The man from porlock...........

[Petem56]

Sunday morning and week6 run2, up a bit later than planned so after a slice of toast and a couple of mugs of Yorkshire tea, off to the canal i go. Check i've got everything I need, Garmin watch to track run, c25k app and Tony Blackburn on BBC sounds app. Off I set, warm up no problem at all, started on the ten minute run ok at about 3 mins I came across the man from Porlock, who delayed me on some trivial matter. To be honest he was not from Porlock, but he seemed to be lonley, and I'm a sucker for the underdog, so it was obvious he wanted to chat so that was 3 minutes that paused my run, well I didn't think I was going complete this one because we had a late night last night. After a couple of mins off I set again, I complete the rest of the ten and it's on to the 3 mins walk, feeling quite good at this point, at the bell I turn and start the return, then it's onto the final 10. Feeling quite good, enjoying the views, the birdsong and all the wild flowers, life is good. Then I come across the Man from Porlock, who once again detained me on some trivial matter. It wasn't really trivial, he knows a lady in her thirties who has just had an amputation and wanted to talk about amputation and how I had coped, so I gave him a potted history of my amputation story so far, so if my story helps someone it's not time wasted. We bade each other goodby and I set off to finish run, now as I had a rest of sorts I decided to push a bit for the last couple of minutes, so I ended up running a bit faster than I have since amputation, so something positive came out of it. This is one to repeat on Tuesday

[Jools2020 Graduate]

Well done! It sounds like the conversation was important and as you say, helping someone is not time wasted. Also, repeating a run is still increasing your stamina!

[Gthants]

Well done on run and very well done on the generous support offered to others.

[Petem56 Graduate in reply to Gthants]

I've had lots of support myself, so now I do phone support to a couple of new amputees.

[BGood]

Well done Pete! The are always distractions on runs!

[nowster Graduate]

So do you remember anything about this here stately pleasure-dome?

[Petem56 Graduate in reply to nowster]

Couldn't get a visa for Xanadu, so didn't get there 🤪

[PeggySusi Graduate]

Good run and a good deed, fortified by Yorkshire tea.. and a lovely view of the canal. Well done!

[Petem56 Graduate in reply to PeggySusi]

I'm always happy to talk about my amputation, because hopefully it will help someone or educate somebody.