Let's not forget

Apologies for the radio silence at my end.  It's been a busy few weeks and getting the work, life, training balance has been hard.
I'm glad to report that after another adjustment by my chiropractor my hammy was good and I was building up the running.  I'd started working on slow running to get into HR zone 2, which isn't easy, but progress has been made.  Even today when I did 10KM at Chatleherault my average HR was 146 which I'm happy with as it's a tough track with 210m of climbing.  That includes not only running the "big hill" (I have a different name for it but it's not printable) and then not stopping to get my breath back.  My heart rate was about 152 at the top of the hill which was unbelievable.  But there was a sting in the tail and in the last 300m my left hammy started to complain so back to the medical team to repair me.  Perhaps I should have walked the BIG hill!
This will mean restricted training but there is plenty to do, just not running.  Gym, stair master, swim, yoga and turbo should allow me to keep my fitness up.
On more important matters, sadly Beth lost a very dear friend to cancer which took her from us far too soon.  We'll say our goodbyes in 8 days time but have the wonderful memories to remember her by.
So when running today through the beautiful Chatelherault on this stunning autumn day I took time to "smell the roses" as they say and realise just how lucky we are.  I got back to my car for 11am and stayed silent for 2 minutes to pay my respects to those brave soldiers who gave their lives so we could enjoy the freedom we have today. Let's not forget.