Marathon T
It’s not been the best week – due to work commitments and packing I haven’t managed a run since the end of last week. I think this might be the longest break since this all began back in January…and I am not happy about it.
The break is due to the fact that Marathon B and I (along with 180,000 close friends) are off to the Glastonbury Festival of Performing Arts tonight. As every year this means almost a full weekend of piling gear up in the garage and sifting through it to obtain the true essentials for the festival (this will be my eleventh time at Glasto), then packing them up, cursing, unpacking them, staring at the pile in bewilderment, repacking, unpacking (you get the idea)….this process can take several days while everything is forced into a rucksack only to be removed later – then surreptitiously repacked another evening.
It is a time honoured tradition and one that I have been through many times (from the first time turning up with an enormous 8 person tent borrowed from my folks, together with camping stove, tins of food, etc etc) – to nowadays and our ultra-lightweight dome tent and nothing but clothes and cash….I have learned over the years that anything you need can be purchased within the festival site – and anything that can’t – you don’t actually need..
Adding to the excitement is the fact that this year looks set to be a very sunny one…Having taken our nieces to the last two Glasto mud-fests, it will be great for them to experience Glasto in its true glory – sun shining and naked hippies everywhere!
So, the running looks like it is going to suffer over the next week, but on the 2nd July I am determined to get back on track and training hard.
Before then I have five full days of hedonistic excess to look forward to.
See you in a field in Somerset – mine’s a Brothers cider.
Marathon T
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