I write this blog with sweat running down my back and a rosy complexion to prove my exertion. And I didn’t even run very far…I went halfway up Canabo which is a little wee bitty of a hill in comparison to the Peruvian Andes. My chest was sore and I had to walk bits of it. But I did it. I can’t believe I’m back to square one in terms of my fitness or should I say square zero as that’s what it feels like – zero fitness. This past two weeks I’ve been reminded of how important exercise is as I’ve been doing work experience in the Blacklion Health Centre shadowing our local doctor – in September I will be starting a Graduate entry course in Medicine. Yes that’s with a capital M. It’s true what they say – your health is your wealth and looking after it is so so important. And another cliche that was said to me when I first decided to do medicine and barely knew what an electron was – Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
So next time instead of getting to the gate past Mc Hugh’s house, I might make it as far Jim Nolans. Then I might make it to the other Mc Hugh’s house. And then it’s only halfway up a mountain to Gowlan chapel and Claire Mickey Franks House. I might get a cuppa tea and digestive biscuit off Eileen! How about that for incentive. Oh yes, and seeing the view to Lough Macnean and across Glenfarne plateau as the sun stretches its lazy arms out across to the sharp tips of Ben Bulben and beyond.
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March 2, 2010 at 9:05 am
Mike
Good on you. Keep at it, it’ll all come back in time and then you’ll wonder how you couldn’t even make it up and back down before you had to stop for tea and biscuits!
March 3, 2010 at 5:44 pm
Marina
Super em’s! Keep building up the running slowly and steadily; make sure to enjoy every step of the way and ease yourself into a comfortable pace!
March 4, 2010 at 8:27 am
simon
keep it up emms! so has running overtaken your Davina Fit DVD?? I think i’d prefer to be outside, running past Lough Macnean rather than staring at a TV, particularly as Davina reminds me of that bloody Big Brother shite. Just make sure you don’t confuse Lough Macnean with Macnean Bistro, you won’t lose any weight going there!
March 4, 2010 at 9:03 pm
ejmcgovern
To Mike: Thank you for the encouragement Mike! It might not be 200miles in one month but definitely worthy of a cuppa tea and a biscuit!
To Marina: I will keep the look on your face when you finished your first marathon in my mind when my feet tread heavily and I want to crumble! That look of sheer unadulterated HAPPY exhaustion will stay with me forever.
To Simon: Are you saying I need to lose weight? I would tread carefully Mr Evans, be prepared for a barrage of sarky comments on your so called ‘revolutionary’ cycle. Yawn.
PS Davina is amazing, no matter what you say.