After not running at all (discounting a couple of goes on the jogging in Wii Fit!) for 5 whole weeks, I finally stopped making excuses and made the most of our good weather for a 4.5 miler today and – surprisingly – I’m still in reasonable shape. I ran only slightly slower that I did in my half marathon – which I blame entirely on having to wait for the dog to catch me up every so often 
– with only a couple of stops and one brief walk. Not bad IMO.
Now to keep up the training and look for some races post-UDS.
The reason for my break in training – which resulted in me skipping my second planned race – was that I was waiting for my new tattoo to heal. I’ve only recently (i.e. the last year-and-a-bit) started getting tattooed (any comments about a mid-life crisis will be directed to /dev/null – but it’s true what they say: it’s extremely addictive. I’ve already got about 4 more planned!
Photo of my tattoo at about 1.5 weeks old - the bruising is still evident!
The tattoo I’ve had done is a stylised Eye Of Ra, also known as the Eye of Horus. The design comes from Tattoo Tribes, and the basic meaning is protection although there are lots of other interpretations and meanings. I also have a few personal reasons for using this particular symbol.
album into my running playlist yesterday, but didn’t realise until I’d actually started running. It was a very … angry … run!
) at a pace of 10:37.