Now I had heard Henry Rono was making a comeback of sorts in an attempt to break the World Record for the age group 55 over the mile distance. The time stands at 4min 40secs, which should be no great shakes for a man of Henry's calibre.
However, after seeing the photo of him running at the Carlsbad this weekend, I am left in total awe and inspired. The man is not exactly thin and in the best shape one would expect of the ex-World Class athlete. He is overweight and is out there training to achieve his goal.
I am also in training of sorts to get down to running a sub 20minute 5km and I have lost 20kg in the past year. After seeing the photo of Rono, I now know it can be done and one must just get on with things instead of waiting for everything to be perfect. The weight, the timing etc.
Thanks Henry. Breaking 20 minutes wasn't the be all and all of the goal, it was the start and I am currently not carrying the excess Rono is carrying (OK, neither the latent natural talent) however once you have been a champion the desire to compete once out of shape is far less than for us ordinary mortals.
TheEd
