Ooof ! I did it again.

It seems like every time I run a fast 5K I end up getting a cold in the days that follow. It must be the way I snatch air when I’m running fast. Anyway, a cold put a damper on a long weekend visit to other members of the family, but when 4 out of 6 of them were also nursing colds, it didn’t seem to matter much. Cold Convention, Yorkshire! My mother-in-law had a cold that had been bothering her for so long, she must consistently run sub-20 5Ks.

It might be the stepper today or I’ll just stretch if I’m not up to it. I won’t (and generally don’t) beat myself up over a missed workout.



If you watched the Winter Olympics figure skating pairs yesterday you would have seen Zhang Dan of China fall awkwardly. I haven't yet been able to find a picture of the fall yet, but after being thrown and having to complete four mid-air revolutions, her right leg trailed behind her on landing as she bashed her left knee *bang* on the ice - like doing a lunge, but with every part of your body, except your right leg, tilted 45 degrees to the right. It made us squeamish just to watch the replays, but she returned to skate for a silver medal. And the gold medal female, Tatiana Totmianina, had a head-first fall on the ice in 2004. How's that for guts?

I'll stick to having my two feet on the ground, thank you very much. Although I'll admit that, on previous occasions, that still hasn't been stable enough.