I know I have not posted any photos for a little while – and I thought about posting one now, but I decided against it. But I am getting ahead of myself right now.

I really need a backrub for my sore neck. Actually it is around my shoulder blades that needs some attention, but a neck and backrub would be great. And right now I dont have anyone available to give a backrub – so volunteers would be greatly appreciated.

This morning I ran exactly 6km in about 38min 30sec. This is about 90 seconds better than my previous best time for this distance, so I was happy. I started running about 8:15 which was really about 20 minutes too early. It was so much nicer to run from about 9:35 onwards.

Anyway, just around my first bend, with the sun in my eyes, and with the uneven grass hidden in shaddows I tripped. Thankfully I did not hurt myself too badly. Before you start thinking of me as an un-coorindated geek (which I probably am), in this case it was not my fault. Somehow I had tripped over the fanbelt from a car. How it got there is anyones guess. Thankfully the grass was soft so I only managed to graze two knees and hurt my left little finger. It was numb for the next 1500m or so. I am not sure if this was because the finger got cold, or what. Anyway it fixed itself.

About 4km in I started getting a blister on the arch of my left foot. Great. That was the last thing I needed. I did not think I would be able to do the final 500m, but then I worked out that I probably should not run for a few days, and so I went for it. The blister is about the side of a SIM card…

So right now I have two sore knees, and a sore foot, and a sore neck. And as for a photo… well, I have decided in the interests of decency not to provide one. So I will provide a plot of my run…