Short slog

Yesterday was my weekly run with Henry to encourage him in his sporting pursuits (currently nil for the remainder of the week). We repeated the Chateau du Val run of last week but tried to go slightly faster. Big mistake.

We ran the first kilometre in 5:40, so 15 seconds faster than last week. However, by the second kilometre, Henry was already complaining of a stitch so I told him to continue running but more slowly. We then had a series of histrionics which only really ended with the final sprint for home in 43:40. This was almost 2 minutes slower than last week for the 7.2 km.

The most important aspect is to keep patient and to not discourage him. I'm learning slowly but it's not easy.