I have followed the doctor's advice so have kept to an easy pace, with one exception. Nevertheless, I have managed to run or swim every day this half term, making the most of my time off.
On Tuesday I ran for five miles along the front. It was warm, so though I started with a fleece on, I quickly took it off. I ran as the diggers and shingle-moving lorries were at their work. Last night I ran for the first time with the Seaford Striders. There were apparently fewer runners than usual, as many members had gone to the Sussex Grand Prix prize-giving, the Striders having won the Overall Club and the Ladies Open Team, and Geoff Gray and Natasha Swan the Mens and Ladies Senior League titles. I ran with a group who were perhaps a little fast for me but don't tell the doctor. I felt fine afterwards, and came home with a Striders vest for Eastbourne and Hastings.
Monday's run:
Time: 50:02
Distance: 5.00
Pace: 10:01
And last night's:
Time: 48:59
Distance: 5.15
Pace: 9:30
As for swimming, I went on Monday and today to the small, 25-yard Seaford Head pool, and managed 750 yards on the first day and 1000 on the second, quite respectable, if not fast. I illustrate this with a photograph from the 1908s, when I would swim in the Cam at the University bathing sheds. In those days the Cam was still polluted, and this may be the reason for the large amounts of duckweed.
