot to take Son the chocolates we bought him in Bruges, so we conclude it’s simply not meant to be and eat them ourselves. 

(Wednesday 10^th August)