6 December, and it is a Wednesday

Decathalon

To buy shoes for Gaza Run

I had weirdly remade contact with an ex-colleaguw who started doing a fundraiser for Gaza and had decided on a whim to run the distance from Craigavon to Gaza. 

So he asked me if i'd take part, and I of course said yes. And got a few other people to come along for this. 

Including the boys - who had no shoes, so I bought them some running shoes.

Now I am no expert, but an entire lifetime of running has taught me a few things. If you start running at a young age and keep it up, more or less, you will always be a runner. It is like the body remembers how to run. But if you have not run your entire life and start now in middle age, you should take it easy. Not launch into 2600 miles at once. 

This is because the body suffers a massive shock. It needs time to adjust. And the joints are like rubberbands which haven't been stretched for anytime. But Colum is ok because he has been doing football all his life. Although they are quite different skills.

Anyhow, at Decathalon, my sons who will forever remain young I hope, saw all this equipment and decided to have a go at them. There was a archery set and then, there was the ping pong table. They now just go into Decathalon now for fun, to do ping pong now. 

It is the little things like this which make life worth living.