The turning point

This is how far I can run in a 25 minute run before I turn for home. Today was the third 25 minute run I have done this week, the first two were fine - a little 20 second walk half way through and I run the rest of the way.

But today was bloody impossible and for the first time since I have started this insanity I walked for long stretches when I was meant to be running. Everything hurt, I couldn't breathe and I got a stitch. A really horrible half an hour.

Please don't give me any sympathy, I am only writing this in the vague hope I can look back on it in a couple of weeks and wonder at the fuss I am making today.

The sea was beautifully calm though, for the record.