Back Where I Started

Thanks to all those who have offerred advice - all of it has been taken on board, even the advice from he purports to have NFI. Any further advice will be warmly accepted.

As a result of that advice I ran longer than originally planned today and covered 27K in 2:50, working in some extra hills. It was a real confidence booster, I felt good at the end of it, and went for a a walk for an hour with DJ & JK.

Now, here is today's story.

When I was 16 I sustained a bruised brain. It left me with impaired strength and coordination down the left hand side of my body. To this day I still sweat more on the left hand side and I still have some residual numbness. I needed speech therapy and occupational therapy.

It was probably this injury that triggered my epilepsy. I was 72 kilograms when this happenend, but as a result of not doing much exercise because of my diminished sporting ability and the anti-convulsant drugs I was now on I started to blow out.

I was on Epilim for 7 years. It's a bastard of a drug. It makes you as alert as you'd be if you had drunk a bottle of scotch a day, and has about the same effect on your liver.

I blew out to 94Kg at my fattest.

So after my run today, I jumped on the scales. Now, I know it's wrong to weigh yourself after a run - you are dehydrated. I did take on at least a litre of fluid during the run, but I sweated more, so it's still wrong.

But that scale said 72.0.

It's taken 19 years, but I'm back where I started.

And I'm stoked.