Notes
My only run this week following a wonderful trip to Coventry/London with Evgenia. What an amazing experience for her being Coached by Yuri Bureiko (Amazing Olympic Coach on Foot Work on Ice). She LOVED IT and along with her I LOVED IT FOR HER TOO. What a difference a Coach can make!!! I thought of my Running Coach as I was watching Yuri with Evgenia on Ice. A Coach can change everything in only a few sessions. Yuri was so excited about Evgenia's performance in terms of taking on his instructions and advice that he said.......'what Evgenia achieved in three one hourly sessions others would take two months.'. Evgenia, he added, is the 'right material' for any Coach to work with. He took great delight of coaching her and as for Evgenia she has now found her Coach for life and Coventry will be on her regular journeys from now on. An 18th Birthday present which possibly opened the gates for her for the rest for her life.
So, running came secondary. I had all my running gear but did not take a step. It was all about her and not me this time. Running had to wait.
So, coming back to Dumfries after a beautiful but exhausting 4 day away long travel, tough nights sleep etc I went out and pushed it despite being tired for a 4 miler. Legs were having CS and felt heavy. No surprise there. I run better for last mile than for first two miles. Body is out 'of Sync' as Frankie would say. The main thing is that I went out there and did what I had to do. It does take so much time nowadays to go back!!!!!! Dumfries is still very much new running territory and I think it will take me some time before I find my running routes so to be able to go into a zone. I miss the country of Springholm. I miss my routes. But it is always the same as it was before. Hopefully soon it will feel familiar running territory again. Too many people here in my runs, too many cars too many destructions. I want to run free again and I ,hofefully, will in time.